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TranslatedbyEdwardG。Seidensticker

[1]Thetraihelohesnowtry。Theearthlaywhiteusky。Thetraiasignalstop。

[2]AgirlwhohadbeensittihersideofthecarcameoverahewindowinfrontofShimamura。Thesnowycoldpouredin。Leaningfaroutthewindow，thegirlcalledtothestatihhewereagreatdistancea>

[3]Thestationmasterwalkedslowlyoverthesnow，alanterninhishand。Hisfacewasburiedtothenoseiheflapsofhiscapwereturneddownoverhisears。

[4]It’sthatcold，isit，thoughtShimamura。Low，barracklikebuildingsthatmighthavebeenrailwaydormitorieswerescatteredhereahefrozehemoueofthesnowfellawayintothedarkareachedthem。

[5]“Howareyou?”thegirlcalledout。“It’sYoko。”

[6]“Yoko，isit，onyourwayback?It’sgotten。”

[7]“Iuandmybrotherhasetoworkhere。Thankyouforallyou’vedone。”

[8]“Itwillbelohough。Thisisnoplacefboy。”

[9]“He’sreallyhanachild。You’llteachhimwhatheoknow，won’tyou。”

[10]“Oh，buthe’sdoingverywell。We’llbebusierfromnowon，withthesnowandall。Lastyearwehadsomuchthatthetrainswerealwaysbeingstoppedbyavalaheaskeptbusy。”

[11]“Butlookatthewarmclothes，wouldyou。Mybrothersaidihewasn’tevenweari。”

[12]“I’mnotwarmunlessIhaveonfourlayers，myself。Theyoudrisdthefirstthingyouknowthey’reoverthereihcolds。”Hewavedhislaowardthedormitories。

[13]“Doesmybrotherdrink?”

[14]“NotthatIknowof。”

[15]“You’reonyourwayhomenow，areyou?”

[16]“Ihadalittleat。I’vebeengoior。”

[17]“Youmustbeverycareful。”

[18]Thestationmaster，whohadaonoverhiskimoocutthefreeziionshort。“Takecareofyourself。”hecalledoverhisshoulder。

[19]“Ismybrotherherenow?”Yokolookedoutoverthesform。“Seethathebehaveshimself。”Itwassuchabeautifulvoicethatitstrueassad。Inallitshighresoseemedtoeegbackacrossthesnowynight。

[20]Thegirlwasstillleaningouttheherainpulledawayfromthestation。“Tellmybrothertoewhenhehasaholiday，”shecalledouttothestationmaster，alkingaloracks。

[21]“I’lltellhim，”themancalledback。

[22]Yokoclosedtheressesherhandstoherredcheeks。

[23]ThreesnoaitingfortheheavysheBe。Therewasarigsystematthenortharahetuhousandworkerswerereadytoclearawaythesnow，andtwothousandyouhevolumentsobilizediftheywereneeded。

[24]Yoko’sbrotherwouldbewatthissignalstop，sosoontobeburieduhesfactmadethegirlmtoShimamura。

[25]Thegirl—somethinginhermaheunmarriedgirl。Shimamuraofcoursehadnowayofbeiherrelationshipwastothemaheyactedratherlikeamarriedcouple。Themanwasclearlyill，however，aeaweenamanandawomatheministratiohetwolikehusbandaakingahanshe，foralltheworldlikeayoungmother，adistaakenforhiswife。

[26]ButShimamurainhismindhadcutthegirlofffromthemanwithheranddehergeneralappearanshewasuhen，becausehehadbeenlookingatherfrlef，emotionspeculiarlyhisoscoloredhisjudgment。