"What are you going to do with it?"
Bhavani said: "I have no need of it now." And he tore the will to pieces.
When the news reached the village Bagala proudly nodded his head and said: "Didn't I prophesy that the will would be recovered through Kalipada?"
But the grocer Ramcharan replied: "Last night when the ten o'clock train reached the Station a handsome looking young man came to my shop and asked the way to the Chowdhuri's house and I thought he had some kind of bundle in his hand."
"Absurd," said Bagala.
WORDS TO BE STUDIED
[detailed]. From the French "tailler," to cut. Compare tailor, entail, retail.
[patrimony]. From the Latin "pater," a father. Compare paternal, patriarch, patriot. The ending -mony is from the Latin -monium. Compare testimony, matrimony, sanctimony.
[revert]. From the Latin "vertere," to turn. Compare convert, subvert, divert, invert, advert, version, conversion, adverse.
[amazement]. This word is of doubtful origin. We have the simpler form "maze" but do not know how it has come into English.