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156 Nobokumar said, "Where are you going?"

There was no sound of rebuke in his voice.

Kopal-Kundala said, "Shamasoondri wants a drug for bringing her husband under her control, and I am going out to look for it."

Nobokumar said as tenderly as before, "Very well, you went once yesterday! Why again to-day?"

K. Yesterday I could not find it; I will look for it again.

Nobokumar said very mildly, "Wouldn't it do as well to look for it in the day-time?" Nobokumar's voice was full of love. Kopal-Kundala said, "The drug does not flower by day."

Mot. What is the use of your looking for the medicine? Tell me the name of the plant, and I will pluck and bring it for you.

K. I know the tree, if I see it; but I don't know its name. And it won't do for you to pluck it. A woman must pluck it with her hair all loose. Do not put any obstacle in the way of another's benefit.

Kopal-Kundala said this with some