BOTCHAN
have seen to that with my own eyes.”
“Well, they are sharp eyes. How have you seen it?”
“How? Aren’t you often worried to death, asking if there’s no letter from Tokyo?”
“By Jupiter! This beats me!”
“Hit the mark, haven’t I?”
“Well, you probably have.”
“But the girls of these days are different from what they used to be and you need a sharp look-out on them. So you’d better be careful.”
“Do you mean that my Madam in Tokyo is behaving badly?”
“No, your Madam is all right.”
“That makes me feel safe. Then about what shall I be careful?”
“Yours is all right. Though yours is all right….”
“Where is one not all right?”
“Rather many right in this town. You know the daughter of the Toyamas?”
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