| Chiyo goes on living life just the way she was forced to. With everyone being menacing to her, Hatsumomo being worst of all, she can't wait to be done! |
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 | She paints her face to hide her face. Her eyes are deep water. It is not for Geisha to want. It is not for geisha to feel. Geisha is an artist of the floating world. She dances, she sings. She entertains you, whatever you want. The rest is shadows, the rest is secret. | |
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| Chiyo tries to run away with her sister... that does not happen. Chiyo gets caught. :( Mother quits her lessons and her future is looking dull; life of a maid she will lead. |
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| "My sister wants me to run away with her. I am going to. Just a matter of how. | |
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| Early in her teenage years, Mameha, one of the top geisha in Kyoto at the time, convinces Mother to continue Chiyo's training as a geisha. |
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| "I'm going to make you a Geisha but you need to follow my rules. Also you have to re-pay your debts by age twenty-one." | |
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| "I will do anything to become a Geisha. You can count on that. | |
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