In the middle of a soliloquy, the girls discuss the outcome of their recent match. The first girl, Chihaya, loses by twenty cards, while the second girl, Sutaro, defeats the third girl, Shimada, by five cards. Sutaro's loss is even more devastating because he has lost to Shimada in the previous round of the tournament. The girls agree that the match was "mlimbling" and that Sutaro has "chatter ter oh" .