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left one of their subjects in charge of the government. After an 

 interval of many days the Rani addressed the Raja Jagat Prokas 

 in these words : " Madan-ban will know whatever is to be known 

 of Rani Ketaki's secret. Send for her and make enquiry." The 

 king called and questioned her. Madan-ban revealed the whole 

 affair. "Madan-ban," said Rani Ketaki's parents, "if you were 

 only with her, we should have some consolation. If now she sends 

 for you, do not refuse : go and join her. Keep by you all the ashes 

 that are left. "Why should we throw them into the fire-place. The 

 Guru has utterly desolated both kingdoms. Prince Uday-bhan and 

 his father and mother are, on the one hand, quite ruined ; and, on 

 the other, Jagat Prokas and Kamlata are destroyed. Had it not 

 been for the ashes, how could this have happened ?" Madan-ban 

 went forth in search of them. Having applied the collyrium, she 

 wandered about crying 'Rani Ketaki, Rani Ketaki.' Many days 

 subsequently Rani Ketaki happened to be exclaiming, among a flock 

 of deer, ' Uday-bhan, Uday-bhan.' Each recognised the other, and 

 cried out to her to wash her eyes. They met and sat down near a 

 pool. Embracing each other they bemoaned, so that their sobs 



