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THE KING OF

Sudarshana

Why should he say anything? Why should he care for me? . . . I am then free, perfectly free. But, Surangama, I wanted to ask one thing of the King, but could not utter it in his presence. Tell me if he has punished the prisoners with death.

Surangama

Death? My King never punishes with death.

Sudarshana

What has he done to them, then?

Surangama

He has set them at liberty. Kanchi has acknowledged his defeat and gone back to his kingdom.

Sudarshana

Ah, what a relief!