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THE KING OF

be no question about the order and regularity, and the festive rejoicing too is plain enough: there is no difficulty so far. But where is the King? Have you seen him? Just tell us that.

Janardan

What I want to say is this: you know from your experience that there can be chaos and anarchy even if a King be present: but what do we see here?

Kaundilya

You are always coming back to your quibbling. Why can you not give a straight answer to Bhavadatta's question—Have you, or have you not, seen the King? Yes or no?

[Exeunt.