Chapter 20 THE KIMONO

Na we to wa wo

Hito zo saku naru.

Ide, wagimi!

Hito no naka-goto

Kiki-kosu na yume!

It is other people who have separated

You and me.

Come, my Lord!

Do not dream of listening

To the between-words of people!

After a ghastly night of sleeplessness at Nikko, Geoffrey Barrington reached Tokyo in time for lunch. His thought