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expense of their own lives

"My Lord!" whispered Pundita, pressing Rae!" For

Pundita understood the man at her side Had he been honorless, she

would this day be wearing a crown

"Pundita, they hissed us as we passed"

"Not the soldiers, my Lord"

"And this poor e him It was Umballa; but what proof have I? None, none! Well,

for ood We two

shall go to some country where honor and kindness are not criion"

"And shall we hold to it and go, or repudiate it and stay?"

"I am my Lord's chattel; but I would despise him if he took the base

course"

"And so should I, flower of my heart!" Ramabai folded his arms and

stared down moodily at the man who, had he lived, could have made

Pundita his successor "Pundita, I have not yet dared tell you all;

but here, in the presence of death, truth will out We can not leave

Confiscation of property and death face us at every gate No! Uradually and make my life a hell No man as

my friend now dares receive me in his house Worship is denied us,

unless orship in secret There is one pathway open" He paused