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fine, strong man to look after you. That's not very decent of you, is it?

O Tomi protests that she is neither Tazaemon's wife nor his mistress. Yosa scoffs at her, disbelieving, and vows he will either have her again or get enough money to mend his broken heart. At this moment Tazaemon enters. Komori recognizes him as his father's late employer and tries to hide from him. Yosa, however, asks Tazaemon with a certain insolence how he comes to be O Tomi's patron. Tazaemon tells him how he saved her from dorwning but, when pressed, asserts that there is nothing between him and her. Yosa is sceptical. O Tomi tries to explain Yosa's presence and his questions by saying he is her brother, to which Yosa adds "Yes, a brother of unusually deep connections!" Tazaemon replies mildly that in that case if O Tomi wishes to go away with her brother she is free to do so whenever she chooses. But not tonight, he adds, tonight it would not be convenient. He offers Yosa a considerable sum of money to set himself up in business and Yosa is finally induced by Komori to accept it. He and Komori leave the house, Yosa perplexed and off balance, but slowly making up his mind.

Outside the gate the two halt, Yosa bidding his companion go home ahead of him. Komori begs for a share of the money and Yosa gives him some to get rid of him.

Here the act ends. The outcome of the story is as follows: Yosa hid himself near the house until he saw Tazaemon leave. Then he went back to O Tomi. But Tazaemon's intentions were less benevolent than he gave out. He had guessed what Yosa would do and he returned with a pose of policemen to arrest him. Yosa had too many petty crimes to his discredit to hope for mercy and he was banished to a distant island.

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