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312 Leonid Andreyev
are in dungeons, in galleys, on crosses, but we will go to
the theater. They perish, but we will devour them
devour devour.
The court has fulfilled its mission. King-
Hunger is the most powerful king on earth.
The starvelings break out in revolt. The bells
peal with deafening thunder; all is confusion and
chaos. The city is immersed in the blackness of
despair, and all is dark. Now and then gusts of
fire sweep the sky illuminating the scene of battle.
The air is filled with cries and groans ;
there is the
thud of falling bodies, and still the fight goes on.
In a secluded part of the town stands the castle.
In its most magnificent ballroom the rich and their
lackeys scientists, teachers and artists are
gathered. They tremble with fear at the ominous
sounds outside. To silence the loud beat of their
terror they command the musicians to strike up the
liveliest tunes, and the guests whirl about in a mad
dance.
From time to time the door is forced open and
someone drops exhausted to the floor. An artist
rushes in, crying out that the art gallery is in
flames.
"
Murillo is burning! Velasquez is burning I
Giorgione is burning!
"
He is not in the least concerned with living
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