Authors: Helen de Witt

The Last Samurai (73 page)

asking me ‘Are you a samurai?’ like that
…

what a nerve!

He said: What?

I said:

Even though I look like this, I’m a genuine samurai
.

I did not seem to be making much of an impression. I persevered:

Hey, I’ve been looking for you the whole time ever since then

thinking I’d like to show you this
.

Look at this
.

This genealogy
.

A genealogy belonging to my family for generations
.

You bastard (you’re making a fool of me)

Look at this. (You’re making a fool of me)

This is me
.

He said Ah.

He said:

This Kikuchiyo it talks about is you?

I said:

That’s right

He said:

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