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220 passed? No one had seen him. No one knew in which direction he had fled. No one knew even his name. Gobind Lâl had never revealed his name and condition in Prasâdpur. He had given out his name as Chuni Lâl Datt. Even the servants knew not from what part of the country he had come.

The dârogâ spent some days in going about, getting hold of one man after another, and taking down their depositions. He could not find out whither Gobind Lâl had gone, so at length he sent in a final report of the case, saying the accused had absconded.

Then a very clever detective officer named Pichel Khân was sent from Jessore. There is no need to relate in detail Pichel Khân's method of investigation. In his search through the house he found letters from which he was able to determine Gobind Lâl's true name and address. Needless to say that he took the trouble to go in disguise to Haridrâ village. But Gobind Lâl had not been there, so Pichel Khân returned without finding him.

In the meantime Nishâkar Das, on leaving the unfortunate Rohini to herself in that