_Madanikā._ In his behalf my mistress sends you this bracelet. No, no! He sends it himself. _Māthura._ [_Seizing it joyfully._] Well, well, you may tell the noble youth that his account is squared. Let him come and seek delight again in gambling. [_Exeunt Māthura and the gambler._ * * * * * _Madanikā._ [_Returning to Vasantasenā._] Mistress, the gambling-master and the gambler have gone away well-pleased. _Vasantasenā._ Go, sir, and comfort your kinsfolk. _Shampooer._ Ah, madam, if it may be, these hands would gladly practise their art in your service. _Vasantasenā._ But sir, he for whose sake you mastered the art, who first received your service, he should have your service still. _Shampooer._ [_Aside._] A very pretty way to decline my services. How shall I repay her kindness? [_Aloud._] Madam, thus dishonored as a gambler, I shall become a Buddhist monk. And so, madam, treasure these words in your memory: "He was a shampooer, a gambler, a Buddhist monk." [40.1. S. _Vasantasenā._ Sir, you must not act too precipitately. _Shampooer._ Madam, my mind is made up. [_He walks about._] I gambled, and in gambling I did fall, Till every one beheld me with dismay. Now I shall show my honest face to all, And walk abroad upon the king's highway. 17 [_Tumultuous cries behind the scenes._] _Shampooer._ [_Listening._] What is this? What is this? [_Addressing some one behind the scenes._] What did you say? "Post-breaker, Vasantasenā's rogue elephant, is at liberty!" Hurrah! I must go and see the lady's best elephant. No, no! What have I to do with these things? I must hold to my resolution. [_Exit._ [_Then enter hastily Karnapūraka, highly delighted, wearing a gorgeous mantle._] _Karnapūraka._ Where is she? Where is my mistress? _Madanikā._ Insolent! What can it be that so excites you? You do not see your mistress before your very eyes. _Karnapūraka._ [_Perceiving Vasantasenā._] Mistress, my service to you. _Vasantasenā._ Karnapūraka, your face is beaming. What is it? _Karnapūraka._ [_Proudly._] Oh, mistress! You missed it! You didn't see Karnapūraka's heroism to-day! _Vasantasenā._ What, Karnapūraka, what? _Karnapūraka._ Listen. Post-breaker, my mistress' rogue elephant, broke the stake he was tied to, killed his keeper, and ran into the street, making a terrible commotion. You should have heard the people shriek, Take care of the babies, as quick as you can. And climb up a roof or a tree! The elephant rogue wants the blood of a man. Escape! Run away! Can't you see? 18 P. 74.14] And: How they lose their ankle-rings! Girdles, set with gems and things, Break away from fastenings! As they stumble, trip, and blunder, See the bracelets snap asunder, Each a tangled, pearly wonder! 19