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“This is an unknown city. The roads are also unfamiliar. Where can I search him? Better thing would be to enter the city. He will also come to the city, not seeing me here. My form is that of a male; so there is no possibility of any difficulty.'
Thus thinking, she began to walk to 'wards the city.
Now in Pathanpur, only a few days "before, one thief named Lohkshur had played havoc. Everyday the travellers were being looted and robbery was a daily job. People were so much harassed that all of them became ready to leave the city. But the efficient guards of the king arrested the thief. The king passed a sentence of death for him. The friends of the thief ran away.
Their leader being dead, the power of the thief was much decreased. Yes they were still trying to consolidate and to take
