" ...O-suzu left whatever work she was doing at her sewing machine and dragged Takeo back to O-yoshi and her son.
How dare you behave so selfishly! Now tell O-yoshi-san that you are sorry. Get down on the mats and make a proper bow! "

― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa , Mandarins: Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa