At this moment some one from behind touched her very gently on the shoulder.
Some one said, "Kunda!" Kunda looked round.

In the darkness she at once recognized Nagendra.

Kunda thought no more that day of dying.
[Footnote 9: _Talao_--usually rendered "tank" in English; but the word scarcely does justice to these reservoirs, which with their handsome flights of steps are quite ornamental.] And Nagendra, is this the stainless character you have preserved so long?
Is this the return for your Surja Mukhi's devotion?
Shame! shame! you are a thief; you are worse than a thief.

What could a thief have done to Surja Mukhi?
He might have stolen her ornaments, her wealth, but you have come to destroy her heart.

Surja Mukhi never bestowed anything upon the thief, therefore if he stole, he was but a thief.