THE GAKI
Someone must know!
OBAA-SAN
I shall not speak. Who cares?—What is it I shall do? Tell my story—unlock my heart—so that O-Sode-San may laugh and laugh and laugh. Is it not enough that some evil spirit feeds upon my deep unrest?
THE GAKI
How can one feed upon your unrest when you lock it in your heart? (The voices of O-Sode-San and O-Katsu-San are heard calling to Obaa-San) Here come some friends of yours. Tell them your tale.
[He goes out.
OBAA-SAN
Strange. I feel that I must speak out my heart.
[O-Sode-San and O-Katsu-San come in.