Index by section 1. "I thought to myself, it will surely be of no use..." 2. While our train rolled through Gifu Prefecture... 3. "They tell me there is another young man..." 4. "I was incensed by the man's insolence." 5. "Needless to say, apart from the medicine peddler I had not met a soul..." 6. "So, listen to what happened." 7. "There was no way to avoid the encounter..." 8. "I cannot tell you how frightened I was." 9. "Certainly the destruction of mankind..." 10. "By this time I was thoroughly exhausted..." 11. " 'I am afraid you still have more than eight miles to go...' " 12. " 'Follow me, please. We'll go this way.' " 13. "At the point where the path appeared to lead down the slope..." 14. " 'We are fortunate today that the river is high...' " 15. "The woman was shocked when she saw the condition of my back." 16. "Now that I could see the woman..." 17. "I stood anxiously by, watching the woman's mood." 18. "From where we were on the veranda..." 19. " 'Why yes,' I said, 'At the fork in the road...' " 20. "After the old man and horse had gone..." 21. "The woman looked dejected for a time..." 22. "At first the woman had to coax and encourage the idiot boy..." 23. Lying in the darkness of the inn... 24. "Around noon the following day..." 25. "The smaller of the two streams..." 26. The holy man nodded his head...