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blinded by beauty that they would feel privileged to live UGG Boots Clearance their lives with an actual demon, so long as it
was a beautiful demon. I had a sudden image in my mind of the Chairman stepping up into the formal
entrance hall of our okiya late one night to meet Hatsumomo, holding a fedora in his hand and smiling
down at me as he began to unbutton his overcoat. I didn't think he'd ever really be so entranced by her
beauty as to overlook UGG Boots Clearance the traces of cruelty that would show themselves. But one thing was certain: if
Hatsumomo ever understood my feelings for him, she might very well try to seduce him, if for no other
reason than to cause me pain.
Suddenly it seemed urgent to me that Hatsumomo leave the party. I knew she was there to observe the
"developing romance," as she put it; so I made up my mind to show her what UGGS Clearance she'd come to see. I began
by touching my fingertips to my neck or my hairstyle every so often, in order to seem worried about my
appearance. When my fingers brushed one of my hair ornaments inadvertently, I came up with an idea. I
waited until someone made a joke, and then while laughing and adjusting my hair, I leaned toward
Nobu. Adjusting my hair was a strange thing for me to do, I'll UGG Boots Clearance admit, since it was waxed into place and
hardly needed attention. But my purpose was to dislodge one of my hair ornaments-a cascade of yellow
and orange safflowers in silk- and let it fall into Nobu's lap. As it turned out, the wooden spine holding
the ornament in my hair was embedded farther than I'd realized; but I managed to slip it out at last, and it
bounced against Nobu's chest and fell onto UGGS clearance the tatami between his crossed legs. Most everyone noticed,
and no one seemed to know what to do. I'd planned to reach into his lap and reclaim it with girlish
embarrassment, but I couldn't bring myself to reach between his legs.
Nobu picked it up himself, and turned it slowly by its spine. "Fetch the young maid who greeted me," he