Come, my two loved companions, embrace me both of you together.
PRIYAMVADÁ AND ANASÚYÁ. [Embracing her.
Dear [S']akoontalá, remember, if the King should by any chance be slow in recognizing you, you have only to show him this ring, on which his own name is engraved.
[S']AKOONTALÁ.
The bare thought of it puts me in a tremor.
PRIYAMVADÁ AND ANASÚYÁ.
There is no real cause for fear, dearest. Excessive affection is too apt to suspect evil where none exists.
[S']AKOONTALÁ.
Come, lady, we must hasten on. The sun is rising in the heavens.
[S']AKOONTALÁ. [Looking towards the hermitage.