And do you suppose they will show her to you?
SECOND WOMAN
Why not? They are showing us all their generals and princes, and all the rest of them——Prisoners are made to be seen, that is why they were brought here to Peking.
THIRD WOMAN
Oh, yes, but she——it seems that while she was being brought here, she was treated with every consideration that could be shown to a queen. And the Emperor has had her placed in the Forbidden City, you know; in his very Palace indeed.
SECOND WOMAN
It is said that her eyes are so wonderful that ordinary people like us cannot meet their gaze.
JASMINE-FLOWER
Yes, and I should be afraid to look at her! A woman who has been dead—for she was dead for at least two moons, you know!
SECOND WOMAN