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KOPAL-KUNDALA.

met a Mussulman girl. Do you remember that?"

Kopal-Kundala said, "The one who gave me the ornaments?"

The Brahman said, "I am she."

Kupal-Kundala was exceedingly startled.

Lutufonissa, seeing her astonishment, said, "There is more to astonish you. I am your co-wife."[1]

Kopal-Kundala, in amazement, said, "What is that?"

Lutufonissa then related the events of her past life in succession; her marriage, the destruction of her caste, her being abandoned by her husband, Dacca, Agra, Jahangir, Meheronissa, her leaving Agra, her living in Septogram, her meeting with Nobokumar, Nobokumar's conduct, her coming in disguise the evening before to the jungle, her meeting with the Hom devotee—she told all. At this moment Kopal-Kundala asked, "With what purpose did you wish to come in disguise into our house?"

  1. A first wife calls her husband's second wife her sotin.