Hassan : the story of Hassan of Bagdad, and how he came to make the golden journey to Samarkand : a play in five acts by James Elroy Flecker
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page 68 of 172 (39%)
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(Saluting) Captain of the Victorious Army, at your service.
CHIEF OF POLICE (Saluting) Chief of the August Police, at yours. CAPTAIN OF MILITARY (Bowing) I am honoured. CHIEF OF POLICE (Bowing) I am overwhelmed. ISHAK Come, Sirs, brush away, I implore you, the cobwebs of ceremony with the broom of expedition. CHIEF OF POLICE Sir, when men of action meet, the place of the man of letters is inside his pencase. CAPTAIN OF MILITARY A moment! Ere we proceed, Chief of Police, may I ask why this man is undergoing punishment? CHIEF OF POLICE Since your excellency deigns to enquire, for urgent reasons of police. CAPTAIN OF MILITARY They must have been very urgent indeed before you would permit such an inopportune disturbance outside the very house where our Lord the Caliph is imprisoned. You have seriously impaired our chances of a speedy and effective rescue. |
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