একাদশ অধ্যায় । ¢ ዓq দর্শনেন্দ্রিয়ের তৃপ্তিসাধন করিয়াছিলেন, কিন্তু তাহাকে স্পর্শ করেন নাই। * শেঠবধু গৃহে প্রত্যাগত হইলে বংশমর্য্যাদানুসারে তাহার স্বামী তাহাকে প্রত্যাখান করিয়াছিলেন। স্বীয় কুলবধূকে
- ইংরাজ ঐতিহাসিকগণ ইহাতে আবার অলঙ্কারসংযোগও করিয়াছেন। হলওয়েল লিখিতেছেন,—
“He ( Futtuaah chand ) had about this time married his youngest grandson named Seet Mortab Roy, to a young creature of exqisite beauty, aged about cleven years. The fame of her beauty coming to the cars of the Soubah, he burned with curiosity and lust (?) for possession of her; and sending for Juggaut Seet demanded a sight of her—The old man (then complete four score) begged and entreated, that the Soubah would not stain the honour and credit of his house, nor load his last days with shame, by persisting in a demand which he knew the principles of his caste forbid a compliance with. “Neither the tears nor remonstrances of the old man had any weight on the Soubah, who growing outrageous at his refusal ordered in his presence his house to be immediately surrounded with a body of horse, and swore on the khoran that if he complied in sending his granddaughter, that he might only see her he would instantly return her without any injury. The Seet reduced to this extremity, and judging from the Soubah's known impetuousity, that his persisting longer in a denial would only make his disgrace more public, at last consented ; and the young creature was carried with the greatest secrecy in the night to visit him. She was returned the same night, we will suppose (sor the honour of that house) uninjured, be this as it may,
