THE POST OFFICE
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Amal
When from the city gates my friend the watchman will strike his gong, "ding dong ding, ding dong ding" ——— then?
Herald
Yes, then. The King sends his greatest physician to attend on his young friend.
State Physician enters
State Physician
What's this? How close it is here! Open wide all the doors and windows. [Feeling AmaVs body] How do you feel, my child?
Amal
I feel very well, Doctor, very well. All pain is gone. How fresh and open ! I can see all the stars now twinkling from the other side of the dark.