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“Come here!” he whispers. “Hush!
We mustn’t let the village know
About this magic brush.”
Line 13: “He looks around. He calls to Gopi.”
Line 14: ““Come here!” he whispers. “Hush!”
Line 15: “We mustn’t let the village know”
Line 16: “About this magic brush.””
Summary of Stanza 4
“He looks around. He calls to Gopi.”
(The man checks the surroundings and then calls Gopi closer.)
““Come here!” he whispers. “Hush!”
(He speaks quietly and tells her to keep silent.)
“We mustn’t let the village know”
(He does not want the rest of the village to know what is happening.)
“About this magic brush.””
(The secret is that the brush has magical power.)
Overall meaning: The stranger introduces secrecy and reveals that the brush is magical.
