ABSTRACT
Happiness reigned at the court and the young Prince was gay and charming as before, when a voice from on high uttered these words: “What are you doing, Urghien? Did you take the heroic resolution to quit the repose and perfect joy of Kanden only to enjoy the grandeur of a magnificent Court and the embraces of a lovely bride? Are you blind to the vices in which living beings are engulfed? Do you not see the unbridled passions burning in every heart? Why do you not hasten to the rescue? Why do you not help a world which is fast going to perdition?”
