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 in earnest. "I wish I had never led thee hither! Come, love, come!"

And even more anxiously than from the Coral Tree did he draw her thence.

She followed him not unwillingly, turning her head at the first palms as she did so, and casting a last glance backward at the heavenly stream.

And again they were throned on their lotus seats in the crystal pond, again they floated between trees bearing blossoms of jewels, again mingled with the ranks of the Blest, joined in the dances, and enjoyed the raptures of heaven, happy in their unclouded love.

Once, in the dance, they met their friend of the white robe, who greeted them with—

"So ye have really been at the shores of the Gunga?"

"How canst thou possibly know that we have been there?"

"I see it; for all who have been there wear, as it were, a shadow on their brows. For that reason I don't wish to go. And ye will also not go a second time—no one does."