This chapter opens with a conversation between Tamura and Tamura's son, Tamura. Tamura tells Tamura that he was invited to a dinner party, but declined because he didn't want to spend too much money. When Tamura asks Tamura about the dinner, he is told that the dinner party was arranged by kanahoshida, a friend of his father's, who is a high-ranking official in the Shinto Shinto system. When the dinner is over, the two men discuss the dinner that they had planned for the following day. em>Tamura says/em> that a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/exec_cart_list.asp?cmd=10" target="_blank">he had planned to spend a lot of money/a>, but Tamura says that he did not want to waste any more money than he was already spending. .