THE PALACE OF TRUTH.
ACT I.
Scene.—Garden of King Phanor’s Country House. King Phanor discovered with Chrysal, Zoram, Aristæus, and Palmis. Aristæus is standing sulkily apart.
As the curtain rises, King Phanor is finishing a recitation which he is accompanying on a mandolin, in a very affected manner.
Phanor. “Oh, I would not—no, I would not be there!”
(Zoram and Chrysal applaud vigorously.)
Chrysal. My lord, I pray you read it once again,
My ears are greedy for the golden sound.
Phan. Chrysal, you make me blush!