 | Name | String of Pearls (IV) |
| Type (Ingame) | Quest Item | |
| Family | String of Pearls | |
| Rarity |  | |
| Description | To rescue the one he loves, the young man charges heedlessly into danger, entering the lair of the enemy with his sword drawn: and on the other side, his beloved hangs on desperately… |
Item Story
| —Act IV: Trial By Candlelight— Male Role: Fan Jie Female Role: Zixin Comic Villain: Wu Wang Scene I (Fan Jie with a robe, stage upper left, Zixin sits alone, stage right) (Dongtang, appassionato) Fan Jie: "O cursed villain, to steal a maiden in broad daylight! My beloved suffers and I grieve." Fan Jie: "So it falls to my sword to bring judgment on those who so forsake the law." Fan Jie: "Let us away." (Fan Jie spurs his horse and heads for Wu Wang's stronghold) (Aside) Fan Jie: "Swiftly did I ride here, pursuing the sounds of merriment from afar." Fan Jie: "This, then, must be the wolf's den." Fan Jie: "If I am to rescue Zixin, I must scout their lair out with care." Fan Jie: "A good plan. We go!" (Fan Jie leaps over the rear wall, exeunt.) (Common time) Zixin: "Within a lone lamp and half-burnt candles — and without lurk the wolves and tigers." Zixin: "Who could have expected such disaster? And how shall I flee this hive of villainy?" Scene II (Wu Wang enters from right through a door, drunk) (Aloud) Wu Wang: "I come and go wherever I am pleased, and even gods fall if I am not appeased." (Aside) Wu Wang: "Haha, got one in the day, didn't I? Hehe." Wu Wang: "That lovely, lovely lady." Wu Wang: "Now that we have made merry, as is our wont. It is time — we meet the fair maiden!" (Dongtang, andante calmo) Zixin: "Here that impetuous drunken rascal comes. Still! The weeping candlelight is in my hand." (Aside) Zixin: "You shall not have me!" (Wu Wang chases Zixin. Zixin strikes Wu Wang with the candlestick. He falls down. She slumps in relief.) (Dongtang, andante calmo) Zixin: "In the confusion, a stroke of fortune! On shaking feet I flee." (Aside) Zixin: "Not a light to be seen outside. How is this so dark?" Zixin: "Perhaps I should relight this candle—" Zixin: "No. Would I not be imperiled if recaptured?" Zixin: "Better then to carry this unlit light, and grope our way out through the night." Zixin: "Yes, so shall it be done." |
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