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310 Leonid Andreyev
A lean boy is brought in, muzzled; he is fol
lowed by a ragged woman.
Woman. Have mercy! He stole an apple for me,
your Honor. I was sick, thought he.
"
Let me bring
her a little apple." Pity him! Tell them that you won t
any more. Well! Speak!
Starveling. I won t any more.
Woman. I ve already punished him myself. Pity his
youth, cut not at the root his bright little days!
Voices. Indeed, pity one and then the next. Cut the
evil at its roots.
One needs courage to be ruthless.
It is better for them.
Now he is only a boy, but when he grows up
King-Hunger. Starveling, you are condemned.
A starveling, heavily muzzled, is dragged in,
He is big and strong. He protests to the court : he
has always been a faithful slave. But King-
Hunger announces that the man is dangerous, be
cause the faithful slave, being strong and honest, is
"
obnoxious to people of refined culture and less
brawny." The slave is faithful to-day, King-
Hunger warns the judges, but
"
who can trust the
to-morrow? Then in his strength and integrity
we will encounter a violent and dangerous enemy."
In the name of justice the faithful slave is con
demned. Finally the last starveling appears. He
looks half human, half beast.
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