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THE DARK CHAMBER
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Sudarshana

Why do you not allow me to see you in the light?

King

So you want to see me in the midst of a thousand things in broad daylight! Why should I not be the only thing you can feel in this darkness?

Sudarshana

But I must see you—I am longing to have a sight of you.

King

You will not be able to bear the sight of me—it will only give you pain, poignant and overpowering.

Sudarshana

How can you say that I shall be unable to bear your sight? Oh, I can feel even in this dark how lovely and