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52.<br />
There!<br />
I would've chosen that, long ago.<br />
THE AIDE APPEARS.<br />
THE AIDE<br />
Your Highrn~ss<br />
I<br />
.<br />
. GENGHIS KHAN<br />
Skylark, ' open your eyes wide and look<br />
colors~forms, features, silhouettes.<br />
.out his eyes •<br />
for the last time:<br />
(TO THE AIDE) Put<br />
You disappoint me.<br />
THE SKYLARK<br />
Is .that the best you could do?<br />
Rest easy:<br />
GENGHIS KHAN<br />
this is only the beginning.<br />
THE SKYLARK AND AIDE EXIT. A<br />
DRUM-ROLL, THEN A PIERCING CRY IN<br />
THE NIGHT. A MOMENT LATER; THE<br />
AIDE RETL'RJ.'JS.<br />
•,<br />
THE AIDE<br />
The Skylark awaits further orders.<br />
GENGHIS . KHAN<br />
Is that enough for you?<br />
THE SKYLARK STAGGERS IN, HIS FACE<br />
COVERED WITH BLOOD. EVEN SO, HE<br />
MAKES AN EFFORT AT COMPOSURE, STANDS<br />
IMMOBILE.<br />
(LAUGHING)<br />
THE SKYLARK<br />
Sick to your stomach already?<br />
' \<br />
c·<br />
-.. GENGHIS KHA.J.'l<br />
Guard, the five thousand Shensi.<br />
THE AIDE<br />
Awaiting the orders of your Highness.<br />
GENGHIS KHAN<br />
Skylark, listen to me well: you can no longer see, but you<br />
can still hear--even better than before. So listen to the<br />
orders I'm about to give. (TO AIDE) Have them cut of the<br />
heads of five Shensi--no matter which: men, women, children.<br />
And use the drum. Do you hear, Skyla~k? A roll of the drum-<br />
one more head. (TO AIDE) . Let the drum be loud.<br />
At the <strong>Khan</strong>'s command.<br />
THE AIDE
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