Arrow-Bearer
Will be finished! What, when I see the ground still strewn with petals and dead flower——and here, of all places, around the Pavilion of the Ladies-in-Waiting. [Aside] where blooms that living flower whom I adore.
Humpback
No sooner have we put all straight than the spiteful wind shakes the branches and we have to begin all over again.
Arrow-Bearer
Remove them from the moss, at all events——Those faded flowers look like so many stains.
SCENE III
Rock, Fir-Sapling, Strong-arm, Humpback, Arrow-Bearer, Golden Lotus, Cinnamon, Pearl, Tranquil Beauty—Ladies in Waiting.
The ladies appear hestitatingly on the verandah of the Pavilion. Golden Lotus advances and rests her elbows on the balustrade. Arrow-Bearer gazes upon her with evident emotion.
{{c|Cinnamon [in a whisper]
I thought I recognised the voice of my lord Arrow-Bearer.
