[He pulls off the blanket, and up jumps his wife.
Wife.—Oh! how furious I am! Oh! how furious I am! To hoax me and go off to Hana in that manner!
Husband.—Oh! not at all, not at all! I never went to Hana. I have been performing my devotions, indeed I have.
Wife.—What! so he means to come and tell me that he has been performing his devotions? and then into the bargain to talk about "things the old vixen would never have let drop"! Oh! I'm all ablaze with rage! Hoaxing me and going off—where? Going off where?
[Pursuing her husband round the stage.
Husband.—Not at all, not at all! I never said anything of the kind. Do, do forgive me! do forgive me!
Wife.—Oh! how furious I am! Oh! how furious I am! Where have you been, sir? where have you been?
Husband.—Well, then! why should I conceal it from you? I have been to pray both for your welfare and for my own at the Temple of the Five Hundred Disciples[178] in Tsukushi.
Wife.—Oh! how furious I am! Oh! how furious I am! as if you could have got as far as the Five Hundred Disciples!
Husband.—Do, do forgive me! Do forgive me!