:56:05
Father!
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There was a problem with the accounts
for the Goken River bridge.
:56:15
My father took responsibility,
and committed suicide.
:56:32
He left me a letter.
:56:36
'I have not sinned...
:56:38
'...but I Iive to obey my Iiege Iord.
:56:42
'Though you be young,
you are my son.
:56:47
'This you will understand.'
:56:50
It's a very sad thing.
:56:56
We were driven out of
the big house we'd Iived in...
:57:00
...the very next day...
:57:03
...and came here.
:57:07
Our relatives would have
nothing to do with us.
:57:11
Those were wretched days for
my mother, Shino and me.
:57:19
Then you came along,
a ruddy-faced girl...
:57:22
...fresh off the farm.
:57:25
I didn't know how to behave,
or how to speak properly...
:57:31
Mother certainly took a shine to you.
She said you were brighter than Shino.
:57:38
She taught me everything I know.
:57:43
How to clean, Iay up preserves,
make miso...
:57:48
...how to cook, sew...
:57:51
...weave, grow flowers...
:57:54
...calligraphy, poetry...
:57:58
She taught you poems?