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this the ceremonies of Krishna Kanta Râi's srâddha were performed on a magnificent scale. His enemies said, "Oh, yes! it was a grand affair indeed, but only some five, seven, or perhaps ten thousand rupees were spent upon it." His friends averred that the cost amounted to quite a hundred thousand rupees. Krishna Kanta's heirs mentioned privately to friends that the cost had been about fifty thousand rupees. We have seen the accounts. The total expense: 32,356 rupees, 5 annas, and $12 1⁄2$ gandas (20 gandas make 1 anna).

Be that as it may, for some days there was great uproar. Hara Lâl, as eldest son, came to perform the srâddha. For days nothing could be heard in the village but the buzzing of flies, the jingling of brass dishes and