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The maid-servant again sad :
“O Queen Honourable ! Speculation is after all, a speculation. Inferences are not always true. Simply because of illusion and doubt, to kill an innocent child is a horrible sin."
The queen gave the final order :
“Maid-servant ! I had seen the dream of a cobra before conceiving this Child. Then during the pregnancy I had the ‘dohad' to eat the intestines of my husband. Such a son is bound to make me a widow. Surely, some enemy of my husband has been born as my son. It is my duty to protect my husband. I have decided that I will not keep such a bad son in my house. Now please take him away quickly.”
The maid-servant sent a message about dead son to the King. The enthusiasm of the citizens was soon turned into an ocean of sorrow. On the other
