Passage 24

In English

Amongst the three wives, the ideas and the thoughts that came were like the ones which come naturally to any other woman. The youngest among them, namely , remembered the promise from her husband, the king. This was what she had in her mind and therefore she kept her portion of the very carefully. The eldest wife, namely queen , naturally believed that the son to be born to her will become the King and so she also kept her portion of the very carefully. The middle one, , did not have any ambition and so did not have any particular desire for having a son. Not only did she nothaveanyambition,butshewasevenfeelingalittlebit despondent and unwell. The feeling is quite natural to . She thought that if a son was born to the eldest queen, , he may become the King and if a son was born to the youngest, , he may also become the King on the basis of the promise which the King made to her. But if a son was born to her, that son would have to attend on and associate himself with the son of either or . thought that there was no point in her looking for children under such circumstances.