KING ARGIMENES (pointedly)
Did your father free himself?
ZARB
No. Because the King's Overseer found him looking at the gold and killed him. But he would have freed himself if he could have bribed the guard.
[A Prophet walks across the stage attended by two guards.
SLAVES
He is going to the King. He is going to the King.
ZARB
He is going to the King.
KING ARGIMENES