Sabitri. Come on the Ata Couria[[62]] of the child, and I shall give you many sweetmeats.
Nobin’s Aunt. My sister, Nobin will be alive again; do not be mad.
Sabitri. How did you know this? That name is known to no one. My father-in-law said, when my daughter-in-law gets a child, I shall give it (if male) the name “Nobin Madhab.” Now the child is born, I shall give it that name. My husband always said, When shall the child be born, and I shall call him by the name “Nobin Madhab” (weeps). If he had been alive, he would have satisfied that desire on this day. (Aside, a sound). There, the musicians are coming. (Claps with her hands).
Soirindri. Bou, go into that room, the physician is coming.
Enter Sadhu Churn and the Physician.
(Exit Saralota, Reboti, and all the neighbouring
women; and Soirindri, putting
a veil on her head, stands in
one side of the room.)
Sadhu. Our madam has risen up.