She tells him not to leave. Dolly and Rajkumar are to be married. As it approaches the jetty, Rajkumar leaps from the deck and approaches Dolly, puffing on a cheroot. Though the boat is leaving the bay, she shouts. They rush to the dock and Dolly leaps from the carriage, running toward the departing boat. Hesitatingly, he tells Dolly that Rajkumar is leaving and he offers to take her down to the port. Sawant slips into Dolly’s room as she sleeps. The king watches Rajkumar’s ship prepare to leave as Sawant serves him tea. She asks him to leave and he acquiesces to her request. Dolly tells him that the birth of the princess’s child makes the situation impossible and, despite Rajkumar’s protests, they can never be together.
Uma insists that the two talk and leaves to fetch Rajkumar. Dolly confesses her previous mistakes, such as her relationship with Sawant, and that she had dreamed of Rajkumar. Uma informs Dolly that she believes Rajkumar is in love. She searches for Uma under the peepul tree and finds her, with Rajkumar alongside her. Later that day, Dolly is summoned to the collector’s house. Rajkumar interrupts Uma’s memories to ask for help. When he tells her of his struggles to speak to Dolly, she remembers her own courtship with her husband, which was done mostly through intermediaries. When she finally meets with Rajkumar, he thanks her for the previous evening and admits that Dolly was the girl from his story. Dolly has left the house, as has the collector.
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