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340 “Dear brother Sadhudatt, I send this letter with a young man named Champak.. Kill him at once. After killing him anyhow throw him in the well behind our house. Send information about it to me before noon to-morrow with some man of our trust. Otherwise you yourself should come. This boy is handsome from outside but he is very wicked inside. This wicked boy has humiliated me in an open meeting. Do not delay in doing this work.
Your brother-Vrudhdhdatt.”.
Champak reached Champanagari with that sealed letter. He asked for Sadhudatt's house and went there. After getting down from the horse, Champak shouted. He however received no reply. Sadhudatt had gone out to take out payments from his customers. The wife of Vrudhdhdatt had gone to somebody's house for singing songs. Tilottama was playing with a ball
