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| | Few stories from Baital-Pashisi - King Vikram and the Vampire |
 | | There are four different characters in the world: he who perfectly obeys the commands; he who practises the commands, but follows evil; he who does neither good nor evil; and he who does nothing but evil. |
 | | The four ne'er-do-weels, foreseeing what awaited them at Jayasthal, deferred it as a last resource; determining first to see a little life, and to push their way in the world, before condemning themselves to the tribulations of reform. |
 | | Presently the four young men, carrying their bundle of bones and the other requisites, stepped forward, walk- ing slowly with eyes downcast, like shrinking cattle: for it is said, the Brahman must not run, even when it rains. |
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