human
Thou art silent, Radha, continued Anunda;
gpt
I love Tara; I love him too, she said earnestly, the tears starting to her eyes.
human
Yes, I will speak to him, even though he should strike me. Mother, I can bear it from him. Can you send me to him?--now, now!--or send for him? If I am to go, let it be at once, for this is a matter in which I cannot hesitate. O dear mother! she continued, rising and advancing,
gpt
I am a child yet to thee. Let me put my head on thy breast for once, and bless me there as thou wouldst Tara: bless me ere I go to him. No, not so, not so; but as Tara lay on thy breast, so would I too, for once.
human
Come, Radha! cried Anunda.
gpt
O child! O sister-wife! come; henceforth between thee and me there is no veil. I had longed to draw it away, but thou hast done it now, and I am happy. Yes, henceforth ye are to me as one, she continued, smoothing the soft cheek as it lay at her heart--
human
Enough; now I am content, cried the girl, rising and clapping her hands,
gpt
No, Radha, said Anunda, calling a trusty woman-servant to accompany her,
human
Is my brother within? has he returned from the temple? asked Radha of a man sitting in the porch of the house in which Moro Trimmul resided, and, though in another street, was only a few steps distant.
gpt
Is he come, Chimna?
human
Yes, lady, he is come, returned the man, who was an old retainer of the family, and had known her from infancy;
gpt
Nay, Chimna, but it is an urgent matter, and I must now have speech of him, she replied.
human
Go, say I am come, and that he must admit me. Begone at once, she continued, seeing him hesitate,
gpt
I had rather you went yourself, returned the man,
human
Ah, indeed! When? exclaimed Radha.
gpt
He is not ill?
human
Soon, perhaps, replied the man, putting his finger to the side of his nose, as a caution to secrecy, while he stepped across the court to the verandah,