But, hard-hearted man that I was, I forgot to fulfil my promise, owing to the infatuation that took possession of me.
SÁNUMATÍ. [Aside.
A pleasant arrangement! Fate, however, ordained that the appointment should not be kept.
MÁ[T.]HAVYA.
But how did the ring contrive to pass into the stomach of that carp which the fisherman caught and was cutting up?
KING.
It must have slipped from my [S']akoontalá's hand, and fallen into the stream of the Ganges, while she was offering homage to the water of [S']achí's holy pool.
MÁ[T.]HAVYA.
Very likely.
SÁNUMATÍ. [Aside.