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The Poison Tree

CHAPTER VII
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One called for the strains of _Govinda Adhikari_, another _Gopale Ure_.

She who was reading Dasu Rai's poem desired to have it sung.

Two or three asked for the old stories about Krishna; they were divided as to whether they would hear about the companions or about the separation.

Some wanted to hear of his herding the cows in his youth.

One shameless girl called out, "If you do not sing such and such a passage I will not listen." One mere child, by way of teaching the _Boisnavi_, sang some nonsensical syllables.


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