Daisy. I wish I could have seen you with your ear to the keyhole. You must have looked dignified.
[She begins to laugh, angrily, hysterically, beside herself.
Lee Tai. Let me give you a cup of tea. It's quite warm still.
Daisy. I should have thought you were rather old and fat to stoop so much.
Lee Tai. Fortunately the windows are only covered with rice paper, so I was saved that inconvenience.
[He hands her a cup of tea. She takes it and flings it at him. The tea is splashed over his black robe.
Daisy. Get out of here or I'll kill you.
[He wipes his dress with a large silk pocket handkerchief.
Lee Tai. You forget sometimes the manners that were taught you at that elegant school for young ladies in England.