Genghis Khan

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GENGHIS KHk'\J'
I don't have the right to grow old.
Immortal. And why not?
I am forever young.
GUARD'S VOICE
Gemina, Princess of Shensi?
GENGHIS KH.Ai.'l\J
Gernina. (SHOUTS) She may enter: Gernina.
TWO HANDMAIDENS APPE,AE AT THE TENT
OPENING, EACH CARRYING A LANTERN.
THEY SEPARATE, AND GEMINA PASSES
BETWEEN THEM, BOWS.
Ah, Gernina: (TO SERVANTS) You may leave us.
THE SERVANTS BOW, EXIT . THE KHAN
GOES TO TABLE, TAKES THE CANDLE,
CROSSES SLOWLY TO GEMINA AND LIFTS
UP . HER CHIN. IN THE CANDLE-LIGHT
HER FACE APPEARS, A STAR IN THE
DESERT SKY.
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Gemina .•••• do you know what love is?
GEM INA
(GLACIAL) I belong to a conquered people. Your Highness is
· the conqueror. I do not know what love is.
THE KHAN THROWS THE CANDLE TO THE
FLOOR. THE TENT IS PLUNGED INTO
DARKNESS. THE KHAN .BURSTS INTO
LAUGHTER • . -
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LIGHTS FADE TO BLACK.
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