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I have it. P. 80.9] _Maitreya._ Now I shall sleep as peacefully as a merchant who has sold his wares. _Sharvilaka._ O great Brahman, sleep a hundred years! Alas that a Brahman family should thus be plunged in darkness for the sake of Madanika, a courtezan! Or better, I myself am thus plunged in darkness. A curse on poverty, I say! 'T is stranger to the manly will; This act that shuns the light of day I curse indeed, but do it still. 19 Well then, I must go to Vasantasena's house to buy Madanika's freedom. [_He walks about and looks around him._] Ah, I think I hear footsteps. I hope they are not those of policemen. Never mind. I will pretend to be a pillar, and wait. But after all, do policemen exist for me, for Sharvilaka? Why, I am A cat for crawling, and a deer for flight, A hawk for rending, and a dog for sight To judge the strength of men that wake or sleep, A snake, when 't is advisable to creep, Illusion's self, to seem a saint or rogue, Goddess of Speech in understanding brogue; A light in blackest night, in holes a lizard I can be, A horse on terra firma, and a ship upon the sea. 20 And again: Quick as a snake, and steady as a hill; In flight the prince of birds can show no greater skill; In searching on the ground I am as keen as any hare, In strength I am a lion, and a wolf to rend and tear. 21 _Radanika._ [_Entering._] Dear me! Vardhamanaka went to sleep in the outer court, and now he is not there. Well, I will call Maitreya. [_She walks about._] [51.1. S. _Sharvilaka._ [_Prepares to strike down Radanika, but first takes a look._] What! a woman? Good! I go. [_Exit._ * * * * * _Radanika._ [_Recoiling in terror._] Oh, oh, a thief has cut a hole in the wall of our house and is escaping, I must go and wake Maitreya. [_She approaches Maitreya._] Oh, Maitreya, get up, get up! A thief has cut a hole in the wall of our house and has escaped. _Maitreya._ [_Rising._] What do you mean, wench? "A hole in the wall has cut a thief and has escaped"? _Radanika._ Poor fool! Stop your joking. Don't you see it? _Maitreya._ What do you mean, wench? "It looks as if a second door had been thrown open"? Get up, friend Charudatta, get up! A thief has made a hole in the wall of our house and has escaped. _Charudatta._ Yes, ye
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