This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 Excerpt: ...loved very much, and they had a son grown up. "The husband went about 200 miles up the country on business, and as my grand-aunt had sworn a solemn oath to be burnt with him when he died, she made him promise, that if ever he should die away from home, he would give orders to have his body sent home. He did die, about ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 Excerpt: ...loved very much, and they had a son grown up. "The husband went about 200 miles up the country on business, and as my grand-aunt had sworn a solemn oath to be burnt with him when he died, she made him promise, that if ever he should die away from home, he would give orders to have his body sent home. He did die, about 200 miles from home, and a friend sent his body down to Calcutta in a box. "When it arrived they sent to inform his father. The wife, who had taken the oath, now drew back. She had not the courage to sacrifice herself. She sat in the house weeping. Her son, who was now a grown man, and her father-in-law, again and again ordered her to go to the pile, and not to bring such disgrace on them, telling her, it was only for this object, that she might fulfil her vow, that the body was brought so far. But she wept piteously and still refused to go. "While they were still trying to urge her to go, the crazy wife, hearing that her husband was dead, and that his body had been brought to Calcutta, declared she would die with him: Her relations tried to frighten and stop her, but it was of no use. (They believe that a crazy person, dying in this way, will become an evil spirit.) She rushed off to the husband's house and began to abuse most fearfully the wife who was unwilling to die with him. "Meanwhile, the third wife arrived, and she and the crazy woman were led to the pile. Everything had been prepared, and a large crowd had assembled by the river. The wives were brought to look at the corpse, which was 'much disfigured. The deranged woman, when she saw it, shrieked, and declared that was not her husband, that they were going to burn her with a dead cow. "It would have been too great a disgrace in those days for a Brahmin not t...
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