Geshuku no Gyakutai wa itareri-tsukuseri de aru. Kesa wa 9 ji goro okita. Kao wo aratte kite mo Hibachi ni Hi monai. Hitori de Toko wo ageta. Match de Tabako wo nonde iru to, Kodomo ga Rôka wo yuku: iitsukete Hi to Yu wo morô. 20 pun mo tatte kara Meshi wo motte kita. Shamoji ga nai: Bell wo oshita. Konai. Mata oshita. konai. Yohodo tatte kara O-tsune ga sore wo motte kite, mono-iwazu ni nageru yô ni oite itta. Miso-jiru wa tsumetaku natte iru
    Mado no shita ni Kobu-no-ki no Hana ga saite iru. Mukashi-mukashi, mada Shibutami no Tera ni ita koro, yoku ano Ki no Eda wo kitte wa Paipu wo koshiraeta mono dakke!
    Jochû nado ga Shikkei na Soburi wo suru to, Yo wa itsu demo, 'Hm, ano Chikushô! Ore ga Kane wo minna haratte, soshite, Yatsu-ra ni mo Kane wo kurete yattara, donna Kao wo shite Obekka wo tsukaiyagaru darô!' to omô. Shikashi kangaete miru to, itsu sono Jidai ga Ore ni kuru no da?
    "Kozukai Toyokichi." nochi ni "Sakaushi-kun no Tegami." to Dai wo aratamete kaki-dashita ga, 5 gyô mo kakanu uchi ni 12 ji ninatte, Sha ni dekaketa.
    Kawatta koto nashi. Rô-shôsetsu-ka Mishima-rôjin ga nani ka to Yo ni shitashimitagatteru Yôsu ga omoshiroi. Kyûji no Kobayashi wa, "Anata ga Subaru to yû Zasshi ni Shôsetsu wo okaki ni natta no wa nan-gwatsu desu ka?" to kiite itakke.
    Kaette kite "Sakaushi-kun no Tegami" wo Rôma-ji de kakidashita ga, 10 ji goro ni wa Atama ga tsukarete shimatta.