Yuki. Truly, O Mimosa, when we saw him with the excellent flower! (Laugh.)
Totmai. Tell us, O Yuki San. We would laugh, too.
Haru. With honorable kindness, tell us quick.
Yuki. The august Princess took excellent chrysanthemum standing alone in large vase——
Mimosa. O Yuki, speak first of the bow! (Laughs behind fan.)
Yuki. O Mimosa, how laughter-making! See, O Totmai and O Haru. (Imitates the bow of an Englishman.)
Totmai and Haru. To venerated Princess?
Yuki. Just like this. (Bows again, others copy.) Like a policeman when he has roped his prisoner and said, “After you.” Then the exalted lady gave him with gracious courtesy a great white chrysanthemum. What do honorable minds think he did with it?
Totmai. Ate it!
Haru. Let excellent flower fall!