I'll tear the mask from your disguising!

NANK. (aside). Now comes the blow!
KAT. Prepare yourselves for news surprising!
NANK. (aside). How foil my foe?
KAT. No minstrel he, despite bravado!
YUM. (aside, struck by an idea). Ha! ha! I know!
KAT. He is the son of your----

(Nanki-Poo, Yum-Yum, and Chorus, interrupting, sing Japanese words,
to drown her voice.)

O ni! bikkuri shakkuri to!
KAT. In vain you interrupt with this tornado!
He is the only son of your----
ALL. O ni! bikkuri shakkuri to!
KAT. I'll spoil----
ALL. O ni! bikkuri shakkuri to!
KAT. Your gay gambado!
He is the son----
ALL. O ni! bikkuri shakkuri to!
KAT. Of your----
ALL. O ni! bikkuri shakkuri to!
KAT. The son of your----
ALL. O ni! bikkuri shakkuri to! oya! oya!

ENSEMBLE.

KATISHA. THE OTHERS.

Ye torrents roar! We'll hear no more,
Ye tempests howl! Ill-omened owl.
Your wrath outpour To joy we soar,
With angry growl! Despite your
scowl!
Do ye your worst, my vengeance The echoes of our festival
call
Shall rise triumphant over all! Shall rise triumphant over
all!
Prepare for woe, Away you go,
Ye haughty lords, Collect your
hordes;
At once I go Proclaim your woe
Mikado-wards, In dismal
chords
My wrongs with vengeance shall We do not heed their
dismal
be crowned! sound
My wrongs with vengeance shall For joy reigns everywhere
be crowned! around.

(Katisha rushes furiously up stage, clearing the crowd away right
and left, finishing on steps at the back of stage.)

END OF ACT I.

ACT II.

SCENE.--Ko-Ko's Garden.

Yum-Yum discovered seated at her bridal toilet, surrounded by
maidens, who are dressing her hair and painting her face and