We cannot certainly say whether he tasted the bamboo, but we have heard that he was pursued by some very abusive terms from the mouths of the _darwans_; and that his servant, having had a little of his brandy, in gossip the next day with a female friend remarked-- "To-day, when I was rubbing the Babu with oil, I saw a bruise on his back." Returning home, Debendra made two resolutions: the first, that while Hira remained he would never again enter the Datta house; the second, that he would retaliate upon Hira.

In the end he had a frightful revenge upon her.

Hira's venial fault received a heavy punishment, so heavy that at sight of it even Debendra's stony heart was lacerated.
We will relate it briefly later..