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'Come back, yelled Athira's brother. 'Where to? said Athira. 'To Madu, said he. 'Never, said she. 'Then Juseen Daze will send a curse, and you will wither away like a barked tree in the springtime, said Athira's brother. Athira slept over these things. Next morning she had rheumatism. 'I am beginning to wither away like a barked tree in the springtime, she said.
'That is the curse of Juseen Daze. And she really began to wither away because her heart was dried up with fear, and those who believe in curses die from curses. Suket Singh, too, was afraid because he loved Athira better than his very life. Two months passed, and Athira's brother stood outside the regimental Lines again and yelped, 'Aha! You are withering away. Come back.
So Madu gave up all his worldly wealth, amounting to twenty-seven rupees, eight annas, three pice, and a silver chain, to the Council of Kodru. And it fell as Juseen Daze foretold. They sent Athira's brother down into Suket Singh's regiment to call Athira home. Suket Singh kicked him once round the Lines, and then handed him over to the Havildar, who beat him with a belt.
'I will come back, said Athira. 'Say rather that WE will come back, said Suket Singh. 'Ai; but when? said Athira's brother. 'Upon a day very early in the morning, said Suket Singh; and he tramped off to apply to the Colonel Sahib Bahadur for one week's leave. 'I am withering away like a barked tree in the spring, moaned Athira.
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