Yuranosuke. And you, Okaru? What are you doing there?
Okaru. You gave me so much to drink and I feel so dizzy that I came here to cool myself in the breeze and drive away the effects.
Yuranosuke. Oh, Okaru, I have something to say to you. With you over there, we are as if on the opposite sides of the Milky Way[5] and I cannot speak to you from here. Will you not come down for a moment?
Okaru. What you want to tell me, is it something you wish to ask?
Yuranosuke. Well, something of the sort.
Okaru. I will come round.
Yuranosuke. No, no. If you go round by the stairs, the waitresses will catch you and make you drink again.
Okaru. What shall I do?
Yuranosuke. Oh, see, happily here is a nine-runged ladder. Please, come down by it.
Recitative. He leans it against the eaves of the lower floor.