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GWASHBRARI, THE GLACIER-HEARTED QUEEN 219

death. The stars began to gleam in the pale heavens, but the King lay at Gwashbrari’s feet, discrowned for ever!

And that is why great Westarwan stretches his long length across the valley of Kashmir, resting his once lofty head upon the glacier heart of Queen Gwashbrari.

And every night the star crown hangs in the heavens as of yore.