{"id":159,"date":"2013-07-13T01:26:17","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=159"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:26:17","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:26:17","slug":"11-the-viziers-of-bassora-act-3-sc-2-vol-07-collected-plays-part-ii-volume-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/01-works-of-sri-aurobindo\/01-sabcl\/07-collected-plays-part-ii-volume-07\/11-the-viziers-of-bassora-act-3-sc-2-vol-07-collected-plays-part-ii-volume-07","title":{"rendered":"-11_The Viziers of Bassora Act-3 Sc-2.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\nSCENE II<\/b><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n
\n <\/font><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\nThe same.
\nAnice-Aljalice, Nureddene.<\/i><\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tA<\/font>NICE<\/font>-A<\/font>LJALICE<\/font><\/p>\n

\nAnd they all left?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tN<\/font>UREDDENE
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nCafoor crept down and heard
\nThe clamorous creditors; and they all left.
\nGhaneem’s dear mother’s sick; for my sweet love
\nOnly he came, leaving her sad bedside;<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nFriend Ayoob’s uncle leaves today for Mecca:<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nIn Cafoor’s house there is a burial toward;<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nZeb’s father, Omar’s brother, Hussan’s wife
\nAre piteously struck down. There never was
\nSo sudden an epidemic witnessed yet
\nIn Bassora, and all with various ailments.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tA<\/font>NICE<\/font>-A<\/font>LJALICE<\/font><\/p>\n

\nThis is their friendship!<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tN<\/font>UREDDENE
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nWe will not judge so harshly.
\nIt may be that a generous kindly shame
\nOr half-remorseful delicacy had pricked them.
\nI’ve sent Harkoos to each of them in turn
\nFor loans to help me. We shall see. Who’s here ?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nEnter Ajebe.<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\nAjebe, you have come back, you only? Yes,
\nYou were my friend and checked me always. Man
\nIs not ignoble, but has angel soarings,
\nHowe’er the nether devil plucks him down.
\nStill we have souls nor is the mould quite broken
\nOf that original and faultless plan
\nWhich Adam spoilt.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 643<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n\tAJEBE <\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nI am your ruin’s author.
\nIf you have still a sword, use it upon me.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tNUREDDENE <\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nWhat’s this? <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tA<\/font>JEBE
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nIncited by the Vizier, promised
\nGreatness, I in my turn incited these
\nTo hurry you to ruin. Will you slay me ?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tN<\/font>UREDDENE
\n\t<\/font>(after a silence)<\/i><\/font>
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nReturn and tell the Vizier that work’s done.
\nBe great with him.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tA<\/font>JEBE
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nAre you entirely ruined ?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tN<\/font>UREDDENE
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nDoubt not your work’s well done; you can assure
\nThe uncle. Came you back for that ?<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tA<\/font>JEBE
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nIf all I have, \u2014<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tN<\/font>UREDDENE<\/font><\/p>\n

\nNo more! return alive.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tA<\/font>JEBE
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nYou punish home.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nExit.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tN<\/font>UREDDENE<\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe eunuch lingers.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nEnter Harkoos.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nWell, sir, your success?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 644<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n\tH<\/font>ARKOOS
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nI went first to Ayoob. He has had losses, very suddenly, and is
\ndolorous that he cannot help you.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tNUREDDENE <\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nGhaneem ?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tH<\/font>ARKOOS
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nHas broken his leg for the present and cannot see anyone for a
\nlong fortnight.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tN<\/font>UREDDENE<\/font><\/p>\n

\nCafoor?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tH<\/font>ARKOOS<\/font><\/p>\n

\nHas gone into the country \u2014 upstairs.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tN<\/font>UREDDENE<\/font><\/p>\n

\nZeb?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tH<\/font>ARKOOS
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nWept sobbingly. Every time I mentioned money, he drowned the
\nsubject in tears. I might have reached his purse at last but I cannot swim.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tN<\/font>UREDDENE
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nOmar?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tH<\/font>ARKOOS<\/font><\/p>\n

\nWill burn his books sooner than lend you money.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tN<\/font>UREDDENE<\/font><\/p>\n

\nDid all fail me?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tH<\/font>ARKOOS<\/font><\/p>\n

\nSome had dry eyes and some wet, but none a purse.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 645<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n\tNUREDDENE <\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nGo.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nExit Harkoos.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nWhat next? Shall I,<\/b> like him of Athens, change
\nAnd hate my kind ? Then should I hate myself,
\nWho ne’er had known their faults, if my own sins
\nPursued me not like most unnatural hounds
\nInto their screened and evil parts of nature.
\nGod made them; what He made, is doubtless good.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tA<\/font>NICE<\/font>-A<\/font>LJALICE<\/font><\/p>\n

\nYou still have me.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tN<\/font>UREDDENE
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nThat’s much.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tA<\/font>NICE<\/font>-A<\/font>LJALICE
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nNo, everything.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tN<\/font>UREDDENE<\/font><\/p>\n

\n‘Tis true, and I shall feel it soon.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tA<\/font>NICE<\/font>-A<\/font>LJALICE
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nMy jewels
\nAnd dresses will fill up quite half the void.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tN<\/font>UREDDENE<\/font><\/p>\n

\nShall I take back my gifts ?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tA<\/font>NICE<\/font>-A<\/font>LJALICE
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nIf they are mine,<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nI choose to sell them.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tN<\/font>UREDDENE
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nDo it, I forgot;<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nLet Cafoor have the vase I promised him.
\nCome, Anice. I will ask Murad for help.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nExeunt.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 646<\/font><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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