পাতা:Vanga Sahitya Parichaya Part 1.djvu/৬৭

INTRODUCTION. 59 allowing him to enter these bowers, that he would be your slave for life. I want that bond. Rādhā—What will you do with it Chandrä-I will take it with me and if gentle words fail to persuade him, I will have him bound in chains as a run-away and bring him here. He is a monarch now—that matters not. The law of the land he cannot disobey. If people ask me—“Why do you bind our king o' Proudly will I say— ‘Your king is the run-away-slave of our queen. Here, see this bond. Let him be the king of Mathură, what of that l” The maids give her the bond. Erit Chandra. Rādhā (to Chiträ)—Do please call Chandrä back. Erit Chitrà and qfter a time she re-enters vith Chandra. Rādhā (in a whispering tone to Chandrā)— Do thou, O Chandrā, go to Mathurå. Seek and find him out by all means. One thing promise me and this you must. Do not bind him. Do not speak rough words. If you reproach him, his face will be pale—that sweet face of his which a smile inimitably adorns, and as I think of it, my heart breaks. Chandrā–You wish me not to allude to his wickedness. Do you want me to fall at his feet and submit my prayer Rādhā—Not that either. Reproach him not, nor lose your dignity. Only tell him of our condition, and his heart will melt. Chandrä-Very well princess, I will do what I should think proper at the time. The scene—A street in Mathurā. Enter some women with pitchers to be filled with water from the Jumna. They sing in chorus. Oh let us go and fill our pitchers with water from the Jumna— from the dark-blue Jumna. None—none need we fear in the street. Our king is powerful. We will not allow any one to stare at our faces wickedly. If we meet any such, we shall draw our veils and turn aside.