Book II, Chapters 28-35 Summary

Teinosuke leaves work to attend the dance recital in which Taeko is dancing and arrives after she has already started. He stands at the back, where he sees a man taking photographs, whom he recognizes as Itakura. Suddenly, Okubata is rushing back from his seat. He takes Itakura's camera from him and throws it down, breaking it. Itakura does nothing.

Sachiko tells Yukiko about Taeko and Itakura. Yukiko agrees with her that Taeko should not marry him. Yukiko is back at the Ashiya house again. She still gets along well with Taeko, despite the potential tension between them over Yukiko's delay in getting married.

Sachiko has another short emotional episode over her miscarriage one year before. Taeko tells the family that her friend Katharina is leaving for Germany and then will go on to England. They see...