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Poor, indeed!

Fy, nurse! how canst thou so forget thyself? Thy words are rude; my lady is offended.

Who would not, so provoked, forget herself? Ah! the rich treasures of Rasinga's palace! His gaudy slaves, his splendid palanquins! They have pass'd from us like a mummer's show, Seen for an hour and gone.

My master bids me say, the lady's chamber Is now in readiness.[Exeunt.

The merry revelry continues still As if but just begun, though Samarkoon