noon
Saradasankar stood like an image ; the child screamed with fear , the two fainting women lay still . Then Kadambini , shouting `` I am not dead , I am not dead , '' went down the steps to the zenana well , and plunged in . From the upper storey Saradasankar heard the splash . All night the rain poured ; it poured next day at dawn , was pouring still at noon . By dying , Kadambini had given proof that she was not dead . When Nabendu Sekhar was wedded to Arunlekha , the God of marriage smiled from behind the sacrificial fire . Alas !