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Shakuntala in the hermitage, remembering her husband.
Once she was thinking of her husband under the tree Priyamelak. Suddenly, the left part of her body began to throb. This was a good omen for her. A flash of thought came to her mind :
'To-day at least I will see my husband.'
Man thinks of meeting his or her dear ones only. When good omen is visible, the first hope is of getting the dearest thing. For a good woman, the dearest one in the whole life, is her husband. Shantimati alsó began to hope for meeting her husband.
Shantikumari just looked in the front side of the road, casually. To her great joy, she found her husband arriving there along with the Pallipati. The eyes of both of them met, and see ! The tears of joy swelled in their eyes. To each of them, the
