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EMPEROR VIKRAMADITYA
The king looked wide-eyed at the fruit. The woman was alarmed.
Sire Have I
done
The woman
some
thing wrong?
The king sent the woman back after amply rewarding her. He went to the palace garden and sat down thinking under a tree
How strange is this world. No one truly loves anyone. All that is there is deception and
illusion.
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Lord of the land! Please pardon me! The city-commandant loves me very much. He gave me this fruit.
ANIM
Ah
The king composed himself
No, nothing that matters. Tell me how you got this fruit? Did some deity give it to you?
The king understood everything. The whole scene appeared in his vision,
The king looked at the palace and thought
The queen dearer to me than my life loves another person. The person she has fallen for loves someone else. I was blinded by love and affection for so. long, today the queen has opened my eyes.
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