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18 shall mind for a moment because you give to Mani what belongs to you? Surely I'm not so mean as that?"

"But you also will have"

"Look here, Jotin, I shall get angry with you. You want to console me with money!"

"Oh, Mashi, how I wish I could give you something better than money!"

"That you have done, Jotin!— more than enough. Haven't I had you to fill my lonely house? I must have won that great good-fortune in many previous births! You have given me so much that now, if my destiny's due is exhausted, I shall not complain. Yes, yes! Give away everything in Mani’s name,— your house, your money, your carriage, and your land— such burdens are too heavy for me!"

"Of course I know you have lost your taste for the enjoyments of life, but Mani is so young that"

"No! you mustn't say that. If you want to leave her your property, it is all right, but as for enjoyment"

"What harm if she does enjoy herself, Mashi?"

"No, no, it will be impossible. Her throat will