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i:t for you.<br />
80.<br />
JEBAY PACES, GOES TO THE CURTAIN, .<br />
STOPS.<br />
JEBAY<br />
If I let you go, how can I be sure--<br />
GEMINA<br />
I give you my word that Jushi <strong>Khan</strong> will return immediately.<br />
Isn't my word enough for you?<br />
JEBAY<br />
Under the circumstances, · I have to find it sufficient.<br />
GEM INA<br />
Then what are you waiting for?<br />
You've been given full power!<br />
JEBAY<br />
But for His Highness, it's a different matter. You're forcing<br />
him to barter--to swap a beloved princess for a son. -<br />
GE MINA<br />
It's a matter of choice~<br />
JEBAY<br />
I beg your pardon, Madam--we Mongols don't have the knack<br />
for subtleties of language. It's a swap. And in commerce,<br />
Mongol.s .always demand some kind of guarantee.<br />
GENGHIS KHAN<br />
I thank General Jebay for thinking of me.<br />
THE PEARL CURTAIN IS PUSHED ASIDE.<br />
THE KHAN ENTERS PURPOSEFULLY, · ONCE<br />
MORE THE KHAN OF MONGOLIA.<br />
JEBAY<br />
Your Highness, I thought of the Mongol empire.<br />
GENGHIS KHAN<br />
General, give orders for the saddling of a good horse, and<br />
have them open the main gate.<br />
JEBAY EXITS. THE KHAN AND GEMINA<br />
SCRUTINIZE ONE ANOTHER.<br />
You are correct: it's a matter of choice. I alone can make<br />
such a decision. Jushi, my son, is necessary to me. There<br />
was a time when I was tormented by love. But now the torment<br />
is past. I am, after all, a solitary traveler. There cannot<br />
be two pole-stars in the desert night.<br />
THE KHAN PICKS UP KOROCHA'S SWORD.
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