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your orders as to how I should behave with your friend".
King Surpal also became angry. He said to Sheth Balsar :
"Your wicked man! You are unfit for my friendship. I had no idea that you weae so ungrateful and sinful. You had fostered my grandson uptill now. It is for that reason that I allow you to go free. Go immediately and bring my grandson."
Sheth Balsar then went to bring the son of Mahabal named 'Bal.'
Thereafter all the three went into the palace. Malaya met her father and father in-law. King Surpal felt ashamed in his mind that he had sentenced her to death at the instance of Kanakmala. Malaya could understand the feelings of her father-inlaw and said :
"Father! Every person suffers the fruit of his own actions. Kanakmala and
