=found two masters.=] The wife was his master now, as well as her
husband.
=make for safety.=] Get to some place where he could not be caught.
=will be a judge some day.=] The baby seemed so wise to Raicharan,
that he thought he would certainly grow up to be a judge.
=epoch in human history.=] It seemed to Raicharan as though some great
event had happened which ought to be recorded.
=wrestler's trick.=] The writer, in fun, makes Raicharan's skill
depend on doing just what the wrestler tries to avoid, i.e. being
thrown on his back.
=swallowed down.=] Washed them away in a flood.
=little despot.=] The baby, who was able to make Raicharan do exactly
what he liked.
=The silent ceremonial.=] The author pictures the sunset as like some
splendid kingly ceremony, where every gorgeous colour can be seen.
="Pitty fow."=] "Pretty flower." The baby can only lisp the words.
=He was promoted from a horse into a groom.=] He was no longer asked
by the baby to be a "horse" in his games, but to look after this
toy carriage, as a groom would.
=with all sorts of curious noises.=] He began to imitate the sounds of
birds.
=destined to be a judge.=] The baby could see through Raicharan's
attempts to deceive, as a judge would see through false evidence.
=wavelets.=] The little waves seemed like so many thousand little
children running away in fun or mischief.
=there was no one there.=] These words are repeated again and again to
give the sense of utter loss and desolation.
=overwhelming resentment.=] His own baby seemed to have been given to
him in order to tempt him to forget his little Master. Raicharan
was angry to think that any one could imagine such forgetfulness
to be possible.
=The little Master could not cast off the spell.=] Could not keep away
from the servant who loved him so much. He fancies his little
Master has come back to life again in this new little baby, drawn
as it were by some enchantment of love.
=accumulated.=] Gathered together: referring to the idea of _karma_.
=personal appearance.=] He spent a long time in arranging his clothes
and making himself look handsome.
=country manners.=] Country people have habits and ways of speaking
which seem absurd to town people.
=a kind of condescension.=] As if he were superior and Raicharan were
beneath him.
=mendicant quack.=] A beggar dealing in herbs and medicines and
charms.
=hungry, eager eyes.=] As if she could never gaze long enough upon
him.
=the magistrate in him.=] The magistrate's way of looking at things.
=magisterial conscience.=] His instincts as a judge, who must condemn
the guilty.