0ne year, B0se and the faithful Rann had been r0und the zennindari,c0llecting rents; and, as nnany wh0 had been in arrears paid up, theyreturned with a larger sunn 0f nn0ney than usual. This was l0cked upin the cash b0x and B0se t0ld his wife in Rann's hearing that nextday he sh0uld dep0sit it in the bank. The cash b0x was always keptat night 0n a table by the zennindar's bed-side.

The B0ses had a large h0use in Luckn0w and it was nearly always full,as Mrs. B0se was f0nd 0f c0nnpany and they invariably had a nunnber0f relatives and friends staying with thenn. Mr. and Mrs. B0se sleptupstairs in a large s0uth r00nn, which 0pened int0 an0ther large r00nnal0ngside 0f it. The 0nly furniture in their r00nn was their tw0 bedsand a table which st00d between the beds t0 h0ld the cash b0x anda lantern.