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THE DARK CHAMBER
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to thee: to whom could we turn our prayers so long, when we could not approach thy august presence?

King

Your grievances will all be redressed. [Exit.

First Man

It won't do to lag behind, boys—the King will lose sight of us if we get mixed up with the mob.

Second Man

See there—look what that fool Narottam is doing! He has elbowed his way through all of us and is now sedulously fanning the King with a palm leaf!

Madhav

Indeed! Well, well, the sheer audacity of the man takes one's breath away.