Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

“ That's very simple, Shanti, very simple!'
'I happen to know the nature of the atonement for such sins!' she retorted, smiling. 'But I wonder if the punishment for a single offence is the same as for a hundred such offences?'
'Why do you ask such a question?' Jiban inquired in sorrow and in surprise.
'I have only one request to make. Please do not make atonement for this breach of vow before you meet me again.'
'You may rest assured of that, Shanti. I am not going to die before seeing you again; that is certain. There is no hurry for death anyway. I must not stay here any longer. ”

“ In vain the beautiful lady searched the house for her husband. He was nowhere to be found. At last she went out of the house and found him in the yard leaning against the trunk of a mango tree. He was weeping as if his heart would break.
The woman approached him gently and quietly placed his hands in her own. It would be idle to deny that she felt like crying. Providence only knew that the stream of tears that gathered in her eyes was sufficient to drown Jiban in its torrents. ”

“ But is there a more sorrowful figure in the country than the man who is fortunate enough to obtain, and then renounces a wife like you? Who in this country is poorer than the man who has just seen you in rags? ”