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XI

Encampment

Kanchi

(To Kanya Kubja's Messenger.) Tell your King that he need not receive us exactly as his guests. We are on our way back to our kingdoms, but we are waiting to rescue Queen Sudarshana from the servitude and degradation to which she is condemned here.

Messenger

Your Highness, you will remember that the princess is in her father's house.

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