At last Kamal Mani came out
of Kunda's room with a countenance full of fear and distress, and in
great haste sent for Nagendra.
On his arrival the ladies told him he was wanted in Kunda's room. At
the door he met Surja Mukhi weeping.
"What has happened?" he asked.
"Destruction! I have long known I was destined not to have a single
day of happiness, else how is it that in the first moment of joy this
calamity comes upon me?"
"What has happened?"
"I brought up Kunda to womanhood, and now that I have come hither with
the desire to cherish her as my little sister, my desire has turned to
ashes: Kunda has taken poison!"
"What do you say?" "Do you remain with her. I will go for a doctor."
Surja Mukhi went on her errand, and Nagendra to Kunda's room alone. He
found Kunda's face darkened, her eyes lustreless, her body relaxed.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
KUNDA'S TONGUE IS LOOSENED.
Kunda Nandini was seated on the floor, her head resting against the
the bed-post. At sight of Nagendra the tears came into her eyes. As he
stood beside her, Kunda, like a severed branch of a twining plant,
laid her head at his feet. In a stifled voice he said--
"What is this, Kunda? for what fault are you leaving me?"
Kunda had not been used to answer her husband, but now, at her last
hour, her tongue was loosened.
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