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308 Leonid Andreyev
They infected her. Therefore she proposes that
the rich should be infected.
The underworld plans and plots, and the grue
some meeting is closed with a frenzied dance be
tween King-Hunger and Death, to the music of the
dance above.
King-Hunger is at the trial of the Starving. He
is the most powerful king on earth : he is at home
everywhere, but nowhere more so than at the trial
of the Starving. On high chairs sit the judges, in
all their bloated importance. The courtroom is
filled with curiosity seekers, idle ladies dressed as
if for a ball; college professors and students look
ing for object lessons in criminal depravity; rich
young girls are there, to satisfy a perverted craving
for excitement.
The first starveling is brought in muzzled.
King-Hunger. What is your offense, starveling?
Old Man. I stole a five-pound loaf, but it was
wrested from me. I had only time to bite a small piece
of it. Forgive me, I will never again
He is condemned in the name of the Law and
King-Hunger, the most powerful king on earth.
Another starveling is brought before the bar of
justice. It is a woman, young and beautiful, but
pale and sad. She is charged with killing her
child.
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