The Bengal Magazine: Vol. VIII

Kokila was brought in custody after the incidents related in the last chapter came to a close. Her hands were not tied, it is true, hut three of the Darogah’s men kept guard over her, so that escape was impossible. Before the inquest was declared closed, Nuffer had secured the custody of three other persons. They were first the char-woman, who, as the reader recollects, published the news of Koochil’s murder in the village, second, Siru, the goldsmith, suspected of being an acoomplico bofore faet, and lastly Rambhadra, suspected of being unduly familiar with Kokila. Both Siru and Rambhadra were brought to the Thannah, handcuffed while the char-woman bad comparatively greater liberty of limbs.