VIDARBHA.
Or perhaps some other prince is coming with his army.
KALINGA.
There is nothing against your theory except that we should have first heard the news from some herald or messenger in that case.
VIDARBHA.
I cannot regard this as a very auspicious omen.
KANCHI.
Everything looks inauspicious to the eye of fear.
VIDARBHA.
I fear none except Fate, before which courage or heroism is as futile as it is absurd.
PANCHALA.
Vidarbha, do not darken to-day’s happy proceedings with your unwelcome prognostications.
KANCHI.
I never take the unseen into account till it has become “seen.”
VIDARBHA.
But then it might be too late to do anything.
PANCHALA.
Did we not all of us start at a specially auspicious moment?
VIDARBHA.
Do you think you insure against every possible risk by starting at auspicious moments? It looks as if—