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Puccini, Giactmo Madama Butterfly. Liteetto. English & Italian ...

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4O ACT TWO<br />

SlIAKl'LKSS<br />

I am grieved at such hopeless blindness.<br />

GORO<br />

(whispers to Yamadori an.1 Sharpless)<br />

Mr. Pinkerton's ship is already<br />

Signalled.<br />

YAMADORI<br />

(in despair)<br />

And when they meet again<br />

SHARPLESS<br />

(whispers to both)<br />

He does not want to see her. It is for that I came<br />

To try and prepare her.<br />

From him, which<br />

I have here a letter<br />

(seeing that <strong>Butterfly</strong> is approaching him with tea, he cuts short his sentence)<br />

BUTTERFLY<br />

(charmingly, offering Snarpless a cup of tea)<br />

Will your Honour allow me<br />

(opens her fan, and behind it points to the two others', laughing)<br />

What troublesome people !<br />

(offers tea to Yamadori, who refuses)<br />

YAMADORI<br />

(rises with aeigh and bows to <strong>Butterfly</strong> with hand on heart)<br />

Farewell, then. I go, my heart heavy with sorrow,<br />

But still I hope<br />

BUTTERFLY<br />

So be it.<br />

YAMADORI<br />

(is leaving, but returns to <strong>Butterfly</strong>!<br />

Ah, if you would but<br />

BUTTERFLY<br />

The pity is : I will not !<br />

(Yamadori, after bavin? bowed to Sharpless, goea off sighing, followed by bis servants. <strong>Butterfly</strong><br />

signs to Suzuki to remove the tea. Snf&t onev% then retires to the back of the<br />

room. Goro promptly follows Yamadori)

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