KING OF DARK CHAMBER
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let off now. Unfit as I am for anything, the fear of impending danger has unnerved me and stunned my intellect. You will therefore find it difficult to put me to any use.
Kanchi
You will have to sit there as my umbrella-holder.
Suvarna
Your servant is ready for anything; but of what profit will that be to you?
Kanchi
My man, I see that your weak intellect cannot go with a high ambition in you. You have no notion yet with what favour the Queen looked upon you. After all, she cannot possibly throw the bridal garland on an umbrella-bearer's neck in a company of princes, and yet, I know, she