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said in a large assembly, " In me and in him there is, I may say, no 

 alloy, subtracting from perfect purity ; but I cannot prevail over the 

 waywardness of the Kunwar. Otherwise, so mean a proposal would 

 never have proceeded from me." On hearing this, the Maharaja 

 threw his staff adorned with flowers on the head of the brahman, and 

 said, " If I were not afraid of the consequences of the murder of a 

 brahman, I would forthwith put you under a millstone. Take him 

 away and confine him in a dark cell." On hearing of all that had 

 befallen the brahman, the parents of Udebhan resolved on war, and his 

 father equipping himself advanced like a gathering of clouds. 



When the war between the two Rajas commenced, Rani Ketki began 

 to weep like the rains of July and August, and the same thought 

 entered the minds of both : " What an attachment this is, that causes 

 the shedding of blood, and the heart to long for good tidings, and to 

 long in vain." 



