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Eminent Authors of Japan
- Koyama.—It died? How? What happened that it should die?
- Asa.—It was ill—it was very ill,
- Koyama.—Illness? When was it taken ill?
- Asa.—The day before yesterday.
- Koyama.—The day before yesterday? (Sternly to the woman) And what did you do with the corpse?
- Asa.—(Tries to shake herself free from his grasp, and to get out of the door.)
- Koyama.—You devil! (He runs after her and catches her, but as she seems strong, he throws her to the ground in his doorway, and binds her hands behind her with cord.)
- Asa.—What are you going to do with me? (She tries to fight against being bound, but he overcomes her.)
- Koyama.—What! So you are trying to fight me, are you? I must bind you. (He again continues to tie her arms and she struggles.)
- Asa.—If I am arrested—If you arrest me now— (She again struggles with Koyama.) Please! (Pathetically) Please!
- Koyama.—Silence! Keep still, I say, and cease your fighting!
- Asa.—(Reeling, as if faint, and overcome.) Oh, if I am arrested now—(She sinks to the floor weeping piteously.)
- Koyama.—(Tightening the cords behind her, so that she cannot escape) You impudent woman! You are a rascal! You tried to bribe me with the box of cakes, I say, you tried to—Hold up your head and listen
