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

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I regret the circumstances as much as you by any possibi-
lity can do, but what alternative have we? I trust, however,
that you will, by the blessing of God, succeed in all your
undertakings, and become prosperous, but it must be with-
out me. I am not permitted to share in it. I beg, there-
fore, that you will not prolong the pain this interview brings
with it, but leave me to brood over my misfortune, which
is in itself sufficient, and almost more than I can bear,
without witnessing your distress. Leave me, prince, I
beseech you!' 'What means all this, Hurridass?' asked
the prince; 'can it be that you have, without a struggle,
at once resolved upon shutting me out from your heart?
The difficulties that now surround us cannot but give way
before our united efforts. Oh, recal then those cruel and
unfeeling words of yours! Say that you will still be my
friend,—that we shall again meet, though it may be at a
distant time, more distant, perhaps, than my heart can be
reconciled to, but let me still be sustained with the hope
that the friendship—the brotherly love and affection—which
I have lavished on you are not unrequited, and I will be
content—at least I will strive to be so. But do not—oh,
— do not doom me to despair, by extinguishing the last faint
gleam of hope!' 'Ah, prince! why do you thus distress
yourself and me by struggling against fate? Destiny over-
rules all our inclinations, all our wishes, and, alas! all our
hopes and aspirations! What I have said is not said of
my own accord, but with the severest pang that my heart
ever experienced. I say it because I know and am
convinced that it must be so. Adieu, prince! may you
soon regain your usual composure.' 'This day, then,
shall be my last!' cried the prince with great vehemence,
as Hurridass attempted to cut short the interview by
withdrawing himself; 'and why delay when an opportunity
is thus presented?' continued he distractedly, as, eyeing
a sabre hanging on the wall, he rushed up to it, seized it
in a determined manner, and attempted to bury the
blade in his bosom. Hurridass, nimbly stepping up,