She bows before the buddha statue and takes the dagger her father used to commit suicide and reads its inscription. "Who cannot live with honor must die with honor." Just as she is raising the dagger, her son enters the room. She tells him how much she loves him before sending him away to play. Once he leaves, she plunges the dagger into her heart. As she lay there lifelessly on the floor, Pinkerton arrives calling out her name.