KING. The Queen is curious to search me out.

SURANGAMA. Curiosity will have to come back baffled and in
tears!

SONG.

/*
Ah, they would fly away, the restless vagrant eyes, the wild
birds of the forest!
But the time of their surrender will come, their flights hither
and thither will be ended when
The music of enchantment will pursue them and pierce their
hearts.
Alas, the wild birds would fly to the wilderness!
*/




III


[Before the Pleasure Gardens. Enter AVANTI, KOSHALA, KANCHI, and
other KINGS]

AVANTI. Will the King of this place not receive us?

KANCHI. What manner of governing a country is this? The King is