Haha! That smells like a man. Why, sure enough here’s a sinner coming. We must report him. (To YAMA.) Please, sir, here’s the first sinner arrived already!
YAMA.
Then bustle him to Hell at once.
DEMON.
“Hell is ever at hand,”[217] which is more than
Can be said of Heaven. (Seizing KIYOYORI.)
Come on, now, come on! (KIYOYORI resists.)
Yai, yai!
Let me tell you, you’re showing a great
Deal more spirit than most sinners do.
What was your job when you were on the
Terrestrial Plane?
KIYOYORI.
I was Kiyoyori, the famous bird-catcher.
DEMON.
Bird-catcher? That’s bad. Taking life from morning to night. That’s very serious, you know. I am afraid you will have to go to Hell.
KIYOYORI.