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97 in-law and sister to their house. Dhavala's parents were very glad, and Sent their son and daughter-in-law with the new-comer. They set out, and while resting themselves a little on the way near the temple of the goddess Kali, Dhavala went in and offered his head as a sacrifice to the goddess, as he had promised, and died. The new-comer, who was eagerly awaiting the arrival of his brother-in-law, not seeing him come out, went into the temple, and to his utter disappointment and sorrow saw his brother-in-law lying there dead, and died himself. The girl, amazed at both her husband and her brother not coming out for so long a time, went into the temple, and was wholly immersed in sorrow and was about to slay herself, when the goddess Kali appeared before her and said that she was pleased with her chastity, and that it was unfair of her to venture on suicide, and said further that, if the two heads of the slain be brought and attached to the other parts of the bodies, they would once more come to life. In her haste she brought the head of her husband and attached it to the body of her