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THE DAUGHTER OF HEAVEN
Tranquil Beauty
Golden Lotus recognised it before you.
Pearl
That young man is always stealing about here.
Tranquil Beauty
We all know the reason.
Cinnamon
See, he greets our companion as if she were a Queen.
Tranquil Beauty
Is she not the Queen of his heart?
Arrow-Bearer
The breeze of spring time caresses me gently and intoxicates me with the perfume of the lotus.
Tranquil Beauty
The allusion is evident.
Cinnamon
It is well known that The breeze of spring-time signifies love.
Pearl
And her name is Golden Lotus.
Golden Lotus [to Arrow-Bearer]
My lord, I heard that you ordered the flowers to be removed—— Was I misinformed?
