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Standing unsteadily she began to look at Mahasataka. She began to think, was there no love behind that broad chest? Was it in vain, the blueness of his lotus eyes? Was he not feeling the pangs of her heart? Was his resolution as hard as the thunder-bolt ?
Step by step she came very near him. Then bending her knees like a creeper she wanted to grasp by her arms his youthful body unshaken as a Devadaru tree.
But Mahasataka stopped her by rude gesture of his hands. Said he, 'Don't be so foolish, Revati. I can see you will die of cholera within a week.'
Revati rose trembling with fear. She was going to say something, but voice failed her. A cold fear of death spread all over her body. Her blue eyes began to feel the burning sensation of lightning. Her eyebrows began to feel the warm wind of the summer.
Cried out the inner self of Revati, 'No-No-No, but...'
She could not wait there any more. She ran away.
It was dawn. The sky was radiant by the rays of the new Sun. The forest was resounding by the chirping of birds and humming of the bees. But those rays of light and joy entered not into the closed door of the sleeping chamber of Revati.
Unexpectedly arrived Arya Gautama at the door of the Pausadhasala.
Mahasataka stood up and then bowed to him from a distance.
Taking his seat Gautama said, 'Mahasataka, I have come from the Lord with a message. Your behaviour to your wife Revati was far from blameless. You should repent for your evil utterance.'
Mahasataka hung his head down.
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