KING [_aside_].--His intention may be easily carried into effect.
Be hopeful, O my heart, thy harrowing doubts
Are past and gone; that which thou didst believe
To be as unapproachable as fire,
Is found a glittering gem that may be touched.
SAKOONTALA [_pretending anger_].--Anasuya, I shall leave you.
ANASUYA.--Why so?
SAKOONTALA.--That I may go and report this impertinent Priyamvada to the
venerable matron, Gautami.[34]
ANASUYA.--Surely, dear friend, it would not be right to leave a
distinguished guest before he has received the rights of hospitality,
and quit his presence in this wilful manner.
[_Sakoontala, without answering a word, moves away_.
KING [_making a movement to arrest her departure, but checking himself.
Aside_].--Ah! a lover's feelings betray themselves by his gestures.
When I would fain have stayed the maid, a sense
Of due decorum checked my bold design:
Though I have stirred not, yet my mien betrays
My eagerness to follow on her steps.
PRIYAMVADA [_holding Sakoontala back_].--Dear Sakoontala, it does not
become you to go away in this manner.
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