But I am a king. They know that I am a king.
ZARB
It is better to look like a king. It is looks that they would go by.
KING ARGIMENES
If I had a sword would they follow me? A beautiful huge sword of bronze.
ZARB
I wish I could think of things like that. It is because you were once a king that you can think of a sword of bronze. I tried to hope once that I should some day fight the guards, but I couldn't picture a sword, I couldn't imagine it; I could only picture whips.
KING ARGIMENES
Dig a little nearer, Zarb. (They both edge closer) I have found a very old sword in the earth. It is not a sword such as common soldiers wear. A king must have worn it, and an angry king. It must have done fearful things; there are little dints in it. Perhaps there was a battle here long ago where all were slain, and perhaps that king died last and buried his sword, but the great birds swallowed him.
ZARB