What is
to be done?
PRIYAMVADA [_entering; joyfully_].--Quick! quick! Anasuya! come and
assist in the joyful preparations for Sakoontala's departure to her
husband's palace.
ANASUYA.--My dear girl, what can you mean?
PRIYAMVADA.--Listen, now, and I will tell you all about it. I went just
now to Sakoontala, to inquire whether she had slept comfortably--
ANASUYA.--Well, well; go on.
PRIYAMVADA.--She was sitting with her face bowed down to the very ground
with shame, when Father Kanwa entered and, embracing her, of his own
accord offered her his congratulations. "I give thee joy, my child," he
said, "we have had an auspicious omen. The priest who offered the
oblation dropped it into the very centre of the sacred fire, though
thick smoke obstructed his vision. Henceforth thou wilt cease to be an
object of compassion. This very day I purpose sending thee, under the
charge of certain trusty hermits, to the King's palace; and shall
deliver thee into the hands of thy husband, as I would commit knowledge
to the keeping of a wise and faithful student."
ANASUYA.
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