.. to come from the
Hall ... of the Hundred Princes.
QUEEN: They were never heard here before.
OOZIZI: Lady, never.
QUEEN (_anxiously_): What can it mean?
OOZIZI: I know not, lady.
QUEEN: Sound never troubled our inner chamber before.
OOZIZI: All is quiet now.
QUEEN: Hark! (_They listen._)
OOZIZI: All is quiet.
QUEEN: Sound from beyond our wall, Oozizi. How it disturbs. I could not
rule over the green fields if sounds came up to me from the further
halls full of their strange thoughts. Why do sounds come to me, Oozizi?
OOZIZI: Great lady, it has never been before. It will never be again.
You must forget it, lady. You must not let it disturb your reign.
QUEEN: It brought strange thoughts with it, Oozizi.
OOZIZI: All is quiet now.
QUEEN: If it came again....
OOZIZI: Lady, it will not come again. It will come no more. It is quiet.
QUEEN: If it came again ... Is the door open, Oozizi? Yes ... If it came
again I should almost flee from the palace.
OOZIZI: Lady! Think not of leaving the golden palace!
QUEEN: If it came again.
OOZIZI: It will not come again.
[_The heels of the Princes drum louder, off._
QUEEN: Again, Oozizi:
[OOZIZI _pants._ _The_ QUEEN _waits, listening, in fear. Again the heels
are heard._
[_The_ QUEEN _runs to the small door.
Pages:
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46