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MIRA AND MAHAVIR
SCENE I
Time: Night, 9 p.m.
(Mahavir and Mira are brother and sister. He is a tall, wiry, and keen-eyul young Han of twenty-three, studying at College, zohile she is a szeect, modest and gentle young Workcit, two years younger. Mira is seated on a chair in a room, sparely furnished with a couple of chairs and a small table, and is reading a book. Mahavir enters quietly, but with some excitement. She looks at him and smiles.) MIRA-Where have you been so long ? Why are you
excited ? MAHAVIR--Can't you guess ? But no-you are but a girl, MIRA-Why, you rouse my curiosity now. Tell me. MAHAVIR-It would be such fun to disappoint you. But
I cannot. I must tell you. I have won a prize in a
debate. MIRA-Indeed ! I thought you had solved a Cross-word
puzzle and won the first prize, MAHAVIR- This is infinitely more important. But you
cannot guess. Do you know the nature of the
