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what sliall I say, but that they were a trifle to her ? Yet I could 

 not speak accurately of them in myriads of volumes. 



Rani Ketaki is disquieted for love, and Madan-ban refuses to 



attend her. 



One night, Kani Ketaki, while reflecting in those matters, thus 

 addressed Madan-ban, " Now will I, unfortunate, bid adieu to 

 modesty. Do thou second me." " How can this be ?" said Madan- 

 ban. Eani Ketaki informed her that she had procured the ashes, 

 and added " In anticipation of this day did I make a pretext of 

 playing blindman's-buff." " My heart is all of a flutter," said Madan- 

 ban. " It may be that you may make a collyrium for your eyes of 

 these ashes, and that you may apply it to mine also ; and that no 

 one shall see us, and that we shall see everything. But how can 



