THE DARK CHAMBER
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not have been difficult for us to boast about our acquaintance with the King.
Sudarshana
But no, she never boasts.
Rohini
It is pure affectation, the whole of it: which often goes a longer way than open boasting. She is up to all manner of tricks: that is why we could never like her.
Sudarshana
But whatever you may say, I should have liked to ask her if she were here.
Rohini
Very well, Queen. I shall bring her here. She must be lucky if she is indispensable for the Queen to know the King.
