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306 Leonid Andreyev
the path? Where is the path? Explain, King-Hunger.
King-Hunger. Revolt.
Second Working-man. Through violence to freedom?
Through blood to love and kisses?
King-Hunger. There is no other way.
Third Workingman. You lie, King-Hunger. Then
you have killed my father and grandfather and great
grandfather, and would st thou kill us? Where do you
lead us, unarmed? Don t you see how ignorant we are,
how blind and impotent. You are a traitor. Only here
you are a king, but there you lackey upon their tables.
Only here you wear a crown, but there you walk about
with a napkin.
King-Hunger will not listen to their protest.
He gives them the alternative of rebellion or starv
ation for themselves and their children. They
decide to rebel, for King-Hunger is the most
powerful king on earth.
The subjects of King-Hunger, the people of the
underworld, gather to devise ways and means
of rebellion. A gruesome assembly this, held in
the cellar. Above is the palace ringing with music
and laughter, the fine ladies in gorgeous splendor,
bedecked with flowers and costly jewels, the tables
laden with rich food and delicious wines. Every
thing is most exquisite there, joyous and happy.
And underneaths in the cellar, the underworld is
gathered, all the dregs of society: the robber and
the murderer, the thief and the prostitute, the
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