let him go to gambling again.

_Mathura._ And what then?

_Darduraka._ If he wins, he will pay you.

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_Mathura._ And if he doesn't win?

_Darduraka._ Then he won't pay you.

_Mathura._ This is no time for nonsense. If you say that, you can
give him the money yourself. My name is Mathura. I'm a swindler
and I play a crooked game, and I'm not afraid of anybody. You
are an immoral scoundrel.

_Darduraka._ Who did you say was immoral?

_Mathura._ You're immoral.

_Darduraka._ Your father is immoral. [_He gives the shampooer a
sign to escape._]

_Mathura._ You cur! That is just the way that you gamble.

_Darduraka._ That is the way I gamble?

_Mathura._ Come, shampooer, pay me my ten gold-pieces.

_Shampooer._ I'll pay you this very day. I'll pay at once. [_Mathura
drags him about._]

_Darduraka._ Fool! You may maltreat him when I am away, but
not before my eyes.

[_Mathura seizes the shampooer and hits him on the nose. The shampooer
bleeds, faints, and falls flat. Darduraka approaches and interferes.
Mathura strikes Darduraka, and Darduraka strikes back._]

_Mathura._ Oh, oh, you accursed hound! But I'll pay you for this.

_Darduraka._ My good fool, I was walking peaceably along the
street, and you struck me. If you strike me to-morrow in court,
then you will open your eyes.

_Mathura._ Yes, I'll open my eyes.

_Darduraka._ How will you open your eyes?

_Mathura._ [_Opening his eyes wide._] This is the way I'll open my
eyes.

[_Darduraka throws dust in Mathura's eyes, and gives the shampooer
a sign to escape. Mathura shuts his eyes and falls down. The shampooer
escapes._]

[35.20. S.

_Darduraka._ [_Aside._] I have made an enemy of the influential
gambling-master Mathura. I had better not stay here. Besides, my
good friend Sharvilaka told me that a young herdsman named
Aryaka has been designated by a soothsayer as our future king.
Now everybody in my condition is running after him. I think I
will join myself to him. [_Exit._

_Shampooer._ [_Trembles as he walks away and looks about him._] Here
is a house where somebody has left the side-door open. I will go
in. [_He enters and perceives Vasantasena._] Madam, I throw myself
upon your protection.

_Vasantasena._ He who throws himself upon my protection shall be
safe. Close the door, girl. [_The maid does so._]

_Vasantasena._ What do you fear?

_Shampooer._ A creditor, madam.

_Vasantasena._ Yo