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The Mockery of Fate
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"Anjana ! How long will you keep wailing this ?” Anjana was tossing on her bed like a fish out of water; and Vasant Tilaka took her head into her lap; and tried to console her.
"Dear friend ! My misfortune knows no bounds. I am unable to bear with my anguish. My heart has broken into pieces. I do not know what sin I have committed to suffer thus abandoned by my dear lord"; and she began to weep.
"What is the use of weeping thus ? Have patience. Great men say that we should retain our calmness and composure in times of calamities. That is true, Anjana! The Samsar moves in a strange and perverse manner. Sorrows succeed joys; and joys succeed sorrows. When that is so will not the sun of happiness rise in your life ? "If winter comes, can spring be far behind ?" Surely the sun of happiness will rise in your life; and then your life will be filled with prosperity and felicity, Therefore, stop wailing; and try to face the situation with courage and patience". Vasanta said again to console Anjana, passing her hand over her head affectionately.
Anjana stopped weeping. She turned on her bed and lay facing the wall of the chamber. Her mind had become a total blank.
Prahasit's heart melted away. He slowly opened the door and went in. Anjana saw him. Anjana was shocked to see a man there. “Who is this man ? He seems to be creeping in like a thief”. Her grieved heart shook with fear but she was not greatly terrified. The next moment she spoke aloud in such a way that her voice echoed in the chamber, “Who are you? "Why have you come here ? Are you a thief ? At once, get out. A stranger should not enter a woman's chamber. You should not stay here even for a moment. Get out or you will be cut to pieces and thrown to kites. Look here Vasanta. Find out who he is. He has crept into our chamber like a thief. This wicked man does not realize that by coming here like this he is walking into the jaws of death. Except Pavananjay no other man can enter this chamber".
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