{"id":215,"date":"2013-07-13T01:26:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=215"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:26:39","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:26:39","slug":"21-the-viziers-of-bassora-act-5-sc-1-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\/21-the-viziers-of-bassora-act-5-sc-1-vol-07-collected-plays-part-ii-volume-07","title":{"rendered":"-21_The Viziers of Bassora Act-5 Sc-1.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\nAct Five <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b> <\/p>\n

\nBassora and Bagdad.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font> <\/p>\n

\n
\n SCENE I <\/font><\/b><\/span>
\n <\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nA room in Almuene’s house.
\nAlmuene, Farced.<\/i><\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tF<\/font>AREED<\/font><\/p>\n

\nYou’ll give me money, dad ?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nYou spend too much.
\nWe’ll talk of it another time. Now leave me.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tF<\/font>AREED<\/font><\/p>\n

\nYou’ll give me money ?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nGo; I’m out of temper.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tF<\/font>AREED
\n\t<\/font>(dancing round him)<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\nGive money, money, money, give me money.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tA<\/font>LMUENE<\/font><\/p>\n

\nYou boil, do you too grow upon me ? There,
\n(strikes him.)<\/i><\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tF<\/font>AREED
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nYou have struck me!<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nWhy, you would have it. Go.
\nYou shall have money.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tF<\/font>AREED
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nHow much?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 706<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

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

\nQuite half your asking.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nSend me a cup of water.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tF<\/font>AREED
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nOh yes, I’ll send it.
\nYou’ll strike me then ?<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

\nYoung Nureddene’s evasion
\nTroubles me at the heart; it will not dislodge.
\nAnd Murad too walks closely with the King,
\nWho whispers to him, whispers, whispers. What?
\nIs’t of my ruin ? No, he needs me yet.
\nAnd Ibn Sawy’s coming soon. But there
\nI’ve triumphed. He will have a meagre profit
\nOf his long work in Roum, \u2014 the headsman’s axe.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nEnter a slave with a cup of water.<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\nHere set it down and wait. ‘Tis not so bad.
\nI’ll have their Doonya yet for my Fareed.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nEnter Khatoon, dragging in Fareed.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tK<\/font>HATOON<\/font><\/p>\n

\nHe has not drunk it yet.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tF<\/font>AREED
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nWhy do you drag me,
\nYou naughty woman ? I will bite your fingers.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tK<\/font>HATOON<\/font><\/p>\n

\nO imp of Hell! Touch not the water, Vizier.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tA<\/font>LMUENE<\/font><\/p>\n

\nWhat’s this?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tK<\/font>HATOON
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nThis brat whose soul you’ve disproportioned<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 707<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nOut of all nature, turns upon you now.
\nThere’s poison in that cup.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nUnnatural mother,
\nWhat is this hatred that thou hast, to slander
\nThe issue of thy womb ?<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tF<\/font>AREED
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nShe hates me, dad.
\nDrink off the cup to show her how you love me.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tK<\/font>HATOON
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nWhat, art thou weary of thy life ? Give rather
\nThe water to a dog and see.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nGo, slave,
\nAnd make some negro drink it off. (Exit slave).<\/i> Woman,
\nWhat I have promised often, thou shalt have, \u2014
\nThe scourge.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tK<\/font>HATOON
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nThat were indeed my right reward
\nFor saving such a life as thine. Oh, God
\nWill punish me for it.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nThou tongue! I’ll strike thee.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nAs he lifts his hand the slave returns.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tS<\/font>LAVE
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nOh, sir, almost before it touched his throat,
\nHe fell in fierce convulsions. He is dead.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tA<\/font>LMUENE<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nPage \u2013 708<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n\tF<\/font>AREED
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nYou’ll strike me, will you ? You’ll give half
\nMy askings, no ? I wish you’d drunk it off;<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nI’ld have rare spendings!<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nHe runs out.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tA<\/font>LMUENE<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\n\tK<\/font>HATOON
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nWill you not scourge me ?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tA<\/font>LMUENE<\/font><\/p>\n

\nLeave me.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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

\nWhat is this horrible surprise,
\nBeneath whose shock I stagger ? Is my term
\nExhausted ? But I would have done as much,
\nHad I been struck. It is his gallant spirit,
\nHis lusty blood that will not bear a blow.
\nI must appease him. If my own blood should end me!
\nHe shall have money, all that he can ask.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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