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

—my beloved husband !' said Chitrangee, ' I pray you not to dissemble or hide the least circumstance from me. What is it that grieves you so much?—tell me, I beseech you ! I cannot divine your thoughts, but should you have a wife, I shall be glad to receive her here, and let her reside with us and partake of our glorious state ! Be assured of this— I will treat her as if she were my own sister !' She pressed him very much to let her know the cause of his apparent concern, and at length he revealed to her all the particulars regarding his wife, who, he said, received no support from his family, but relied entirely on him, and whom he had so cruelly neglected. This, he said, was the cause of his feel- ing so great a concern. ' When I was cast off by my brothers, who would not pay my debt,' continued Charoo, ' my wife preserved my character by giving me her jewels, which enabled me to discharge it. On parting from her I pledged my word never to forget her. Alas! how have I requited her self-denying love for me! Not one single thought have I bestowed on her since I left home, so completely have I been occupied in devising means for your restoration from the several perilous positions into which you have successively, and at very short intervals, fallen.' Chitrangee was affected at the relation, and replied, ' I hope, my dear husband, that you will not hesitate, after what I have said, to bring your wife here without further delay. Let me assure you once more that I will treat her as my own sister. I will even consent to live here subject to her !' Charoo was much touched with the very affectionate and disinterested manner in which Chitrangee spoke on the subject, and he promised that he would go and fetch his wife on the morrow. " Next morning, Chitrangee again entreated Charoo to set off for his wife, and presented him with a pair of curious padooka* which she possessed. Charoo put them on his feet, took the three jewels which had been presented to him

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