THE DARK CHAMBER
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Sudarshana
Afraid! Why should I be afraid? The days of fear are gone for ever for me.
Kanchi (entering)
Queen-mother, I see you two on this road! I am a traveller of the same path as yourself. Have no fear of me, O Queen!
Sudarshana
It is well, King of Kanchi, that we should be going together, side by side—this is but right. I came on your way when I first left my home, and now I meet you again on my way back. Who could have dreamed that this meeting of ours would augur so well?
Kanchi
But, Queen-mother, it is not meet that you should walk over this road
