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only instance. On several occasions he bebaved would adhere to her promise of marrying him. purposely so foolishly that every one that The princess told him that she would be very knew him thought him the silliest boy that proud of it, both on account of his high had ever lived in the world. The princess parentage and his intellectual attainments; but also thought him so, but never lessened her she also told him that her father might not care for him on that account, and continued onlike it, as he (Ramachandra) was not much to the most intimate terms with him so much look at, and as it was his declared intention to so that the public began to whisper now and give her only to one who was as beautiful as then that she intended to marry him. To her she was. She then said, that as she liked the credit, however, it must be said that she had no idea of the marriage much, it would be best such intention. Had Kệishņa Singh shown to elope to some place where they could be that he was as intelligent as herself or more married. Then they fixed a day for the BO, it would have been otherwise. The em- | elopement-the eighth day from that one-and peror alone entertained thoughts of their separated. As soon as the day for the elone. marriage, for he had pitched upon Krishnament was fixed on Kộishna Singh ran off nn. Singh as the best match his daughter could observed and stood where he had been told, make. That he was very stupid did not matter and as the guard were at a distance where they much, because his daughter, who was very could not have heard the conversation, Râmaintelligent, could manage everything. It was chandra and Chandramukhí both thought that necessary that her equal in beauty should be no one had overheard them, and each went her husband, and as he had found one in home with mind andisturbed. Krishna Singh, why not accept him ? So The night passed as usual, but next morning thought the emperor, and it was owing to this when the emperor was holding his darbár, idea that he did not like to disturb the fami- (court) all of a sudden the Tåkkuttakki camo liarity that was growing up between him and to him and told him that he wanted to speak his daughter Chandramukhi.
to him privately about something. As the The princess was fit to be married in her emperor loved Krishna Singh more than his sixteenth year, i.e., seven years after Krishņa life, he at once granted him his request, and Singh had entered her service, and Ramachan- asked everyone present to leave the room for dra, the Minister's son, had long had thoughts a few minutes. Drawing a chair near him he of marrying her, and had once or twice told asked the Tokkuttûkki to take it and to proceed her so. She also seemed to be agreeable, and with his news. But Krishna Singh asked him continued to attend the college even after she whether he knew how kings should educate their was grown up.
daughters! The emperor was quite confounded One day before the college closed for the even- at this. He had always thought the Tük. ing Ramachandra took a ghatika's leave from kuttûkki to be the most stapid man on earth, his master and waited for a chance to speak to and he had now posed him with a question the princess. Presently she started homewards which it was very difficult to answer! The with the Tukkuttakki Krishna Singh walking Tûkkuttakki next told him that such high on in front as usual with the satchel, and her authorities as Manu, Vyâsaand others had guard following her. Ramachandra sat near a stated that a king should send his daughter car (ratha) and asked the princess to come to to school till her seventh year; after which him as he had a secret to tell her, telling her it was always better to have her educated at guard at the same time to stand where they home by private teachers till she grew up, could not overhear what he was saying. He and that then she should be educated on the also asked the Tokkuttakki to walk & few pardá-system, by which the aster sits on one steps further. Now the Tåkkuttakki pretending side of a screen and the girl on the other, to walk on quickly managed to get un- neither being able to see the other. He also observed to the other side of the car and over- told the Emperor that he had deviated from heard everything that passed between them :- one and all of these sound rules, with the Ramachandra asked the princess whether she result that his daughter was no longer his
• Ancient codifiers of Hindu Law.
