daughter. We are not inferior to him in birth, wealth, or social
position. I know him and he knows me. So there is no difficulty
about it." Thus Spotless comforted his son, made him eat and take
care of himself, went with him the next day to
Clean-cloth's house, and asked that the girl might be given to his
son White. And Clean-cloth graciously promised to give her to
him.

Then when the time came, Clean-cloth gave White his charming
daughter, a wife worthy of him. And when he was married, White
went happily to his father's house with his sweet bride.

Now as he lived there happily, Lovely's brother came to visit. And
when they had all asked him about his health and his sister had
greeted him with a kiss, and after he had rested, he said: "My
father sent me to invite Lovely and White to a festival in our
house." And all the relatives said it was a good plan and
entertained him that day with appropriate things to drink and eat.

The next morning White set out for his father-in-law's house,
together with his brother-in-law and Lovely. And when he came to
the city Beautiful, he saw the great temple of Gauri. And he said to
Lovely and her brother: "We will see this goddess. I will go first
and you two stay here." So White went in to see the goddess. He
entered the temple and bowed before the goddess whose eighteen
arms had killed the horrible demons, whose lotus-feet were set
upon a giant that she had crushed.

And when he had worshipped her, an idea suddenly came to him.
"People honour this goddess with all kinds of living sacrifices.