or enhanced? People say that the mechanism of the world is wonderfully contrived.
Nobokumar saw that Kopal-Kundala's tresses were hanging loose. When Kopal-Kundala was not his, then she used not to bind up her hair. Again he saw that those tresses, falling on the young Brahman's back, had mingled with his hair that also hung down his limbs. Kopal-Kundala's tresses were so abundant, and they were both seated so close together in order to talk in a low voice, that Kopal-Kundala's hair spread right over Lutufonissa's back. They did not notice this; but Nobokumar, seeing it, gently sank on the ground.
Seeing this, the Kapálik opened a cocoa-nut vessel that hung from his waist, and said, "Child! you are losing your strength, drink this sovereign medicine; it is the gift of Bhobani. By drinking it you will get strength."
The Kapálik held the vessel near Nobokumar's lips. He absently took a draught, and satisfied his burning thirst. Nobokumar did not know that this sweet beverage was