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The Daughter of Heaven
SCENE I
Rock, Fir Sapling, Strong-arm, Humpback, gardeners. In the distance a bell and a drum can be heard.
Rock
[Stopping his work and listening.] Do you hear the great bronze bell and the drum? Another Prince is passing through the Gateway of State and making his entrance into our Palace of Nanking.
Fir-Sapling
Yes, I hearbut I would rather see.
Strong-arm
Beautiful sights are not for us to see.
Rock
The great ceremonies do not need the gaze of such as us.
Fir-Sapling
Yes! We know that. Our duty is to work on in silence,—patiently to prepare the beauty of the festival which is not for our eyes.
