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lessened her fatigue. But sleep was far away from her. She passed the night with great difficulty.
"Stop there ! You are not permitted to enter," said the sentry harshly
In the morning, in a dejected and forlorn state, Anjana with slow steps reached the gates of the palace of King Mahendra. The sentry was surprised to see his princess in this state.As Anjana began to enter the gate, the sentry refused her to admit in. He said," Let me gain the approval from the King." Like a dice tossed in a cup or a bubble caught under ice, she fought frantically with the thoughts full of dreadful dreams combined with many"ifs". They awaited their fate. He went and reported Anjana's arrival to the King.
Hearing the account somehow Mahendra's face dropped with shame and he thought, "Oh ! The deeds of women are beyond imagination, just as the doings of the fate. Having blemished her family's name she has now come to disgrace
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