THE DARK CHAMBER
51
Sudarshana
All your words are like that—dark, strange, and vague. I cannot understand what you mean.
Surangama
No, I will not call him handsome. And it is because he is not beautiful that he is so wonderful, so superb, so miraculous!
Sudarshana
I do not quite understand you—though I like to hear you talk about him. But I must see him at any cost. I do not even remember the day when I was married to him. I have heard mother say that a wise man came before my marriage and said, "He who will wed your daughter is without a second on this earth." How often have I asked her to describe his appearance to me, but she only
