Anasúyá, I shall leave you.
ANASÚYÁ.
Why so?
[S']AKOONTALÁ.
That I may go and report this impertinent Priyamvadá to the venerable matron, Gautamí[29].
ANASÚYÁ.
Surely, dear friend, it would not be right to leave a distinguished guest before he has received the rites of hospitality, and quit his presence in this wilful manner.
[S']AKOONTALÁ, without answering a word, moves away.
KING.
[Making a movement to arrest her departure, but checking himself. Aside.