THE DARK CHAMBER
47
Surangama
You can meet others in the lighted rooms: but only in this dark room can you meet your lord.
Sudarshana
No, no—I cannot live without light—I am restless in this stifling dark. Surangama, if you can bring a light into this room, I shall give you this necklace of mine.
Surangama
It is not in my power, O Queen. How can I bring light to a place which he would have kept always dark!
Sudarshana
Strange devotion! And yet, is it not true that the King punished your father?
