"With O Ba San."
"I wish I could go to-day with Tei," said Umé.
"It is time for them even now to begin the journey," answered her mother. "You may perhaps ride in the same jinrikisha with your little cousin."
Umé made a deep bow to her mother, slipped into her clogs at the veranda step, and ran swiftly through the garden to her cousin's house.
Everything there was in a great state of excitement. The new baby, dressed in a most gorgeous red silk kimono with the family crest embroidered on the back and sleeves, was going to make his first visit to the temple.
"Yes, you may come with me," said Tei to Umé, after asking the honorable father's permission.
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The pale little mother leaned back in her jinrikisha beside the nurse who carried the beautiful boy.