Snow Country Chapter Summary & Analysis - Part Two, Pages 89 - 108 Summary

Part Two, Pages 89 - 108 Summary

Part Two is Shimamura's third trip to the resort town to visit with Komako. He begins by saying his wife warns him it is the "egg-laying season" for moths so he should be careful about his clothing. He arrives to find the innkeeper's wife warming long cakes, leftovers from a celebration of a geisha who is at the end of her term. Komako asks why he has come and he says he has come to see her. Her response is that she hates people from Tokyo because they are always lying. She says Yukio died, seeing Shimamura off at the station was difficult and that she will not go with him again. She also notes that he did not come back on February fourteenth as he promised. Komako says the music teacher was ill and she left her to wait for Shimamura's return. The teacher also died.

The February...
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