A story of unrequited love between a university student and a mistress of a wealthy usurer. Otoma is a beautiful girl, devoted to her father who can not provide for them. She becomes the mistress of a wealthy man in exchange for a better living arrangement for her father. Otoma, being born poor, is used to working but is now forces to wait around for her master to visit. She notices Okada as he walks by every day and becomes smitten with him even though they have never exchanged words. One day when her master is going to be out of town, she vows to speak to Okada and hopes to build a relationship with him. Unknown to her, he has just accepted a post in Europe and is leaving the next day. A series of events change his usual routine and they end up not speaking. Is it fate or just bad luck? The story is told later by a friend of Okada who meets Otoma and puts together the narrative.
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