THE DARK CHAMBER
111
From the Outside
Oh, save us, save us, our King! The fire is on all sides of us!
Kanchi
Fool, get up, lose no more time.
Sudarshana (entering)
King, O my King! save me, save me from death! I am surrounded by fire.
"King"
Who is the King? I am no King.
Sudarshana
You are not the King?
"King"
No, I am a hypocrite, I am a scoundrel. (Flinging his crown on the ground.) Let my deception and hypocrisy be shattered into dust!
[Goes out with Kanchi.
