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my husband comes here in search of me, how will you behave towatds him ? 'Why? I shall give bim a warm reception, and hand you over to him' The chief didn't understand what the lady had really in mind, and he knew pretty well that there was no chance of her husband's ever reaching that den. The lady, however, relished not the words of the chief She cast very angry look at the chief, which at once put that fellow to proper form 'I was just joking,' said he 'If he comes within my view, goes he not alive' This pleased the lady very much, and she pointed significanty beneath the cot The chief understood at once and dragged the man out, tied him with a leather strap, bit him half-dead, and hurled him into a deep ditch outside
"Continuing the monk said, 'Imagine, how much pain, both physical and mental, poor Subrata had on the occasion, but he was helpless For a long time, he lay in that state, and perhaps would have been finished, but for the arrival of a dog, who started eating the leather strap This restored him his liberty and he recovered to some extent, He got up and came again to the chief's den, The chief was fast as leep. Subrata held a naked sword, and signalled his wife to come out at once, on pain of being cut into two in case she disobeyed She had no time to think and silently followed her man But she was not penitent for what she had so far done and was still keen for the robber to whom she would go if she could As she ran with her man, she dropped pieces of her own cloth on the way for the guidance of the robber in case he pursued the fugitives, and this was not noticed. by her man. As the night was rearing its end, the two hid themselves in a bamboo grove in order to escape being noticed and caught
“ 'In the morning, then the robber noticed that the lady had disappeared, he started at once with his men, following the foot-prints, and the pieces of cloth dropped by her The whole group now reached the grove They
