RIKI
Too late!—You shall harm no more!
[With one supreme effort, The Gaki draws himself to his full height and seems about to crush Riki. He leaps upon the prostrate Aoyagi and flings her body high above his head. Riki starts for him.
THE GAKI
I shall live! I shall live!
RIKI
Aoyagi!
THE GAKI
Come not near me, Riki, or I shall crush her at your feet. I shall live!
[He laughs the hideous laugh of triumph which rang out on the mountain side yesterday.