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Rh  look very disgusted at being so closely questioned.)
 * Policeman.—Well, Madam, please tell me where they have been.
 * The Old Woman Servant.—The lady told me that, as the moon was so beautiful, they have been wandering around the lake on the mountain.
 * Osayo.—(notices the handkerschiefhandkerchief [sic] still lying upon the rock, where Kakutaro left it. She picks it up, and shows it to the policeman.) Sir, I found his handkerchief here. He told me that while he was in Kobe, Miss Rosa gave this to him, and he always kept it near his heart.
 * The Foreign Woman.—(Hears the name of ‘Rosa,’ and comes toward the policeman, and glances at the handkerchief.) What! This handkerchief is my property. It was stolen from me in Kobe! (angrily) Who had this handkerchief?
 * The Old Woman Servant.—Why, Rosa-san, surely it is yours, look! There are the marks ‘R’ and ‘K’ worked upon it! (She turns to the foreign man.) Mr. Kelley, it is your souvenir handkerchief.
 * The Foreign Man.—Oh, yes, so it is! I am very glad that it has been found, for it was a valuable keepsake to me. It is surely the same one! How was it found in this place?
 * The Old Woman Servant.—(As if suddenly recollecting something,) Oh, that lout of a boy in Kobe must have stolen it… how disgusting! What a horrid fellow he is! (to the Policeman) Do you know that idle-looking boy who has been wandering about