Mandarin—Base thief and destroyer, at last I have found the hole in which you hide!
Chang-sut-yen—A lover seeks only food for his love. If he destroys or thieves what matter? Love is first.
Mandarin—My tongue sends flame into your viper soul. Go to your ancestors, they beckon you.
Kwen-lin—Let us escape across the bridge!
(Property Man holds bamboo stick horizontally for bridge.)
Chang-sut-yen—Why should we flee?
Kwen-lin—Why should we perish? To the bridge! We will outrun him.
(They run onto bridge.)
Chang-sut-yen—(Grasping bamboo.) The bridge shakes. Its ribs are rotten. We will fall into the water.
Kwen-lin—(Off stage.) I fall, I drown!