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Rh destroy man’s perishable life and cause this restless drop of water to mingle in the ocean of destiny; but though inwardly desiring death, scarcely any one will use this needle or drink the half drop of poison. One here and there may do so, but Rohini was not of the number, she could not do it.

But on one point Rohini was quite determined—the forged will should not pass. There was a simple plan for this: to tell Krishna Kanta, or cause him to be told, that his will had been stolen and bid him read the one lying in the drawer. There was no need to say that Rohini had stolen it; it does not matter who stole it; if the least suspicion were roused in Krishna Kanta's mind, and he were to open the drawer and look, he would discover the forged will, and cause a new one to be made. Gobind Lâl's property would be saved, and no one would know who had stolen the will. But in this there was one danger. On reading the false will Krishna Kanta would see that it had been written by Brahmânanda, and her uncle would get into trouble. Therefore the forged will that lay in the drawer must never be seen by any one.