Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941 / 2008-06-29 00:00:00
EBOOK, THE POST OFFICE ***
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The Post Office
By Rabindranath Tagore
[Translated from Bengali to English by Devabrata Mukherjee]
[New York: The Macmillan Company, 1914
Copyright 1914, by Mitchell Kennerley;
Copyright, 1914 by The Macmillan Company]
DRAMATIS PERSON?
MADHAV
AMAL, his adopted child
SUDHA, a little flower girl
THE DOCTOR
DAIRYMAN
WATCHMAN
GAFFER
VILLAGE HEADMAN, a bully
KING'S HERALD
ROYAL PHYSICIAN
THE POST OFFICE
ACT I
[MADHAV'S House]
MADHAV. What a state I am in! Before he came, nothing mattered;
I felt so free. But now that he has come, goodness knows from
where, my heart is filled with his dear self, and my home will be
no home to me when he leaves. Doctor, do you think he--
PHYSICIAN. If there's life in his fate, then he will live long.
But what the medical scriptures say, it seems--
MADHAV. Great heavens, what?
PHYSICIAN. The scriptures have it: "Bile or palsey, cold or gout
spring all alike."
MADHAV. Oh, get along, don't fling your scriptures at me; you
only make me more anxious; tell me what I can do.
PHYSICIAN. [Taking snuff] The patient needs the most scrupulous
care.
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