Thrilled by a friend's poetry collection, Takuboku begins to lose confidence in himself. Kyousuke tries to cheer him up, but when he finds out that Takuboku was involved in talks of someone buying Oen, the prostitute from the same province as them, he can't conceal his indignation. Meanwhile, at the milk hall, Yoshii, Sakutarou, and Bokusui hold a poetry contest, refereed by Nomura, to see who will confess their feelings to Kiku, the waitress.
They've arrested a statesman who'd been 
receiving money from Uchimoto steamships.
اعتقلوا سياسيّاً كان يتلقّى مالاً
من شركة أوتشيموتو للسفن البخاريّة
Sie haben ja den Politiker verhaftet,
der von Uchimoto-Dampfer Geld gekriegt hat.
un politicien que soudoyait Uchimoto
a été arrêté.
Hanno arrestato un politico che aveva
preso soldi dalla Piroscafi Uchimoto, eh?
Prenderam um político que estava
recebendo propina dos navios Uchimoto.
Арестовали политика, который брал деньги от
«Пароходов Утимото».