Wood. I see, Saturn[[45]] has come upon you to your destruction; else why art thou become so very inquisitive, and why so presumptuous, you stupid, incestuous brute?
Gopi. Sir, we are made to swallow abuse, to submit to shoe-beating, and also we are the men to go to the Shrighur[[46]] (the prison); the men should there be a dispensary or school in the Factory you get the credit; should there be murders, we are the men. When I come to you for advice, you, Sir, become angry. That anxiety which I have felt for the law-suit of the Mojumdars, is only known to the Lord of all.
Wood. The fool is such, that whenever I tell him to do any action requiring courage, he brings to my ears the law-suit of the Mojumdar. I am saying always that thou art an ignorant fool; why don’t you become satisfied with sending Nobin Bose to the godown of Sochigunge.
Gopi. Thou, Sir, art the parent of this poor man; it would be good, if for the benefit of thy poor servant, thou sendest him once to Nobin Bose to ask him about this case.
Wood. Stop, thou upstart of a son. Shall I go to meet a dog for you? You coward son of a Kaista[[47]] (throws him down with kicks). Were you sent as a witness to the Commission, you would have ruined every thing, you diabolical niggar (two kicks more); with such a tongue you shall do your work like a Caot,[[48]] you stupid Kaet. Were it not for your work on to-morrow, I would send you to the jail.
(Exit Mr. Wood and the Apprentice.)
Gopi. (Rubbing his body all over and rising up). A person becomes the Dewan of an Indigo Planter after being born a vulture[[49]] seven hundred times; else, how are numberless stockings digested?[[50]] Oh! what kickings! Oh! the fool is, as it were, the wife of a student who is out of College.[[51]]
(Aside) Dewan, Dewan.
Gopi. Your servant is present. Whose turn is it?
“In the sea of love are many waves.”