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[ 49. 13. you dejected?" Dharana said, "I am!" The merchant said, "What is I am?" Dharana said. "This." The merchant said, What is-'this'?" Dharana said, Nothing." The merchant said, "Dear one, what is the use of speaking such vague expressions? Tell the truth. [49] And I am not unworthy to be told. I have become your elder." Then thinking it is not proper to break the order of an elder, Dharana said, "As it is the order from your respected self, even the matter of such a nature is spoken by me." The merchant said, "O dear one, there is nothing improper in following the order of elders." Dharana said, "O respected sir, if it is so, my wife is well as to her life but not well as to her character." The merchant said, "How do you know?" Dharana said, “From her action" The merchant said, "How?" Then he narrated all the account beginning from his food and ending with the sea-shore.
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Having heard that, merchant Toppa became angry with Suvadana. Having left Dharana, he went to the king. He requested the king against Suvadana, as the facts stood. Suvadana was called by the king
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