“Oh, to think that this could happen after the pledges which we made to
each other!… Often I was told that the heart of a man changes as
quickly as the sky of autumn;—yet surely the heart of Hagiwara Sama
cannot be so cruel that he should really intend to exclude me in this
way!… Dear Yone, please find some means of taking me to him…. Unless
you do, I will never, never go home again.”
Thus she continued to plead, veiling her face with her long
sleeves,—and very beautiful she looked, and very touching; but the fear
of death was strong upon her lover.
O-Yoné at last made answer,—“My dear young lady, why will you trouble
your mind about a man who seems to be so cruel?… Well, let us see if
there be no way to enter at the back of the house: come with me!”
And taking O-Tsuyu by the hand, she led her away toward the rear of the
dwelling; and there the two disappeared as suddenly as the light
disappears when the flame of a lamp is blown out.