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Scene 2
The journey between Bacoa and Spac ia-Vye is marked by much soul
search ing on the pArt of Horototo. He is torn between the desire for
a dreamy zestful life and his simple but secure homelife. In the	^
horizon he once more glimpses Spacia-Vye. He no longer has the conflict t of mind he first had. The Mysticism of Spac ia-Vye has killed his
Wang Chih is there too, and they are? all out to greet him. For tht fisrt time in twenty-two years he really felt like a prince.
The Vyans celebrate Horototo’s arrival by dancing'the entire history of Spac ia-Vye. Not even Bacoa’s "Feast of the Lanterns" could compare to this. Ho-Seen-Ko, the lead dancer, presents Horototo with a happiness weath. Horototo sits beside Wang Chih and watches the festivities in a semiunconsc ience stuper.
Horototo’s eyes rest on Ho-Seen-Ko, and she notices him; but she feels uneasy. No one has ever looked at her this way before,especially a prince. Wang Chih announces that the next dance is Horototo’s choice. There are many Vyan maidens around, but Horototo chooses Ho-Seen-Ko. As the prince moves over to where Ho-Seen-Ko is stand ing, the girl rejects his hand. She is still young and naive and she mis interprets Horototo’s intent ion’s. Wang Chih,.(be ing the grest wonder worker that he is) persuades HO-Seen-Ko that the princ’s intent ions are entirely honorable and she takes Horototo’s hand. And so the rest of the evening passed with Horototoand Ho-Seen-Ko spending ijf'in utter contentment. At nightfall Horototo aeks Ho Soon Ko- fer-anothvi'‘-tiQnQc.
torment. >45 he swims closer, he is awe struck by the magn if icant
scene stretched out before him. There are people on the beach and