All of this caused Kiyoaki constant pain. In comparison with Satoko’s public humiliation, however, he did not even have a slighting remark to contend with. And however acute his private agony, it was, after all, the torment of a coward.

“This time, Fusako was able to express herself with fluency and candor. The bold…”

“How oddly situated a man is apt to find himself at age thirty-eight! His youth …”

“Dreams, memories, the sacred--they are all alike in that they are beyond our gr…”

“As to animals," said the Count unexpectedly, "whatever one says, I maintain tha…”