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THE king ordered that every care should be taken of the wretched Bandhu, who was not even conscious of the danger from which he had been saved; whose eyes and senses were closed so that he saw not his preserver.
"I have purchased him with my blood," said the king. "From this day forth I adopt him as my own child."