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 Four Boys.  (keeping down their mats and expressing great mirth with the clapping of their hands.)

Podi.  My child Kesoba, I am your aunt. Never use such words to me.

Four Boys.  (Dance together) My dear Moyrani; where is your Indigo?

Podi.  My dear Ambika, I am your sister; don't use me in this manner.

Four Boys.  (Dance round Podi)

Podi.  What a shame is this, that I exposed my face to the elder Babu. (Exit Podi, covering herself with a veil Nobin.  Wicked and profligate woman. (To the children) You are playing on the road still; it is now too late, go home now. (Exit Four Boys Ah! I can within five days establish a school for these boys, if only the tyranny of the Indigo be once stopped. The Inspector of this part of the country is a very good man. How very good a man becomes, if only learning be acquired. He is young; but in his conversation he has the experience of years. He has a great desire that a school be established in this country. I am also not unwilling to give money for this purpose; the large Bungalow which I have, can be a good place for a school; moreover, what is more happy than to