Chapter 42: Fever Subsided

In the meanwhile, at Nagapatinam Choodamani Viharam, Prince Arul Mozhi Varman lay on a wooden cot in one of the chambers allotted for the head of the Viharam. He battled through three days of fever that soared higher and higher. For most part, he lay unconscious in sleep, induced by the fever during which the old Bikshu sat next to him monitoring his progress and fed him medicinal milk and water.
The Prince woke up sometimes from his fever and wondered incessantly where he was lying. He kept l...