. Stories of India's gods and heroes . ed on her sleeping, the evil spirit movedhim to think of deserting her. If I cleave to her,thought Nala, she will ever have sorrow and hard-ship ; parted from me, she may yet come by for danger in her loneliness, her virtue will be hershield. Reasoning thus with perverted mind, King Nalabasely left his wife as she slept. And she, wakinglater, shrieked aloud in dismay and terror, yet scarcewould believe, at first that he was really gone,calling fondly to him as though he had hid himselffor a space only to try her courage and love. Then,crying alo
. Stories of India's gods and heroes . ed on her sleeping, the evil spirit movedhim to think of deserting her. If I cleave to her,thought Nala, she will ever have sorrow and hard-ship ; parted from me, she may yet come by for danger in her loneliness, her virtue will be hershield. Reasoning thus with perverted mind, King Nalabasely left his wife as she slept. And she, wakinglater, shrieked aloud in dismay and terror, yet scarcewould believe, at first that he was really gone,calling fondly to him as though he had hid himselffor a space only to try her courage and love. Then,crying aloud his name, conjuring him to return,reproaching his faithlessness, lamenting the distrac-tion which had driven him to so wild a deed, andhis loneliness when parted from her, she hastenedonward wildly, plunging deeper and deeper into thesavage wood. Of a sudden, a monstrous serpentseized her, helpless, but was slain by a hunter of theforest; then her rescuer, in turn, tried to woo herfrom loyalty to her husband, but fell, slain by her. ,
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