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Vrudhdhdatt was stunned like a stone. He thought that that was not the proper time for opening his mind. So he swallowed the bitter cup. He praised Sadhdutt superficially. Then he went inside the house. Afrer all the work connected with marriage was finished, Vrudhdhdatt said to Sadhudatt one day :
"Sadhudatt! I had written in the letter that you should kill at him once. You however made him my son-in-law?"
Sadhudatt showed the letter to Vrudhdhdatt and said:
"You may yourself read what you have written in the letter."
Vrudhdhdatt read the letter. He was startled. Then he said to Sadhudatt :
"Sadhdhdatt ! Fate is really allpowerful. This letter is a fabricated one. Some one has replaced my original lelter by this fabricated one. Dastiny has