Part 24 (1/2)

No--old.

AOYAGI

Had she seen Riki?

OBAA-SAN

Yes. On the mountain-side--

AOYAGI

The stranger said she was young and fair.

OBAA-SAN

Perhaps the stranger did not see with honest eyes.

AOYAGI

He would not lie.

OBAA-SAN

Sometimes the eyes and the ears lie.

AOYAGI

Ah!

OBAA-SAN

And if she had been young and fair?

AOYAGI

Riki met her in a glade.

OBAA-SAN

Did you see them meet?

AOYAGI

No--she was singing.

OBAA-SAN

A happy song, perhaps.

AOYAGI