Book Excerpt: is in a differentage. The city of Thek is scarcely civilised.Ichtharion: But everybody lives in Barbul-el-Sharnak.Harpagas: The gods----Ludibras: The old prophet is coming.Harpagas: He believes as much in the gods as you or I do.Ludibras: Yes, but we must not speak as though we knew that.[Voice-of-the-Gods (a prophet) walks across the stage.]Ichtharion, Ludibras, and Harpagas: [rising]The gods are good.Voice-of-the-Gods: They are benignant. [exit]Ichtharion: Listen! Let him prophesy to the King. Let him bid ...
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Book Excerpt: is in a differentage. The city of Thek is scarcely civilised.Ichtharion: But everybody lives in Barbul-el-Sharnak.Harpagas: The gods----Ludibras: The old prophet is coming.Harpagas: He believes as much in the gods as you or I do.Ludibras: Yes, but we must not speak as though we knew that.[Voice-of-the-Gods (a prophet) walks across the stage.]Ichtharion, Ludibras, and Harpagas: [rising]The gods are good.Voice-of-the-Gods: They are benignant. [exit]Ichtharion: Listen! Let him prophesy to the King. Let him bid the King go hencelest they smite the city.Ludibras: Can we make him do it?Ichtharion: I think we can make him do it.Harpagas: The King is more highly civilised even than we are. He will not carefor the gods.Ichtharion: He cannot ignore them; the gods crowned his forefather and if there areno gods who made him King?Ludibras: Why, that is true. He must obey a prophecy.Ichtharion: If the King dis
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