Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

“ We have decided to live today by eating human flesh. Why eat the dried flesh of this old man? Let us eat the flesh of those we have brought here today. Let us roast the young woman and her baby. Lets eat their tender meat.'
'Roast anything,' shouted a third, 'whatever you want, but be quick about it — I cannot stand this hunger any longer.'
They all shouted joyously at this happy idea and looked eagerly at the spot where Kalyani had been lying with her daughter. ”

“ As the fire burned up a little, the dark green foliage of the trees that were neighbours to the spot, mango, lemon, jackfruit and palm, tamarind and date, were lit up faintly with the flames. Here the leaves seemed ablaze, there the grass brightened in the light; in some places the darkness only became more crass and deep. ”

“ Kalyani had seen her opportunity when the robbers were disputing, taken her daughter into her arms, put the child's mouth to her breast and fled into the wood. Aware of the escape of their prey, the ghostlike ruffian crew ran in every direction with a cry of “Kill, kill”. In certain conditions man is no better than a ferocious wild beast. ”