When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Page #4

But for us Ginza hostesses,

an apartment's

a fashionable accessory...

just like expensive clothes

and perfumes.

Junko!

Oh, it's you.

Mama wanted to come,

but relatives

arrived from Nagoya.

She asked me

to extend her apologies.

I see.

We'd appreciate

payment soon, sir.

I've overspent this month.

I'd prefer to pay

these two bills next month.

I understand.

But they're bills

from the old bar, so...

Mama's having a hard time too.

Yes, her aunt and uncle

just came from Nagoya.

She asked me to apologize.

Me?

I'm watching her place.

But please do visit

our bar again.

Okay?

Good-bye.

The man from Osaka was furious.

Was he?

It's still easier

than saying no to his face.

You're right.

I just learned a new trick.

Mama...

who's your favorite customer?

I don't know.

I do.

Mr. Fujisaki?

I don't dislike him.

But in our business

we have to treat

every man like a lover.

You can't love just one man.

Too bad.

I could love

just one rich man.

That 500,000 yen from last night -

I can still see it.

Let's not talk shop.

Here.

Thank you.

Your omelettes are as good

as a restaurant's.

My late husband loved omelettes.

I hate to cook.

- Even rice?

- I use an electric cooker.

I thought you'd say that.

You still have to know

how to use it.

You'll have a hard time

when you get married.

I had it hard at first.

At first?

Oh, when you got married?

I've always wanted to ask:

What was your husband like?

Handsome?

There's a photograph

in the family shrine.

May I?

Isn't he good-Iooking?

He's kind of chubby.

I'm disappointed.

He wasn't really handsome,

but he was so kind.

Maybe because he was

ten years older.

I was just out of high school.

I caused him such grief

with my selfishness.

He died so soon.

I wish I'd been nicer.

But he looked so healthy.

Was it illness?

No, he got hit by a truck.

Poor man.

It's hard to forget someone

you lose so unexpectedly.

Mama...

is it true you put

a love letter in his urn?

Who told you that?

Mr. Komatsu said you told him

once when you were drunk.

It's a beautiful,

romantic thing to do.

When I heard that,

I respected you so much.

Silly girl. It's not true.

That's Komatsu for you.

It was in a novel I read.

A novel?

What a letdown!

But my husband

was such a good person.

Is that why nobody else

can win your heart?

It's not that.

It just seems so dirty.

It's not my way.

If a woman does such things,

her charm disappears.

Aren't you Ionely sometimes?

Sure.

But I have a brandy

and go to sleep.

That kind of fever soon passes.

You really have some self-control!

I clench my teeth

so hard they hurt.

Honest?

You're so gullible!

Oh, you!

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