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Gloom pervaded the whole city. Mahabal, being surprised, asked one old man :
'No body is seen in the city. Have all persons gone to take part in some festival ?'
The old man replied:
'All the people have gone to the cemetery to day. Our king will burn himself on the pyre aftea his dear daughter. Only the old and the invalid have stayed in the city.'
Without giving any reply to him, Mahabal went straight to the funeral place. From a distance only he saw that the king was proceeding to the pyre after taking bath in the river. Walking speedily, he shouted :
'Wait please, your Honour! I have brought good news.'
Hearing this, the king stopped. People
