She cannot be dead, for death brings knowledge and paradise joy; but she weeps.

Osaka appears.

He praises her rapturously--her form, her hair, her eyes, her mouth, her smile.
Iris thinks him veritably Jor, but he says his name is "Pleasure." The maiden recoils in terror.

A priest had taught her in an allegory that Pleasure and Death were one! Osaka loads her with jewels, fondles her, draws her to his breast, kisses her passionately.

Iris weeps.