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190 "Fear not! Just tell me the number of the note you last got from Prasâdpur. The police have left the number of the note with me. If your note does not bear that number you have nothing to fear. How long will it take to compare numbers? Fetch the letter you received last from Prasâdpur, and let me see the number of the note."

How could Brahmânanda go? He feared the policeman beneath the tree. Mâdhabi Nâth said—

"There is no fear, I will send some one with you."

And at his bidding a darwan accompanied Brahmânanda, who then fetched Rohini's letter, in which Mâdhabi Nâth found all the information he sought. The letter read, he returned it, saying—

"The note sent you does not bear the number of the stolen one. There is nothing to fear. You can go home and I will dismiss the constable."

Brahmânanda's dead body recovered life. Drawing a long breath, he fled from the spot.

Mâdhabi Nâth took his daughter home to be nursed. He placed a suitable physician