THE DARK CHAMBER
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away—to draw me back to thy arms again! O my King, what is this game that thou art playing throughout thy kingdom?
Sudarshana (re-entering)
King, O King!
Surangama
He has gone away.
Sudarshana
Gone away? Well then, . . . then he has cast me off for good! I have come back, but he could not wait a single instant for me! Very well, then, I am now perfectly free. Surangama, did he ask you to keep me back?
Surangama
No, he said nothing.
