er to a monastery.

ACT IX., entitled _The Trial_. Fifth day.--Sansthanaka accuses
Charudatta of murdering Vasantasena for her money. In the course
of the trial, it appears that Vasantasena had spent the night of the
storm at Charudatta's house; that she had left the house the next
morning to meet Charudatta in the park; that there had been a
struggle in the park, which apparently ended in the murder of a
woman. Charudatta's friend, Maitreya, enters with the gems which
Vasantasena had left to buy Charudatta's son a toy cart of gold.
These gems fall to the floor during a scuffle between Maitreya and
Sansthanaka. In view of Charudatta's poverty, this seems to establish
the motive for the crime, and Charudatta is condemned to
death.

ACT X., entitled _The End_. Sixth day.--Two headsmen are conducting
Charudatta to the place of execution. Charudatta takes his last leave of
his son and his friend Maitreya. But Sansthanaka's servant escapes from
confinement and betrays the truth; yet he is not believed, owing to the
cunning displayed by his master. The headsmen are preparing to execute
Charudatta, when Vasantasena herself appears upon the scene, accompanied
by the Buddhist monk. Her appearance puts a summary end to the
proceedings. Then news is brought that Aryaka has killed and supplanted
the former king, that he wishes to reward Charudatta, and that he has by
royal edict freed Vasantasena from the necessity of living as a
courtezan. Sansthanaka is brought before Charudatta for sentence, but is
pardoned by the man whom he had so grievously injured. The play ends
with the usual Epilogue.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 2: For an illuminating discussion of these matters, the reader
is referred to Sylvain Levi's admirable work, Le Theatre Indien, Paris,
1890, pages 196-211.]

[Footnote 3: In his Malatimadhava, i. 8, he says: "Whoever they may be
who now proclaim their contempt for me,--they know something, but this
work was not for them. Yet there will arise a man of nature like mine
own; for time is endless, and the world is wide." This seems prophetic
of John Milton.]

[Footnote 4: Prasannaraghava, i. 22.]

[Footnote 5: Mahaviracarita, i. 4.]

[Footnote 6: History of Chinese Literature, by H. A. Giles, pages 145-146.]

[Footnote 7: Shakuntala, i. 15.]

[Footnote 8: Latter Acts of Rama, v. 17.]

[Footnote 9: _Prakarana._]

[Footnote 10: Dhurtasamkula: Dacarupa, iii. 38.]

[Footnote 11: _Sahityadarpana_, 428.]

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