The Lower Depths Page #3

Why didn't you bring

your wife back with you?

She'll freeze to death.

Okayo took her

to the landlord's kitchen.

Hell to pay if they catch her.

Why worry?

Said she'd bring her right home.

Brother Sutekichi,

gimme five pennies.

Stop it with the five-penny thing.

You've gotta think big.

Hey, Brother Sutekichi,

front us some silver, won't you?

Better fork over now,

before you hit me

for a whole silver coin.

There.

How magnificent.

A thief is a poor man's best friend.

You just rake it in,

without lifting a finger.

Lift a finger?

If work made life easy, he'd do it.

Us, too.

But that's hardly

the way of the world.

Danjuro, let's go get a drink.

Hey, consider me on board.

I can drink my fill.

How's the old lady doing?

Seems like her time's...

Watching you work, I'd say there's

no point to that scraping at all.

What am I supposed to do, then?

Nothing.

Then how will I eat?

You'll get by, like the others.

I may be down, but I'm a craftsman.

Not like this crew.

Don't tell me you don't think

I'll make it out of here.

I'll get out.

Tear off my limbs

and I'll crawl out.

Just you watch.

Soon as the old lady dies...

It's only been six months

since I landed here,

but it feels more like

five or six years.

What the hell would you know?

Talk about the pot

calling the kettle black!

I let you rattle on and listen to you!

Hey, Okayo.

What? A stranger?

Pleasure to make your acquaintance.

Says he'll settle here till spring.

Where's my spot?

This one's available.

That's just fine and dandy.

For an old geezer like me,

any warm spot is paradise.

Strange old geezer, huh, Okayo?

A long way better than your lot.

Hardly a board to be found.

By the way, tinker man, you should

take better care of your wife.

She's not long for the world.

I know that.

That's fine, then.

Come pick her up, then.

Hey, Okayo.

I've got something for you.

Look. Real tortoiseshell.

- No, thanks.

- Why not?

Ask yourself that question.

What's her problem?

She won't give me the time of day.

She's a tough one.

She doesn't care about my feelings.

What feelings are those?

I really feel bad for her.

I can't let her be.

More's the pity.

Screw you.

I really feel sorry for her.

No telling what'll happen

to her here.

You've fallen for her hard.

But listen:
You watch out.

Osugi finds out, it'll be hell to pay.

That b*tch wouldn't think twice

about murder. Even her own sister.

Quit yapping! It's bad luck.

Just wait and see.

Quit wailing, Gramps.

I told you to stop!

Doesn't please you?

No sour notes for me.

That's a shame.

I thought I carried a fine tune.

If you say so.

You're a foxy old geezer.

Hey, my lord, that candy lady

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