"A hundred," said Shijiro.
"Lord, you said—you called me—"
"Yes," laughed Arisuga. "The eyes, the hands, the lips—"
"I am not beautiful—"
"I did not say so."
"My hands are not—"
She held them out that he might see that they were not. The soldier examined them and then said:—
"No, the maid was right. I find no beauty there."
"And my eyes—they are only beast's eyes—"
"Let me see," begged the soldier.