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subject found no entrance or abiding place in his mind and the breadth 

 of the stream of friendship was not seen by him. One day having 

 mounted his horse to see the country, he went away pranking, seeing, 

 and looking about him, in company with other boys. His heart beat 

 when he saw a deer before him. In pursuit of that deer he put his 

 horse to a gallop, leaving them all behind. What horse could come 

 up with him ? When the sun set, and the deer was no longer to be 

 seen, the Kunwar hungry, thirsty, yawning, gaping, distracted, began 

 to seek some shelter. In the meanwhile some tamarind trees met his 

 eyes. Having set off towards them, what a sight he saw ! Forty or 

 fifty girls, one more beautiful than another, playing at swings and 

 singing Sdwun. When they saw him, " Who are you I" " Who are 

 you V they began to bawl out. 



" A day-light thief he is," said one ; 

 " A cunning fellow," quoth another. 



Of that one, who was engaged at play and who wore a suit of red 

 clothes, whom all called Rani Ketki, the love of him made a resting 



