『花のあと』ダイジェスト英語対訳　７

After the Full Bloom （A Digest、Japanese-English Translation）

（あらすじ） ６

　それから２年後に孫四郎が自裁した。以登は許婚の片桐才助に使いをやって、事件の真相を探ってくれと頼み込んだ。風采のあがらぬ男だったが、秋には祝言がある以登にはこの男しか頼る者はいない。才助の調べでは、孫四郎は初めての幕府への使者で、たまたま来合わせていたらしい藤井勘解由が礼法に詳しいということで孫四郎を指南したという。孫四郎の自裁にはやはり藤井が絡んでいた。孫四郎は奏者としての藩の使者となったが、致命的な失態を犯したのだ。だが、このすべての指示を出していたのが藤井勘解由だった。孫四郎は藤井と女房の密通をうすうす気づいていたらしい。後は才助の推測だが、藤井が先手を打ったということのようだ。ところが手続きの不備となり、藩に恥辱を与えたと、江戸屋敷に戻って自裁したのだという。藤井が間違った手続きを孫四郎に教えたに違いなかった。

(Synopsis)　６

　　　Two years later, Magoshiro committed suicide. Ito sent a messenger to her fiancé, Saisuke Katagiri, and asked him to investigate the truth of the case. He was a man of bad appearance, but he was the only one she could rely on since she would have a congratulatory ceremony in autumn. According to Saisuke's research, Magoshiro was the first messenger to the shogunate, and Fujii Kageyu, who happened to be visiting, instructed Magoshiro on the grounds that he was familiar with etiquette. Fujii was involved in Magoshiro's suicide. Magoshiro became the domain's messenger as a player, but he made a fatal mistake. However, it was Kageyu Fujii who gave all these instructions. Magoshiro seems to have been aware of the affair between Fujii and his wife. The rest is just a guess by Saisuke, but it seems that Fujii took the initiative. However, it is said that he returned to the Edo residence and committed suicide, saying that the procedure was incomplete and that he had brought shame to the domain. Fujii must have taught Magoshiro the wrong procedure.　（To be continued）