Ay--how can I say? Now all the world is fair because I see only you in earth and sky and everything. AOYAGI She was aglow in the morning sun. RIKI How can I say? I heard her voice;--a song was in my heart--a song for you.--I saw her--the song staid locked in my heart for you. AOYAGI Riki--Riki-- RIKI A dream that's true. AOYAGI I do not understand it all.--Obaa-San--you--this happiness.--I have known happiness, but not like this.--When I was in the weeping willow tree--sometimes I was happy and sometimes I was hurt.--Oh, Riki, Riki, this glade is like the weeping willow tree! Whenever the soft air sways the leaves, I feel the same sweet joy as when the little breezes played amongst my branches. The rain--oh, the gentle little rain that cooled me in the hot summer--the drops that danced from leaf to leaf and felt like smiles upon my face. Tears! The rain is not like tears, Riki. RIKI The dew is tears, perhaps. AOYAGI The dew! It came to me like a cool veil that the morning sun would lift and little breezes bear away. Then sometimes--the voice, the loneliness of Obaa-San. RIKI Look where her home lies. Far down there beyond that stream, see--there is Kyushu. AOYAGI Oh, Riki, my Riki, my august lord, why, why can I stay here in happiness with you when I know that Obaa-San is miserable and alone? RIKI I can not say? I only know that we are here--you and I--and we are happy. Two make a world, Aoyagi. Why? How? I do not know. AOYAGI Can we not send a message to Obaa-San? RIKI Yes. I shall go down the mountain to the road and tell some passer-by. AOYAGI And I? RIKI Sit here and rest--and watch the silver stream at Kyushu. AOYAGI I shall wait--I shall wait. RIKI Sayonara. AOYAGI Sayonara.--Sayonara, my august lord. [_Riki goes out. Aoyagi, left alone, feels the air in the old way. She sways slightly in the breeze, then flutters toward the steps._ Oh, Kyushu! The silver stream at Kyushu! [_She evidently sees the place where Obaa-San lives. Her eyes dim a bit and slowly she hums the old lullaby_: See, baby, see, The ears of the wolf are long; Sleep, baby, sleep, Thy father is brave and strong. Poor Obaa-San! [_The Gaki appears._ THE GAKI I have lost my way. [_Aoyagi turns quickly, questioning him almost fearfully with her eyes. There is something of the Aoyagi of the time when The Gaki bade her leave Obaa-San._ AOYAGI Whither are you bound? THE GAKI I am a stranger bound for Kyushu. AOYAGI There is Kyushu. (_She indicates the silver stream_) THE GAKI I am told there is a ferry on the way to Kyushu. AOYAGI Yes,--at Ishiyama. THE GAKI At--Ishiyama. AOYAGI Why do you speak so? THE GAKI I merely echoed your own words. AOYAGI I did not say them so terribly. THE GAKI What is in your heart came into your voice, perhaps. AOYAGI There is the way to Kyushu. THE GAKI Down that path? AOYAGI Yes. Did you not meet Riki? THE GAKI Riki? AOYAGI Yes, my august lord. THE GAKI