" So saying, he disappeared.
ANASUYA.--Oh! then we may breathe again; for now I think of it, the King
himself, at his departure, fastened on Sakoontala's finger, as a token
of remembrance, a ring on which his own name was engraved. She has,
therefore, a remedy for her misfortune at her own command.
PRIYAMVADA.--Come, dear Anasuya, let us proceed with our religious
duties. [_They walk away_.
PRIYAMVADA [_looking off the stage_].--See, Anasuya, there sits our dear
friend, motionless as a statue, resting her face on her left hand, her
whole mind absorbed in thinking of her absent husband. She can pay no
attention to herself, much less to a stranger.
ANASUYA.--Priyamvada, let this affair never pass our lips. We must spare
our dear friend's feelings. Her constitution is too delicate to bear
much emotion.
PRIYAMVADA.--I agree with you. Who would think of watering a tender
jasmine with hot water?
ACT FOURTH
Scene.--The Neighborhood of the Hermitage
_Enter one of Kanwa's pupils, just arisen from his couch at the dawn of
day_.
PUPIL.
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