Politician: The Emperor would say, "There is a great king. He defies me." And he would tremble strangely.
King: Yet—if——
Politician: The Emperor would fear you.
King: I would fain be a great king—yet——
Politician: You would win honour in his eyes.
King: Yet is the Emperor terrible in his wrath. He was terrible in his wrath in the olden time.
Politician: The Emperor is old.
King: This is a great affront that he places upon a king, to demand a man who has come to sanctuary in that part of my Court called holy.
Politician: It is a great affront.
[Enter the Seeker. He abases himself.