An Inn at Osaka Page #3

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I don't mind.

This isn't a place

for geishas.

I hardly ever see you

in a place with geishas...

- Right?

- I am no executive.

I don't like executives.

Nevertheless, I met you...

thanks to this executive here,

Mr Tawara.

- That's right. - But I don't feel

obliged to him for that favour.

Let's drink!

- Miss... - Yes.

- Bring us some sake.

- Not very hot.

- All right.

Miss, bring some glasses, too.

What's the matter, Tawara?

How awful.

I don't understand you.

What is this?

- A blanket.

- Did you buy it?

Anything wrong?

Just as...

I thought.

I'd like to tell you that

you have made a good purchase, but...

...it is identical to another with which

they cheated a customer of mine.

The same pattern

and the same brand.

Is it an imitation? They told me

that it was from England.

I am so sorry.

But no tears fall from my eyes

because of this.

You have been cheated.

This is a disgrace for Osaka.

They cheat people who come from so far,

from Tokyo. They've swindled you.

It doesn't happen only

in Osaka or in Tokyo.

Nowadays everybody lives

cheated by somebody.

My head starts aching. I don't understand

such complicated things.

But I am no swindler.

Who knows?

Are you serious?

Mita!

The other day you said

something to Tawara.

What?

That geishas are vain,

even if the aren't much worth.

What? Confess.

But you are a good man.

Excuse me.

Come in.

Ok.

Sorry that it has taken me

a bit long.

Can you cover him with my coat?

Come on, Mita, let's drink.

Forget about Tawara.

I'm going to drink.

And then you go home.

- I have to think about some things.

- No way! Drink once and for all!

Miss...

This person drinks too much.

Her name is Uwabami.

Miss Uwabami.

Nothing surprises him.

A geisha drinks too much

because she has a reason.

That's right.

There have only been

unpleasant jobs lately.

Besides, if we are drunk

it's impossible to seduce customers.

This is why I drink so much.

You see? It's hopeless.

I see.

Geishas suffer, too.

I am human, too.

Yes.

Why are you so astonished?

You are also human.

Yes, absolutely.

Executives are like us, too.

Yes, they are.

Drink once and for all like

a real man!

You have done well.

Come on, go home

as we have promised.

No, no, I don't want to.

Shut up and start thinking!

I am leaving!

Are you?

What about your companion?

I am drunk.

- Let her.

- Tawara.

That's right. Let me...

More sake, Miss.

What a racket

in Mr. Mita's room.

Where comes that geisha from?

From Kitashinchi.

How modern geishas

are nowadays.

More than in our time.

- This is the tip she has given me.

- Keep it, keep it.

Let's see, let's see...

One thousand yens.

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