[The Poison Tree by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee]@TWC D-Link bookThe Poison Tree CHAPTER XV 7/15
The window said, "Let her go--no more will I show to her _Nagendra_." Then foolish Kunda Nandini gazed once more in that direction. Oh, iron-hearted Surja Mukhi, arise! think what you have done.
Make the forlorn one return. Kunda went on, on, on; again the clouds clashed, the sky became as night, the lightning flashed, the wind moaned, the clouds thundered. Kunda! Kunda! whither goest thou? The storm came--first the sound, then clouds of dust, then leaves torn from the trees borne by the wind; at last, plash, plash, the rain.
Kunda, with thy one garment, whither goest thou? By the flashes of lightning Kunda saw a hut: its walls were of mud, supporting a low roof.
She sat down within the doorway, resting against the door.
In doing this she made some noise.
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