16TH FRIDAY

    Nan to yû Baka na koto darô! Yo wa Sakuya, Kashihon-ya kara karita Tokugawa-jidai no Kôshokubon "Hana no Oboroyo" wo 3 ji goro made Chômen ni utsushita——ah, Yo wa! Yo wa sono hageshiki Tanoshimi wo motomuru Kokoro wo seishi kaneta!
    Kesa wa Iyô naru Kokoro no Tsukare wo idaite 10 ji-han goro ni Me wo samashita. Soshite Miyazaki kun no Tegami wo yonda. Ah! Minna ga shinde kureru ka, Yo ga shinu ka: Futatsu ni Hitotsu da! Jissai Yo wa sô omotta. Soshite Henji wo kaita. Yo no Seikwatsu no Kiso wa dekita, tada Geshuku wo hikiharau Kane to, Uchi wo motsu Kane to, sore kara kazoku wo yobi-yoseru Ryohi! sore dake areba yoi! Kô kaita. Soshite shini-taku natta.
    Yarô-yarô to omoinagara, Tegami wo kaku no ga iya-sa ni——osoroshisa ni, Kyô made yarazu ni oita 1 yen wo Haha ni okutta——Miyazaki kun no Tegami ni Dôfû shite.
    Yo wa Sakuya no Tsuzuki——'Hana no Oboroyo' wo utsushite, Sha wo yasunda.
    Yoru ni natta. Kindaichi kun ga kite, Yo ni Sôsaku no Kyô wo okosase yô to iro-iro na Koto wo itte kureta. Yo wa nan to yû koto naku, tada mô Muyami ni Kokkei na koto wo shita.
    "Jibun no Shôrai ga Futashika da to omô kurai, Ningen ni totte Anshin na koto wa arimasen ne! Ha, ha, ha, ha!"
    Kindaichi kun wa Yoko ni taoreta.
    Yo wa Mune no Abara-bone wo ton-ton Yubi de tataite, "Boku ga ima Nani wo——nan no Kyoku wo hiiteru ka, wakari masu ka?"
    Aran kagiri no Baka-mane wo shite, Kindaichi kun wo kaeshita. Soshite sugu Pen wo totta. 30 pun sugita. Yo wa Yo ga tôtei Shôsetsu wo kakenu Koto wo mata Majime ni kangae neba naranakatta. Yo on Mirai ni Nan no Kibô no nai koto wo kangaeneba naranakatta. Soshite Yo wa mata Kindaichi kun no Heya ni itte, Kazu-kagiri no Baka-mane wo shita. Mune ni ôkina Hito no Kao wo Kai-tari, iro-iro na Kao wo shitari, Kuchibue de Uguisu ya Hototogisu no Mane wo shiteri——soshite Saigo ni Yo wa naifu wo toriagete Shibai no Hito-goroshi no Mane wo shita. Kindaichi kun wa Heya no soto ni nigedashita! Ah! Yo wa kitto sono toki aru osoroshii koto wo kangaete itatta Sôi nai.
    Yo wa sono Heya no Dentô wo keshita, soshite To-bukuro no naka ni Naifu wo furiagete tatte ita!——
    Futari ga sara ni Yo no Heya de Kao wo awashita toki wa, dotchi mo Ima no koto wo akirete ita. Yo wa, Jisatsu to yû koto wa kesshite kowai koto de nai to omotta.
    Kakute, Yoru, Yo wa nani wo shita ka? "Hana no Oboroyo"!
    2 ji goro datta. Koishikawa no Oku no Hô ni Kwaji ga atte, Makkura na Sora ni tada hitosuji no Usuakai Kemuri ga massugu ni tachi nobotta.
    Hi! Ah!