Chapters 11-15 Summary

Chapter 11

Kiyoaki dreams that he is wearing an emerald ring that belongs to one of the Siamese princes, and when he peers deeply into it the face of a woman appears. He moves his hand to slap a fly and when he looks again into the emerald the image is gone. Then he receives word from an obsequious Iinuma that Satoka would like him to join her in skipping school to play in the snow. He hesitates, then decides to join her. He tells Iinumi to hire a rickshaw for two and to send word back to Satoko that he will join her.

Chapter 12

Kiyoaki is struck once again with Satoko's radiant beauty as she enters the rickshaw, coming close to Kiyoaki as she snuggles under the blanket he has brought to keep their legs warm. Fighting off the neurotic circular...