Part Two, Pages 108 - 139 Summary

Komako spends the night and says Yoko now spends all her time at the cemetery. The next night, Komako slips into Shimamura's room early and says she came in while no one was about. She says she worked harder than anyone else in her family and that she sews. Komako and Shimamura go to the cemetery though Komako does not want to and they encounter Yoko. Komako says she believes Yoko is early and she herself had considered going to the hairdresser. It seems Komako is trying to make small talk, then the train rushes by and Saichiro, Yoko's brother, yells at her from the train. Komako watches Yoko working at the gravesite for a moment then turns, saying she is going to wash her hair. Shimamura asks if Yoko lives alone, which prompts Komako's anger, and...