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._)