CHAPTER XIV.
seventh year.
Truly the end of Bhramar's life approached. For many days her mortal illness had been kept in check by treatment, but now it no longer yielded to remedies. She was wasting away day by day.
In the month Agrahâyan Bhramar took to her bed, and never again left it. Mâdhabi Nâth came and stayed with her, vainly trying remedies. Jâmini came to the Haridrâ house to give the last cares to her sister.
The disease would not yield to remedies. Thus the month of Pous passed. In Mâgh Bhramar gave up taking physic. She said to Jâmini, "You need not give me any more physic, sister. With next month's full moon I shall die. See, sister, that on that night you do not leave me. If you see that I am likely to outlive the night of the full moon
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