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The Fugitive

by Rabindranath Tagore

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Ama

Mother mine, I had not hoped to see you again. Let me take dust from your feet.

Rama

Touch me not with impure hands!

Ama

I am as pure as yourself.

Rama

To whom have you surrendered your honour?

Ama

To my husband.

Rama

Husband? A Mussulman the husband of a Brahmin woman?

Ama

I do not merit contempt: I am proud to say I never despised my husband though a Mussulman. If Paradise will reward your devotion to your husband, then the same Paradise waits for your daughter, who has been as true a wife.

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