Lee Tai. I told you that I thought I should not have to wait very long.
Daisy. [Scornfully.] You fool. Do you think it's finished?
Lee Tai. Did I not tell you that the white man's love was weak and vacillating?
Daisy. He's going away for four months. Do you think that frightens me? He's loved me for ten years. I've loved him for ten years. Do you think he can forget me in four months? He'll come back.
Lee Tai. Not to you.
Daisy. Yes, yes, yes. And when he comes it'll be for good. He'll hunger for me as he hungered before. He'll forget his scruples, his remorse, his stupid duties, because he'll only remember me.
Lee Tai. [Very quietly.] He's going to be married to Miss Sylvia Knox.
[Daisy springs at him and seizes him by the throat.
Daisy. That's a lie. That's a lie. Take it back. You pig.
[He takes her hands and drags them away from his throat. He holds her fast.