OBAA-SAN
Perhaps.—She will be here soon.—Riki has gone for her.
THE GAKI
She must know the way.
[The voices of O-Sode and O-Katsu are heard.
This has been a restless night for age. (He disappears. O-Sode-San and O-Katsu-San enter)
OBAA-SAN
Good-morning, O-Sode-San. Good-morning, O-Katsu-San.—The lily hands of sleep have passed you by.
O-KATSU-SAN
A strange unrest has seized upon me. I think—and think of my little one. She is glorious in my heart, and words with wings seem to flash before my eyes like fireflies in the darkness.