

... they noticed Azhvarkadiyan standing with the crowd. Sembiyan Madevi immediately signalled to him to come near and Azhvarkadiyan obeyed her with utmost respect.
Vandiya Devan was shocked beyond words. He never thought that his efforts to save his friend would be mistaken thus!
...the light that he saw was not moonlight nor was it coming from a lamp. It was coming from the heaps of gold coins that were stacked in the chamber...
In their presence, his mind worked well, and he could use his sword as well as his brain, which was sharper than his sword. But in front of this seductress, he felt his sword might slip from his hand; his brain refused to think...
While Pazhuvetar went on about his past lives, Nandini turned her head and faced the other side. If he had seen the expression on her face it was doubtful whether he would have continued...
Am I really becoming a womaniser after all these years? I really don't know many things about her past. Am I being fair to my brother? After all, he was the one who has stood by me all these years, and fought along with me in all the wars. Why should I be so partial to her anyway?
But that day when Periya Pazhuvetar came back to the fort, his brother did not come to the entrance to greet him, nor did people throng the street to watch the procession. But Periya Pazhuvetar went straight to his brother's palace. He sensed that his younger brother was involved in some important work, which was why he couldn't come to the entrance to welcome him.
"You are asking me whether I remember all this. Do you know that all these memories have been etched in my heart with fire? And do you know I have been burning in this fire ever since?"
"...it is dangerous to make you laugh, Ammani. When the flower blossoms the bee is mesmerised."
The woman who was accompanying Vandiya Devan went ahead to inform her mistress about his arrival while he waited in the dark. He could smell the fragrance of the flowers that were blooming in the dark while he waited there...