Chapter XII: Act X: , entitled The End. Sixth day.--Two headsmen are conducting

Charudatta to the place of execution. Charudatta takes his last leave of his son and his friend Maitreya. But Sansthanaka's servant escapes from confinement and betrays the truth; yet he is not believed, owing to the cunning displayed by his master. The headsmen are preparing to execute Charudatta, when Vasantasena herself appears upon the scene, accompanied by the Buddhist monk. Her appearance puts a summary end to the proceedings. Then news is brought that Aryaka has killed and supplanted the former king, that he wishes to reward Charudatta, and that he has by royal edict freed Vasantasena from the necessity of living as a courtezan. Sansthanaka is brought before Charudatta for sentence, but is pardoned by the man whom he had so grievously injured. The play ends with the usual Epilogue.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 2: For an illuminating discussion of these matters, the reader is referred to Sylvain Lévi's admirable work, Le Théâtre Indien, Paris, 1890, pages 196-211.]

[Footnote 3: In his Malatimadhava, i. 8, he says: "Whoever they may be who now proclaim their contempt for me,--they know something, but this work was not for them. Yet there will arise a man of nature like mine own; for time is endless, and the world is wide." This seems prophetic of John Milton.]

[Footnote 4: Prasannaraghava, i. 22.]

[Footnote 5: Mahaviracarita, i. 4.]

[Footnote 6: History of Chinese Literature, by H. A. Giles, pages 145-146.]

[Footnote 7: Shakuntala, i. 15.]

[Footnote 8: Latter Acts of Rama, v. 17.]

[Footnote 9: _Prakarana._]

[Footnote 10: Dhurtasamkula: Daçarupa, iii. 38.]

[Footnote 11: _Sahityadarpana_, 428.]

[Footnote 12: As in Malati-madhava.]

[Footnote 13: Daçarupa, iii. 33.]

[Footnote 14: In Kalidasa's Shakuntala.]

[Footnote 15: In Bhavabhuti's Latter Acts of Rama.]

[Footnote 16: See page 128.]

[Footnote 17: Aryaka, Darduraka, Chandanaka, Sharvilaka, and the courtier.]

[Footnote 18: See x. 27.]

[Footnote 19: See v. 46 and the following stage-direction.]

[Footnote 20: In Kalidasa's play of that name.]

[Footnote 21: In Bhavabhuti's Latter Acts of Rama.]

[Footnote 22: See viii. 43.]

[Footnote 23: See pages 65-66 and page 174.]

[Footnote 24: See viii. 38 and compare the words, "Yet love bids me prattle," on page 86.]

[Footnote 25: Page 87.]

[Footnote 26: Stanzas of the latter sort in The Little Clay Cart are vii. 2 and viii. 5.]

[Footnote 27: This statement requires a slight limitation; compare, for example, the footnote to page 82.]

[Footnote 28: But the combination _th_ should be pronounced as in _ant-hill_, not as in _thin_ or _this_; similarly _dh_ as in _mad-house_; _bh_ as in _abhor._]

[Footnote 29: Except in the names Aryaka and Ahinta, where typographical considerations have led to the omission of the macron over the initial letter; and except also in head-lines.]

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

CHARUDATTA, _a Brahman merchant_

ROHASENA, _his son_

MAITREYA, _his friend_

VARDHAMANAKA, _a servant in his house_

SANSTHANAKA, _brother-in-law of King_ PALAKA

STHAVARAKA, _his servant_

_Another Servant of_ SANSTHANAKA

_A Courtier_

ARYAKA, _a herdsman who becomes king_

SHARVILAKA, _a Brahman, in love with_ MADANIKA

_A Shampooer, who becomes a Buddhist monk_

MATHURA, _a gambling-master_

DARDURAKA, _a gambler_

_Another Gambler_

KARNAPURAKA } KUMBHILAKA } _servants of_ VASANTASENA

VIRAKA } CHANDANAKA } _policemen_

GOHA } AHINTA } _headsmen_

_Bastard pages, in_ VASANTASENA'S _house_

_A Judge_, _a Gild-warden_, _a Clerk_, _and a Beadle_

VASANTASENA, _a courtezan_

_Her Mother_

MADANIKA, _maid to_ VASANTASENA

_Another Maid to_ VASANTASENA

_The Wife of_ CHARUDATTA

RADANIKA, _a maid in_ CHARUDATTA'S _house_

SCENE

UJJAYINI (_called also_ AVANTI) _and its Environs_

THE LITTLE CLAY CART