Aru kengo no shogai

Lady Ochii aka Princess Chiyo:
We both have our old wounds. I have mine here. An old wound, but forever new. A paper stained with blood and tears.

Heihachiro Komaki:
Ahh... his letter? You promised me that you might let me read it.

Lady Ochii aka Princess Chiyo:
You really wish to?

Heihachiro Komaki:
Yes, I really do, today.

Lady Ochii aka Princess Chiyo:
[Removes Jutaro's letter from inside her kimono and hands it to Komaki] Here, then... read it.

Heihachiro Komaki:
[Reading aloud Jutaro's letter - the words of which he, Komaki, had actually written] Farewell, Princess Chiyo, for today I die. Nevermore will my eyes follow my lady's graceful movements. And so memories must suffice. And I recall again your endearing ways. My heart is heavy...

Heihachiro Komaki:
[Voice starting to tremble with emotion, but continues reading]... for I must die and leave so much of my love unspoken.

Lady Ochii aka Princess Chiyo:
[Visibly moved] The way you read it!

Heihachiro Komaki:
Farewell, paragon of gentlewomen.

Lady Ochii aka Princess Chiyo:
[Recognizing the voice from ten years earlier, in the garden outside her window] That voice of yours!

Heihachiro Komaki:
[the letter falls from his hands, but he continues reading, since he himself wrote it and knows the words] Waking and sleeping, my thoughts were ever with you. And though I end this mortal life, my love will never change.

Lady Ochii aka Princess Chiyo:
Ohh... you know the letter by heart!

Heihachiro Komaki:
Yes, I did not tell you today's news. "And finally, on April 15, Heiachiro Komaki was murdered by Shogunate officers."... I vowed to die honorably, by a hero's sword. Yes, but behold me now: caught and killed in a trap set for me. So ends the life of a clown.