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is not here, we will be brought into disrepute.'
The opinion of the minister was quite true. But to an angry man, only what is felt and opined by him is true. So the king did not think over the minister's suggestion. Puffed with anger, he said:
'It seems you have lost your intelligence to-day. The kings are to assemble here. Simply because of this fear, should I consider my daughter a thing of glory instead of a matter of shame and blot ? I can't tolerate the disobedience to my order. We will inform the kings to come, that the princess has died a premature
death.'
The princess was very much endeared to all the people of the state. The elected representatives of the people, therefore, came and prayed :
'Your Highness! Malaya is not your
