Natsume Soseki

Sōseki Natsume

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The Gate

Jake Vermillion

As was their habit the couple drew near the lamplight. In the whole wide world this spot where they sat together felt like the only source of brightness. In the light that shone from the lamp Sosuke was conscious only of Oyone, Oyone only of Sosuke. They forgot the dark world of human affairs, which lay beyond the lamp's power to illuminate. It was through spending each evening this way that as time passed they had found their own life together.

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