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MENELAUS [with radiant happiness, kneeling before the bust of
Zeus]. Ye Gods, I thank ye. Peace and a happy life at last.
[The shouts in the courtyard grow louder.]
ANALYTIKOS. The news has spread through the palace.
MENELAUS [in trepidation, springing up]. No one would dare stop
the progress of the Queen.
TSUMU [rushes in and prostrates herself before the KING]. Woe is
me! They have gone by the road to the harbor.
MENELAUS [anxiously]. Yes! Yes!
TSUMU. By the King's orders no man has dared gaze upon Her
Majesty. They all fell prostrate before her.
MENELAUS. Good! Good! [Attempting to cover his delight.] Go! Go!
You garrulous dog. [TSUMU gets up and points to shield.
ANALYTIKOS and the KING look toward it. ANALYTIKOS tears off the
papyrus and brings it to MENELAUS. TSUMU, watching them, exits.]
MENELAUS [reading]. "I am not a bad woman. I did what I had to
do." How Greek to blame fate for what one wants to do. [TSUMU
again comes tumbling in.]
TSUMU [again prostrate before the KING]. A rumor flies through
the city. He -- he ----
ANALYTIKOS [anxiously]. Well? Well?
TSUMU.
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