HIRA'S QUARREL.

THE BUD OF THE POISON TREE.
"Yes, that will do.

Kunda shall submit.

But if we do not make Surja Mukhi appear as poison in the eyes of Nagendra, nothing can be accomplished." So Hira set herself to divide the hearts hitherto undivided.
One morning early, the wicked Hira came into her mistress's house ready for work.

There was a servant in the Datta household named Kousalya, who hated Hira because she was head servant and enjoyed the favour of the mistress.