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.
It says it started with a letter the woman 
killed by the son of the family left.
قالوا أنّ الأمر بدأ برسالةٍ تركَتْها
المرأة المقتولة بواسطة ابن العائلة
Meinten, dass der Anlass ein Anklageschreiben
des Mädchens war, die der Sohn umgebracht hatte.
La domestique assassinée par l’héritier
l’aurait dénoncé dans une lettre.
L'elemento cruciale è stato un atto di accusa
della domestica uccisa dal figlio dell'illustre famiglia.
Aqui diz que começou
com uma carta deixada
Пишут, всё началось с письма женщины, 
которую убил сын Утимото.