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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