Fiendish!

"...Sundaram than veetukkullae ponavudan ravikkai thaithukkondiruntha than thaayarai 'ammaalai yeanadi kaimpendatti endru vaithaai mundai' endru Ongi kaiyil vaithiruntha kambaal adithaan..."
- Kamalaabal Sarithiram a.k.a Aabathukidamana Abavaadham (B.R. Rajamayyar, 1896)

I could say nothing more than the word 'diabolic' when I read these lines from this century old novel. I am yet to complete reading this book. True that Tamil literature has millions of things to show me!