" "Yes, I know," said the fisherman abruptly, a cloud passing over his faceas though he disliked being reminded of a dead child.

A fisherman afterward finds the ring in the stomach of a fish, and it gets into the hands of the king, who, at sight of it, remembers Sakuntala and is heartbroken at his cruel conduct toward her.

" "News?" said the fisherman eagerly; "perhaps you have a billet for me?"