The girl’s husband was very shocked to see this. Then his wife told him everything. Her husband could not with stand the truth and told her to leave his house. The girl went to the King’s court to claim justice.” Here Baital asked King Vikramaditya, “What would have been the King’s decision in this case? Why did the girl not raise her voice for help that night? Why did she reveal all only when her husband asked her? Whose fault was it—Brahmin Dharam Datta’s or the girl’s parents? Answer my questions, or else, I will break your head into pieces.” King Vikramaditya thought for a while and then he said, “Well, the girl is not at fault at all. She must have been innocent and thought that whatever was being done was a part of the marriage ritual. Hence, she did not tell anyone.”
The Poor Girl
