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" Because your Highness is pleased to speak of things that,,
in my humble judgment, seem quite impossible."
" Impossible! How impossible ?"
" Firstly,—How can your Highness condescend to have con-
nection with a family so very inferior to you in point of caste?
" Secondly,-"
" Stay—you must remember, Bheem, that that naughty
and mischievous god, Love, makes no distinction of caste, and
that it is his pleasure to couple folks in a most unexpected
manner."
" But I think your Highness never 'saw this daughter of
Lallajee."
" Never saw her, sayest thou ? Don't you remember—but
no, you were not then with me—last year we had ventured
out to a very unusual distance, at the time of the Mahoorut
ke Shikar* ? On our way home we were surprised by nightfall,
and as the Castle of Lallajee was not far off from our road, we
made up our minds to become his guests. We were most hos-
pitably received by him, and it was then that I had the blessed
opportunity of seeing that divine object of my love—the
angelic Rutnavali. O ! that you had been with me that
night! Nature, as if anxious to show what she can do when
she puts her whole ingenuity to the task, has produced this
most lovely creature, whose beauty fascinates the heart of every
one that sees her. From that night, when my eyes first met
her charms, she has become the idol of my heart. Ever
since have I been waiting for an opportunity to make my
suit to the father of this lovely girl, but circumstances have
been so much against me, that, within a whole twelvemonth,
I could not find a fit time to make my request. But
Bhugwarvf has at last taken pity on my condition, and
* It means the chase fixed astrologically. It is also called the AJteria or
the spring-hunt. For a further account, see Todd's Ilajaathan.
t The Deity.
" Because your Highness is pleased to speak of things that,,
in my humble judgment, seem quite impossible."
" Impossible! How impossible ?"
" Firstly,—How can your Highness condescend to have con-
nection with a family so very inferior to you in point of caste?
" Secondly,-"
" Stay—you must remember, Bheem, that that naughty
and mischievous god, Love, makes no distinction of caste, and
that it is his pleasure to couple folks in a most unexpected
manner."
" But I think your Highness never 'saw this daughter of
Lallajee."
" Never saw her, sayest thou ? Don't you remember—but
no, you were not then with me—last year we had ventured
out to a very unusual distance, at the time of the Mahoorut
ke Shikar* ? On our way home we were surprised by nightfall,
and as the Castle of Lallajee was not far off from our road, we
made up our minds to become his guests. We were most hos-
pitably received by him, and it was then that I had the blessed
opportunity of seeing that divine object of my love—the
angelic Rutnavali. O ! that you had been with me that
night! Nature, as if anxious to show what she can do when
she puts her whole ingenuity to the task, has produced this
most lovely creature, whose beauty fascinates the heart of every
one that sees her. From that night, when my eyes first met
her charms, she has become the idol of my heart. Ever
since have I been waiting for an opportunity to make my
suit to the father of this lovely girl, but circumstances have
been so much against me, that, within a whole twelvemonth,
I could not find a fit time to make my request. But
Bhugwarvf has at last taken pity on my condition, and
* It means the chase fixed astrologically. It is also called the AJteria or
the spring-hunt. For a further account, see Todd's Ilajaathan.
t The Deity.