Someone is laughing. Laughing even in Thek! Why, the whole city is shattered.
[The laughter grows demoniac.]
What is that dreadful sound?
Voice-of-the-Gods:
It is the laughter of the gods that cannot lie, going back to their hills.
[He dies.]
[Curtain]
The Queen's Enemies
Dramatis Personæ
The Queen
Ackazárpses (her handmaid)
Prince Rhádamandáspes
Prince Zophérnes
The Priest of Horus
The King of the Four Countries
The Twin Dukes of Ethiopia
Tharni, Tharrabas, Harlee (Slaves)
Slaves.