Chapter 11Monday morning, I got Yuriko’s breakfast, we ate, and I took the dishes out to the kitchen.
“Sensei will be here in a few minutes. You’d better get dressed,” Yuriko told me.
I went into my room and had just donned my sheath when Takeo came to Joō-sama’s door and announced that Sensei Ton had arrived. I hurried to get into the pants.
“Come, Michiko. It’s time to learn.” Joō-sama led me into the front room and greeted the short bald man waiting there. They spoke for a moment and then he stepped back and looked at me from head to toe. I kept my eyes down.
“This is your dorei, Yuriko? She looks teachable,” he said.
“Yes. And very willing. She arrived with two Japanese-English dictionaries.”
“Have you learned anything?” he asked me.
“I’ve learned that I know nothing,” I said.
