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Malaya was guilty and a bad character. Veerdhaval gave no consideration to his love for Malaya. He decided to pass a Death-Sentence on her.
The king ordered the chief of the city, Kotwal :
'Take away this wicked girl from here and hang her at once.'
The whole harem was stunned and full of agonising sounds. Sensation prevailed in the whole city with the news of the possible execution of Malaya. The minister-in-chief said :
'Your Highness! The princess seems to be innocent. Please forgive her. Moreover, the day fixed for Swayamvar draws near. The kings of faro-ff places have already been invited. Now we don't have even that much time that we can inform them of the cancellation of the progrmme. The kings will come here. If the princess
