The King of the Dark Chamber

by Rabindranath Tagore

VI

ROHINI.
What is the matter? I cannot make out what is all this! (To the gardeners.) Where are you all going away in such a hurry?

First Gardener.
We are going out of the garden.

ROHINI.
Where?

Second Gardener.
We do not know where—the King has called us.

ROHINI.
Why, the King is in the garden. Which King has called you?

First Gardener.
We cannot say.

Second Gardener.
The King we have been serving all our life, of course.

ROHINI.
Will you all go?

First Gardener.
Yes, all—we have to go instantly. Otherwise we might get into trouble. [They go out.]