--Yes, show me the biggest robbers!
MADHAV. [Peering out of the window] I should think the noise has
ceased. they've smashed the door.
[THE KING'S HERALD enters]
HERALD. Our Sovereign King comes to-night!
HEADMAN. My God!
AMAL. At what hour of the night, Herald?
HERALD. On the second watch.
AMAL. When from the city gates my friend the watchman will
strike his gong, "ding dong ding, ding dong ding"--then?
HERALD. Yes, then. The King sends his greatest physician to
attend on his young friend.
[STATE Physician enters]
STATE PHYSICIAN. What's this? How close it is here! Open wide
all the doors and windows. [Feeling AMAL'S body] How do you
feel, my child?
AMAL. I feel very well, Doctor, very well. All pain is gone.
How fresh and open! I can see all the stars now twinkling from
the other side of the dark.
PHYSICIAN. Will you feel well enough to leave your bed with the
King when he comes in the middle watches of the night?
AMAL. Of course, I'm dying to be about for ever so long. I'll
ask the King to find me the polar star.--I must have seen it
often, but I don't know exactly which it is.
PHYSICIAN. He will tell you everything. [To MADHAV] Will you go
about and arrange flowers through the room for the King's visit?
[Indicating the HEADMAN] We can't have that person in here.
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