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GLIMPSES ALONG LIFE'S JOURNEY
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enced in his company. The recollection of such a past was, surely, too much for her to bear; she fainted right away. When she came to she was so much overwhelmed with misery that it was impossible to explain it to any one. She, therefore, held her peace; but determined in her mind to find out, if possible, where Lalitānga was born, and to marry none else but him.
Her parents noticed the change that had come over her; but she did not tell them its cause. Who could be expected to sympathise with such a wild goose's scheme as hers or to encourage such a resolve? But Svayam Prabhā's was not an ordinary soul. She felt that the affinity between herself and her deva-lover would in all probability not admit of her taking birth far away from him. She was now doubly determined to leave no stone unturned in search of her past-life's lover.
Her father one day, finding no change in her melancholy, gave her a new nurse who was very highly gifted. The newcomer proved to be a real companion and whole-heartedly entered into Svayam Prabhā's plans.
There was a big Temple called Mahāpūta Chaityālaya in her father's kingdom. Srimati's nurse one day took a painting executed by Srimati, her mistress, to this Temple, and placed it on the wall in the picture gallery there. It was a series
