Rôka de Otsune ga nani ka hanashite iru. Sono Aite no Koe wa Yo no imada kiita koto no nai Koe da: hosoi, ui-ui shii Koe da. Mata atarashiku Jochû ga kita na to omotta——Sore wa 7 ji goro no koto——kono Hi Dai-ichi ni Yo no Ishiki noi nobotta Dekigoto wa kore da.
    Utsura-utsura to shite iru to, tare ka shira haitte kita. 'Kitto atarashii Jochû da.'——sô Yume no yô ni omotte, 2, 3 do yuruyaka na Kokyû wo shite kara Me wo sukoshi bakari aite mita. Omotta tôri, 17 gurai no Maru-gao no Onna ga, Hibachi ni Hi wo utsushite iru. 'Osada-san ni nita.' to, sugu Me wo tsuburi nagara, omotta. Osada-san to yû no wa Shibutami no Yûbinkyoku no Musume de atta. Ano koro——36 nen——tashika jûshi datta kara, ima wa jû——jû——sô da, mô hatachi ni natta no da......Doko e O-yome ni itta rô? Sonna koto wo kangae nagara Kanaya Shichirô kun wo omoi-dashita. Soshite uto-uto shita. Sugu mata Me ga sameta——to itte mo Me wo aku hodo sukkari de wa nai. Te araku Shôji wo akete Otsune ga haitte kita: soshite Hibachi no Hi wo motte yuku. Yo ga Me wo aku to,
    "Anata no tokoro e wa ato de motte kimasu."
    "Gyakutai shiyagaru ja nai ka?" to, Yo wa, Mune no naka de dake itta tsumori datta ga, tsui Kuchi ni dete shimatta. Otsune wa Kao-iro wo kaeta: soshite nan to ka itta. Yo wa "mnya, mnya" itte Negaeri wo shita!
    Gozen-chû, Atama ga hakkiri shite ite, "Sakakushi-kun no Tegami." wo 2 mai dake kaita. Soshite Sha ni itta.
    Sakuya Kawasaki no Temae ni Kisha no Tenpuku ga atta node, Shakwai-bu no Hito-dachi wa Tentekomai wo shite iru.
    Reikoku ni kaetta. Ma mo naku Hiraide-kun kara Denwa: Tanka-gô no Genkô no Saisoku da. Iikagen na Henji wo shita ga, hm! tsumaranai, Uta nado! Sô omô to Uchi ni kusubutteru mo tsumaranai to yû Ki ni natte, hitori dekaketa. 5 chôme no Kwatsudo-shashin de 9 ji made ita. Sore kara 1 jikan wa Ate mo naku Densha no naka.

    Kesa, Katakake wo Shichiya ni motte itte 60 sen karita. Soshite Tokoya ni haitte Atama wo 5 bu-gari ni shi, Tenugui to Shabon wo katte, sugu sono Mise no mae no Yuya ni hairô to suru to, "Kyô wa Kensa no Hi dakara 11 ji goro kara de nakute wa Yu ga tatanu." to, sono Mise no Aikyô no aru Kami-san ga oshiete kureta.