How It All Goes Down
- All the maids are punished for not telling on Hatsumomo for having a boyfriend.
- The front door is locked at all times. But it's Tuesday night, and she's supposed to meet her sister. How will Chiyo escape?
- She decides to escape by climbing onto the roof.
- That's not a good plan, because she doesn't think how to get down.
- It's slippery up there, and she falls off the roof onto the street. That's one way to get down.
- A woman finds her and returns her to the okiyo.
- Chiyo has broken her arm, which only adds to her ever-growing list of debts.
- And because she tried to escape, Mother says she will no longer let Chiyo go to geisha school.
- She'll be a maid forever.
- Soon, Chiyo gets a package. More bad news in a letter from Mr. Tanaka: both Chiyo's parents are dead.
- However, he does reveal that Satsu passed through. At least she got away.
- Two memorial tablets are included, and Auntie puts them on display. "They're all that's left of your childhood" (8.64), she tells Chiyo. That's grim.