She entered noiselessly,and looked
silently into her master's face for
orders.The master said:'You need not be anxious about my going away,Ratan;I shall tell my successor to look after you'.These words were kindly meant,no doubt:
but incrustable are the ways of a
woman's heart!Ratan had borne many a scolding from her master
without complaint,but these kind
words she could not bear.She burst
out weeping,and said:'No,no,you need not tell anybody anything at all about me;I don't want to stay in
here.'The postmaster was dumbfounded.He had never seen Ratan like this before.The new
incumbent dully arrived,and the postmaster, having given over charge, prepared to depart.