विक्रम चरित (उज्जैन सम्राट् विक्रमादित्य - पराक्रम, न्याय एवं ३२ पुतलियों की कथा सटीक)

171 I am!' cried she, 'where shall I look for protection now?— oh, where shall I find peace? Could I but restore you, my dearest husband, to life and consciousness, if but for a moment, I would willingly forfeit mine own! Alas! this would never have happened had I not compelled you to comunicate the secret of your death! I am irrecoverably undone!' While Moheeny was thus lamenting her cruel loss, Shambae rushed into the room with outstretched arms, feigning great distress, and exclaiming, 'My dear lady!—my angelic mistress!—what is the matter? What has happened to you?' 'Cruel woman!' replied Moheeny, 'Your are the cause of this mischief!—I know it but too well! You have cruelly, heartlessly, deceived me! Your barbarous advice has made me miserable for life, depriving me of my dear and fondly-cherished husband! There was not the slightest need for his communicating to me the secret which you have, by your artful designs, wormed out of him for my own and his ruin. His blood be upon your head! He had expressly desired me not to admit you into our service, but out of pity for you I prevailed on him to consent to it; and this is what you have done in return for so much kindness! Oh, inhuman wretch!—how could you be so un