THE DARK CHAMBER
39
Grandfather
Is that a very infallible test of Kingship?
Kumbha
Oh no, he did not pass unobserved: not one or two men but hundreds and thousands on both sides of the street have seen him with their own eyes.
Grandfather
That is exactly what makes the whole affair suspicious. When ever has our King set out to dazzle the eyes of the people by pomp and pageantry? He is not the King to make such a thundering row over his progress through the country.
Kumbha
But he may just have chosen to do so on this important occasion: you cannot really tell.
