FIRST CONSTABLE.
Oh! then I suppose the King took you for some fine Bráhman, and made you a present of it?
FISHERMAN.
Only hear me. I am but a poor fisherman, living at Sakrávatára—
SECOND CONSTABLE.
Scoundrel, who ever asked you, pray, for a history of your birth and parentage?
SUPERINTENDENT. [To one of the CONSTABLES.
Súchaka, let the fellow tell his own story from the beginning.
Don't interrupt him.
BOTH CONSTABLES.
As you please, master. Go on, then, sirrah, and say what you've got to say.