KING'S HERALD
ROYAL PHYSICIAN




THE POST OFFICE


ACT I


[MADHAV'S House]

MADHAV. What a state I am in! Before he came, nothing mattered;
I felt so free. But now that he has come, goodness knows from
where, my heart is filled with his dear self, and my home will be
no home to me when he leaves. Doctor, do you think he--

PHYSICIAN. If there's life in his fate, then he will live long.
But what the medical scriptures say, it seems--

MADHAV. Great heavens, what?

PHYSICIAN. The scriptures have it: "Bile or palsey, cold or gout
spring all alike."

MADHAV. Oh, get along, don't fling your scriptures at me; you
only make me more anxious; tell me what I can do.