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sed. If Malaya is not alive, you can sacrifice your life even afterwards; but we can not resarrect you if Malaya is found alive, if once you are dead.
On the strength of my knowledge, I claim to know that Malaya is not dead. Yet I give you a proof of that. By tomorrow evening, you will get a ring on which the name of Malaya must have been carved. If you get such a ring alright, take my astrological knowledge to be valid. Then you please wait for the arrival of Malaya. If you do not get such a ring, believe me and my knowledge to be untrustworthy. I will come to-morrow evening again.'
The king was much consoled. He returned to the palace in the city. The courtiers and the cityzens became glad.
It was next-day evening. The king. began to think :
