The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-10
By Rabindranath Tagore


told her that he would never return
hOme until Mrinmayi asked him to
do so. So she closed her door and sat
down Ia write u letter. She took out
the gilt edged letter paper that Aplrba
presented to her once and began to
write.
With great care, but with crooked
lines and uneven letters. she al once
wrote without even addre ssing Finn:
why don't You write to me? How
are you? Come home She could
not think " what more to add. All
that she wanted To say had been said.
4, but she felt. nevertheless. that IN
human society feelings should he en-
pressed in a more superfious way. SO
she added, after "A good deal Of think
ing:
Now be good and write to me. and
let me know how you are. Come home
soon. Mother is well. Bishu and Putt
are well. Yesterday our black COW had
"a new calf"
The letter finished. she closed the
envelope, ana with a profound feeling
OF love and alteration wrote on il:
"Apurba khrishna Roy" In spite NJ
AL her love. the ines were not straight,
the letters were not even, nor was
the spelling correct.
Mrinmayi did not know that she had
to write anything besides her hus-
! bands name on the envelope. Lest her
mother-in-law or other members Of
the household saw the letter she hur-
riedly sent 1t to be mailed through a
trustworthy maid.
II is useless 10 add that nothing
came Of this letter. Apurba did not
come home.
Apurha's college closed again. His
mother was sorry not to see her son
come home for the holiday. She felt
that Apurba was still angry with her.
Mrinmayi thought that Apurba was
provoked at her. She Their thought of
the letter she wrote to him and felt
exceedingly Inundated. She was rest
less with a racking pain in her heart
to think that Apurba desplsed her as
childish and looked down upon that
letter az lacking feeling.
Did YOU mail that letter." Mrin-
mayi asked the maid.
Yes" replied the maid co%nsolinglv.
long ago, ! dropped the letter in the
mail box with my own hand. Apurba
Babu must have received it. How
could il i~ otherwise
'liowma," said the mother-in-law TO
Mrinmayl one day, "Apu has not been
home for some time. So | am think
ing Of going to Calcutta to see him
Wouldn't you like TO go with me?"
Mrinmayi nodded assent. and at
once entered her room. locked the
door. fell on tho bed and pressed
Apurhl's pillow close To her heart.
and began to roll ON the led rs she
laughed in joy. She gradually became
sober and sad. And then. afraid %.
some kind "f unp~,eIsintncss in ca
cutta. she begin I" cry bitterly.
The w" repentant ladies'. without
letting Apurba know a thing ahput II.
left for Calcutta, and on their arrival
there stopped with Apur,u's sister and
brothcr-in-law.
That evening. deSpajring of receiving
any letter from Mr.umay.. ApuIha
broke hHs promise aHl sat down Gao
write to her. II, wanted to- write t.,
her IN a way that wuu'd At nee, con-
vey the idea Of love and itH' DIS
satisfaction. As n faded tu = the
right words he aim 81 luSt ms falih
in his mother tongue. Just at this
moment he received a note from his
hrother-in-law saying. "Mprhcr IS
here. Come soon aud dine with u-
tonight. Everything is all r.rnt.'
In spite of the a%~SuTnnc. Una. every
chino ,.a. ~ ,f,Ls N,t..I.. 50, -.,F-