(Ometsu stands and watches them go through the door. Simpson stands rigidly to attention as they pass.)

Belson (to Simpson as they pass). Pack up and follow!

Simpson. Yes, sir.

(As Belson and Jack disappear, Ometsu staggers to a chair by the table and with a little sob drops her head on her arms.)

Simpson (goes to her and bends over her; speaks brokenly). He said he’d come back—I’ll bring him back! (He waits for a moment but she takes no notice. He then picks up the corner of the sleeve of her kimono, presses it to his lips, and then goes out slowly. As he reaches the door the curtain falls.)


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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:

Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.