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Eminent Authors of Japan
- peep into their inner recesses.)
- Husband.—(seeing her facing him, turns away.) How brazen you are to turn over on your side like that! (A sharp cry of “O-kin San” is heard from a maidservant in the corridor outside.)
- Wife.—(suddenly wakes up, and after yawning, rises to her feet.) Is the bath prepared yet?
- Husband.—(still very suspicious as to whether his wife has really been asleep or not, but nevertheless rather surprised by her natural manner of waking) Have you been asleep?
- Wife.—(without answering, takes up a towel and a piece of soap, and after moving across the room for her toilet-case, she goes out.)
- Husband.—(dumbfounded and amazed gazes at her as she leaves.)
Part Two
Time, rather late the following afternoon.
(The Husband, in his shirt-sleeves, is packing his trunk, making preparations to leave.
The Wife is drying her towel over a charcoal brazier.)
- Maid.—You needn’t hurry; there’s plenty of time to catch your train.
- Husband.—(taking the bill from her) We shall come here again before long, and ……
