Summary

Michiko’s condition continued to worsen. She had not been far enough away from the atomic blasts in Japan to have been left totally unaffected. She was dying. Philip decided it was time, once and for all, to take her to Endo-san’s island. He took her there and revealed the final part of his story, the one that had to do with Endo-san’s fate. Roughly a week after Endo-san’s escape from British officials, he came back to Istana to meet Philip. Together they rowed out to the island and donned the traditional Japanese garb. With his Nagamitsu sword, twin to Endo-san’s own, Philip ended his master’s life. With the story finished Michiko asked Philip if he would do the same honor for her as he did for Endo-san. He refused. He would not kill anyone for any...