THIRD MAN: You can’t say, can you. That mouthless strait. . . .
MURASAKi:Won’t you stay? Have a little rest in a strait with no mouth,
be left with no regrets.
THIRD MAN: Your mouth and your lies have both gotten good. Yes, it
seems the women are all Heike throw-aways.
MURASAKI: You think the baby bird is pretty, and it wants to be held
by the daddy bird. . . .
The third man gives Murasaki some money. Murasaki makes a face
showing that she thinks the amount too little. The man starts to go.
Murasaki runs after him, surprised.
THIRD MAN: Look, I’m giving it to you.
MURASAKI: No, no—I don’t need people’s charity. . . .
THIRD MAN: Let me go. . . .
MURASAKI: I may have fallen in the world, but I don’t beg.
THIRD MAN: You are a beggar, and you’re stubborn— it doesn’t go
well with your face. Watch it—I’U throw you into the sea!
The man pushes Murasaki down.
MURASAKI: Well, of all the rough. ... I don’t beg I may sell my body,
but I don’t beg
Murasaki tries once more to stop the man. He shakes her off and pushes
her down.
THIRD MAN: Grrh!
Kagekiyo pushes Murasaki and the third man apart and stands between
them.
KAGEKIYO: (To the third man.) Don’t be violent.
