{"id":171,"date":"2013-07-13T01:26:21","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=171"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:26:21","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:26:21","slug":"36-prince-of-edur-act-2-sc-4-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\/36-prince-of-edur-act-2-sc-4-vol-07-collected-plays-part-ii-volume-07","title":{"rendered":"-36_Prince of Edur Act-2 Sc-4.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
\n

\nSCENE IV<\/b><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nOutside Dongurh.
\nIchalgurh, a letter in his hand; Ruttan, the Captain.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tICHALGURH <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\nWho art thou, soldier?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tC<\/font>APTAIN
\n\t<\/font><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\nThe leader of the lances
\nThat guarded Edur’s princess and with her
\nWere captived by the Bheels. Their chief I serve.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tI<\/font>CHALGURH
\n\t<\/font><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\nThou hast dishonoured then the Rajpoot
\nname
\nDeserting from thy lord to serve a ruffian
\nUnder the eyes of death, thou paltry trembler.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tC<\/font>APTAIN
\n\t<\/font><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\nMy honour, Rao of Ichalgurh, is mine
\nTo answer for, and at a fitting name
\nI will return thy insults on my swordpoint.
\nBut now I am only a messenger.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tI<\/font>CHALGURH
\n\t<\/font><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\nI’ll read
\nThe princess’ writing, (reads)<\/i> "Baron of Ichalgurh,
\nMy mother’s clansman, warrior, noble Rajpoot,
\nThrice over therefore bound to help the weak
\nAnd save the oppressed! A maiden overpowered,
\nComol Cumary, Edur’s princess, sues
\nFor thy heroic arm of rescue, prince,
\nTo the Bheel outlaws made a prey, unsought
\nBy her own kin; whom if thou save, I am
\nA princess and thy handmaid, else a captive
\nOnly and Bappa’s slave-girl." Go! my war-cry
\nEchoing among the hills shall answer straightway<\/font>
\n<\/font> \n<\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 790<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nThis piteous letter. Ruttan, swift! Arm! arm!
\nI will not vent my wrath in braggart words,
\nBut till it leap into my sword, I suffer.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tR<\/font>UTTAN<\/font><\/p>\n

\nYou shall not wait for long.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\n\tC<\/font>APTAIN
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nI have a letter
\nTo Toraman, the Scythian.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tICHALGURH <\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nGive it to him,<\/font><\/p>\n

\nFor this is he.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\nEnter Canaca, Hooshka and Scythians.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nC<\/font>ANACA <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIt will not fill. This paltry barren Rajputana has not the where-withal to choke up the gulf within me. Ha! avaunt! Dost thou
\nflutter paper before me? I have no creditors in Rajputana.<\/font> 
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tC<\/font>APTAIN
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nI understand thee not. This is a script
\nComol Cumary sends thee, Edur’s princess.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tC<\/font>ANACA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nIs it so? Well then, thou mayst kneel and lay it at my feet; I
\nwill deign to read it. (The Captain flings it into his hands.)<\/i> What,
\nthou dirty varlet! (The Captain lays his hand on his sword.)<\/i> Nay,
\nit is a game? Oh, I can catch, I can catch.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nExit Captain,<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tC<\/font>ANACA
\n\t<\/font>(reads)<\/i><\/font>
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\n"Prince Toraman, they say thou desirest me and earnest from
\nCashmere as far as Edur for my sake. Thou must come a
\nlittle farther, prince! Bappa, the outlaw, has been beforehand<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 791<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nwith thee and holds me in durance among the hills. Prince, if
\nthou yet desirest this little beauty one poor body can hold, come
\nup hither and fight for its possession which otherwise I must in
\nseven days perforce yield to my captor. From whom if thou canst
\nrescue me, \u2014 but I will not drive bargains with thee, trusting
\nrather to thy knightly princeliness to succour a distressed maiden
\nfor no hope of reward. Comol Cumary."<\/font> 
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nNo, no, no; there is too much butter about thee. No hope
\nof reward! What! I shall fight like an enraged rhinoceros, I
\nshall startle the hills by my valour, I shall stick three thousand
\nBheels with my own princely hand like so many boar-pigs; and
\nall this violent morning exercise for what ? To improve my appetite ? I have more gastric juice than my guts can accommodate.
\nThey roar to me already for a haunch of venison. <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nPrince Toraman, shall I give the order for the hills?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tC<\/font>ANACA<\/font><\/p>\n

\nAy, Hooshka Longnose, hast thou news of venison, good fellow?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nI meant, to rescue the Princess Comol Cumary from the Bheels.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tC<\/font>ANACA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nDidst thou mean so ? Nay, I will not hinder thy excellent intentions. But bring some venison with thee as thou comest along
\nwith her, Hooshka. <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nPrince of Cashmere, lead us to the hills and tear her from the
\ngrip of the outlaws. As a prince and a soldier thou canst do no
\nless.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tC<\/font>ANACA
\n\t<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThou liest through thy long nose! I can do much less than that.
\nI will not suffer thee to put limits to my infinite ability. And I<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 792<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\ncan tell a decoy-duck from a live gander. Shall I waddle my shins
\ninto Bappa’s trap? This letter was written under compulsion.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nThe Princess must be rescued. I wonder, Prince Toraman, that
\nthou wilt jest over a thing so grave and unhappy.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tC<\/font>ANACA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nWhy, genius will out, you cannot stable it for long, Hooshka;<\/font> 
\n<\/font>it will break bounds and gallop. Yet go, Hooshka, go; take
\nall my men, Hooshka. Hooshka, slay the Bheel; rescue the lady,
\nHooshka. I wish I could go with thee and swing my dreadful
\nblade with my mighty arm till the mountains re-echoed. But the
\nsimple truth is, I have a bleeding dysentery. Willingly would I
\nshed my princely blood for my sweet lady, but it is shedding itself
\nalready otherwise.<\/font>  <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tH<\/font>OOSHKA
\n\t<\/font>(aside)<\/i><\/font>
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nThou fat-gutted cowardly rogue, wilt thou blacken the name of
\na hero with thy antics ? Out at once, or the Rajpoots shall know
\nwho thou art and carve thee into little strips for a dog’s dinner. <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tC<\/font>ANACA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nSayst thou, my little captain ? Thy arguments are strangely conclusive. Arms! arms! my horse! my horse! Out, Scythians, to
\nthe hills! My horse, I say! I will do deeds; I will paint the hills
\nin blood and tattoo the valleys. (Enter Scythians.)<\/i> Amitabha!
\nAmitabha! yell, you rogues, have you no lungs in your big
\ngreasy carcasses? With what will you fight then?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tS<\/font>CYTHIANS<\/font><\/p>\n

\nAmitabha!<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nEnter Ruttan and Rajpoots.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tRUTTAN <\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nRajpoots, to save a noble lady captived
\nWe march today. No gallant open enemy,<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 793<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nBut savages who lurk behind the rocks
\nAre our opposers. Sweep them from the hills,
\nRajpoots, with the mere flashing of your swords
\nAnd rescue from their villain touch a princess.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nExeunt Ichalgurh, Ruttan and Rajpoots.<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tC<\/font>ANACA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nMarch, Scythians! (aside)<\/i> Hooshka, what say you? We will
\nkeep behind these mad-dog Rajpoots and fight valiantly in
\ntheir shadow. That is but strategy.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tH<\/font>OOSHKA
\n\t<\/font>(aside)<\/i><\/font>
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nIf thou dost, I will kick thee into the enemy’s midst with my
\njackboots.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tC<\/font>ANACA
\n\t<\/font>(aside)<\/i><\/font>
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nWilt thou muddy such a fine coat as this is? Hast thou the
\nheart? (aloud)<\/i> Trumpets! Into the breach, into the breach,
\nmy soldiers! <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nPage \u2013 794<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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