Chapter V: Act II: Night scene. House of Kasaku closed: light appears through

chinks of sliding shutters. Shadow of a woman approaches. Sound of knocking. Shutters slide back._

_Wife of Kasaku_ (recognizing O-Noto). "_Aa! aa!_ Joyful it is to see you! Deign to enter, and some honorable tea to take."

_O-Noto_ (speaking very sweetly). "Thanks indeed. But where is Kasaku San?"

_Wife of Kasaku._ "To the other village he has gone, but must soon return. Deign to come in and wait for him."

_O-Noto_ (still more sweetly). "Very great thanks. A little, and I come. But first I must tell my brother."

(_Bows, and slips off into the darkness, and becomes a shadow again, which joins another shadow. The two shadows remain motionless._)