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 probably have been safe. Or perhaps I would have played Sashichi in Shimezō’s place. One person has the good luck, another the bad. You never know.

“Honjō has changed completely. There is no trace left of that filled-in canal or of Mikura Bridge. I’d like to tell you how I married my present wife and moved to Yotsuya, sir, but I’ve talked too much already. You must be bored. Possibly I can save that story until I see you again.”

Nagai Kafū (b. 1879) This story was first published in 1931 Translated by Edward Seidensticker