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night time by a pleasant story and addressed her as follows:—

"My dearest love! Permit me first to relate you a pleasant story. We shall sleep after that." The princess agreeing to it, kept to her own seat. The minister's son Buddhichâtarya, sat up on his bed and possessing all the natural advantages of an impressive story teller—silvery tone, fine gestures as befitting the occasion, apt allusions to serve as illustrations, &c., began as follows:—


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