wife, protector, keeper, source of jealousy and relentless adversary. If I have not always treated you with dignified understanding, then forgive me. Borte is also moved. She places her hands on his shoulders. The two girls, looking through the ajar doors, enter. Seeing that Borte and Genghis Khan are embracing, they turn back, but Borte speaks to them loudly. BORTE: Hey, pretty ladies – pretty eggs, don’t leave in vain, take your basins with you. The girls take the basins of water. There is a short knock on the door and old Keikuat enters. BORTE: Keikuat-apai, what happened? KEIKUAT: A messenger has just arrived from Karakorym. Hoelun-Ujin is there. (Crying, she puts her hands to her eyes, and unable to continue further, she quickly leaves). Both Genghis Khan and Borte, after such a message, instantly forget their quarrels, forget the harsh words recently spoken, and jump up like anxious ducks. GENGHIS KHAN: Gather all the children and grandchildren. We will all go to Karakorym together. BORTE Everyone will probably gather except for Batu. It turns out he went on a campaign to the Russian lands. They say he wants his grandfather’s dream to exist. Once he turns everyone to his side, he will begin to build an integral state called the Golden Horde. Only he would dare to reach out to the unattainable. GENGHIS KHAN: What hasn’t she experienced when raising us, that poor mother? BORTE: She also raised the eleven orphans who remained without a patron after the battles as her children, not counting them as the offspring of the enemy. Now, they are her support and protection. So generous and merciful at the same time was my daughter-in-law and sister. She, poor thing, did not even hear what happened to her firstborn grandson whom she raised for ten years. We must get under way faster. We have to pass a two-month road. GENGHIS KHAN: If you think about it, have I also been reaching out my whole life for unattainable goals. Looking back at the past, I see that the human race, as soon as it was born into the world, did not spend a day without war. My goal is to subordinate the whole world to one power, to
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