My Darling of the Mountains Page #3

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for a certain someone...

Shut up and get going.

Toku...

...there's no point waiting

for that Tokyo lady.

She's gone to visit a guest

in the Kannonya.

Is that so?

Would I lie to you?

Oh...

I'm on my way.

Fuku!

I'll go.

Ow!

Hey!

Watch where you're going!

You bumped into me! Watch it!

I can't see! You watch it!

What?!

Oh yeah?!

Hey...

There's one here!

One what?

Toku, do you know about

what happened last night?

I sure do.

Those guys were tough!

What are you talking about?

The fight, of course.

Fight?

I meant the theft at the Kannonya.

Theft?!

Yeah.

What a scene!

Another guest...

...was robbed

while he was off at the bath.

Is that right?

Yes!

They even questioned us.

What a nuisance!

I wouldn't have taken your turn

if I'd known.

At the Kannonya...

I got in a fight, so I wasn't there.

Hey, Sawa...

You're sure that lady from Tokyo

was over visiting...

...at the Kannonya last night?

Yeah, she was there.

Is that still bothering you?

I see...

That's strange.

What is?

Very strange.

Really?

Yes.

It's been hard for him.

His mother died when he was born,

and last year his father died, too.

So in the end

I had to take him in.

I see...

The poor boy!

And you, too.

I can't even take care of myself,

let alone a child!

What about your wife?

That would make things easier.

So you're still single?

I have neither the wife

nor the means for one.

That can't be true.

I see...

Is that so...

I'm going. This is no fun!

You're leaving today...

I was thinking I would.

And you?

Well...

...I don't know when I'll go back.

Oh?

I envy you,

taking life easy here.

I'm not taking life easy.

I'm quite worried.

About what?

Oh, nothing.

Hello.

Welcome...

...back.

Kiku, could you arrange

some souvenirs?

What would you like?

What's this area known for?

Hmm...

Oh!

What are you doing here?

You spent all the time

talking to my uncle!

I'm sorry.

It's no fun.

You're going home to Tokyo.

Your uncle will be worried again.

So you get back to your room

and get ready.

I'll bring you a souvenir...

...so off you go, all right?

Are we going?

I don't know...

Let's go.

Should we?

Yeah, let's go. It's no fun here.

No fun, huh?

One more night?

Boy?

Yeah.

Where's the Tokyo lady?

I'm not playing with her.

Why not?

All she does

is talk to my uncle.

It's no fun.

I see...

Then play with me.

Let's take a walk.

A walk?

Can a masseur take walks?

I go for walks,

and I even go hiking.

Wow! That's amazing.

That's right!

So you're going home tomorrow?

Yes, we are.

Tomorrow I really must get back.

We'll see each other in Ginza

and you'll pretend not to know me.

I'd never do that.

But I might not be going back

to Tokyo.

Where will you go?

Where? That I don't know.

I don't understand...

It doesn't matter.

Let's change the subject.

Are we leaving?

I don't know... what should we do?

Let's go home.

Shall we stay one more night?

Watch out!

You don't own the whole road!

Is that you, boy?

What is it?

We're staying another day.

Oh?

Shall we go swimming?

Can you swim?

Sure! I can even dive!

That's great!

That's right.

All right, boy, watch this.

I'm going swimming.

She's here.

She is?!

Boy!

My kimono!

My kimono!

Are you alone?

Yes. What are you doing?

Swimming with the masseur.

Oh, dear! That's dangerous

if you can't see.

He says he can even dive.

You're inside-out.

Oh, no!

Thank you.

You shouldn't be swimming.

This river's dangerous.

I'm sorry.

You're hopeless!

You didn't seem to notice me

on the bridge last night.

You of all people.

No, I realized.

I know.

Why didn't you say something?

I don't like getting bitten.

I bump into dogs all the time,

and I keep getting bitten.

Oh, dear!

Don't get the wrong idea.

That man's nothing to me.

It's just nice to meet someone

from Tokyo way out here.

That's all.

You meet people traveling,

then you never see them again.

Uncle, let's go home.

Why?

I'm bored.

I was swimming with the masseur,

then that lady came...

He shouldn't be swimming.

Then who should I play with?

I'm bored.

Come on, Uncle.

Let's go home!

Let's go!

Come on!

Uncle!

Shall we?

Yes!

OK, call the maid.

Maid!

We're checking out!

Uncle...

Shouldn't we say goodbye

to that lady?

Hmm...

You go, boy.

Lady! We're going home!

I'll write when I get home

to Tokyo!

Write back, OK?

Goodbye!

Kujiraya

Hey!

Watch out!

Watch out!

Oh, it's you, Fuku.

Oh, it's you, Toku.

You don't often

bump into people.

Yeah... I was thinking

about something.

Well, I was in a bit

of a hurry.

What for?

That's a bad habit.

You're always hurrying.

Tonight's different.

You know all the trouble

there's been...

Yeah.

The Kamiya got robbed, too.

They can't keep the police

out of it any more.

They're checking everyone

with a fine-tooth comb.

They think it's a guest somewhere

who's been doing it.

Is that true?!

True or not...

...there's so many police here

a flea couldn't get by them.

Yeah?

What's that about hurrying?

That's a bad habit.

Ow!

Sorry!

Is the Tokyo lady here?!

Yes...

What's the hurry?

What's the matter?

Quick!

Get away!

They're looking for you!

For me?!

Yes! Everywhere!

Oh, no!

There's no time to waste!

Quick! Quick!

Out the back way!

This way!

You'll be all right here.

Wait here a while.

I'll bring your things.

Masseur...

Stay here!

I know everything.

Ma'am...

...you may fool the sighted...

...but a masseur...

...is not deceived.

My unseeing eves

have been watching you.

It's been hard for me.

So quickly, get away

from here.

To somewhere I can't see you.

When those students lost their money

at the Kujiraya...

...and then the Kannonya was robbed...

...I suffered, wishing to trust you!

Believe in her.

The more I try...

...the more you are burned into

my unseeing eyes.

So...

...go away...

...somewhere far...

...where my eyes can't reach!

Masseur...

...you're wrong, you know.

No.

My eves don't deceive me.

If they do...

...why are you always

brooding and fretting...

Why does every footstep,

every sound...

...frighten you so?

I've had my eves on you

all the time.

This is too funny for words.

But since you're so concerned

about me...

...I'll tell you everything.

Yes, I've run away from Tokyo.

Of all the hot springs there are,

I chose this one.

But it wasn't for anything

as silly as you think.

Then why? What for?

I was sick of being

a man's kept woman.

More than that...

...I felt guilty towards

his wife and daughter.

But he'll come looking for me.

He'll do whatever it takes

to find me.

That's what he's like.

That's why I'm frightened

by the carriage horn, or footsteps.

Your instincts,

your unseeing eves...

...see even what isn't there.

I'm sorry!

I bear you no ill-will for trying

to help me get far, far away.

Masseur...

...it's the eves of that beast

that I'll run from, not yours.

I'll run, and run...

...and keep on running.

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