Gihei. Pray, come this way.
Yuranosuke. It would be rude now to stand upon ceremony.
Recitative. Yuranosuke enters within with the two men.
Buffeted between her father and husband, Osono’s heart is darkened by thoughts of her child; she comes with a little lantern and knocks at the door in the darkness.
Osono. Igo, Igo.
Recitative. The dunce awakes upon hearing her voice and comes running to the door.
Igo. Who was it called me just now? Was it a goblin or a wandering spirit?
Osono. No, it is I, Sono. Please, open.
Igo. Still you make me nervous. Be sure not to say “Bah,” like a ghost.
Recitative. With these words he opens the door.