The Case of the Unknown Snake.
1. Padmasena had accepted to do the killing for Ananthabatta! She had known Suresena for the last few years. She was not sure when she met him first. But she remembered Suresena not only because of his youth but also because of the comments he made about her! He is a great lover, she thought. What was it that he said last time when he came visiting her? Ha, she recollected. She was wearing only a simple leaf and bark dress when he visited her last time. He had said, ”Lotus is beautiful even if it blooms in the murk. The dark shades on the moon does not reduce its lustre. So are you, even in this dark bark and green leaf!” He said that in Sanskrit quoting from Kalidasa! She laughed, “Do I look like Shakuntala to you? And are you going to ditch me too?” He replied: “Can the day be far away when the sun has decided to rise? Can the flood be stopped by the piercing arrows of your eyes?” He sang it! Today was the day he promised to visit her again when he left her last t