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will be instrumental in this. So I. am thinking to leave the city of Champa. If Kingdom is, destined for me, I will get it again. It is no use to live deliberately under the hanging sword.”
Shantimati agreed to her husband'sproposal and decided to obey it. She said :
“Your idea is quite proper. Visben is a untrustworthy person. There is no. guarantee of what he will not do. Moreover, because of him, there may be quarrels in the family. So it is advisable to leave such a place. It is always good to be far from the fire.”
Both of them set out in pin-droop silence of the night and left the city of Champa.
One merchant's caravan was passing: through the borders of Champanagari. The: chief of the caravan saw Sen and Shantimati. He immediately came to them and
