Produced by Sachiko Hill and Kaoru Tanaka Title: 血笑記 (Kesshouki) Author: 二葉亭四迷 (Shimei Futabatei) Language: Japanese Produced by Sachiko Hill and Kaoru Tanaka. (This file was produced from images generously made available by Kindai Digital Library) Notes on the signs in the text 《...》 shows ruby (short runs of text alongside the base text to indicate pronunciation). Eg. 其《そ》 | marks the start of a string of ruby-attached characters. Eg. 十三|年目《ねんめ》 ※ represents a Chinese character that is not included in computer fonts. The structure of the character is explained in the following bracket[#...]. Eg. ※[#立+宛] 血笑記 アンドレーエフ作 二葉亭譯 (前編、斷篇第一) …物狂《ものぐる》ほしさと怕《おそ》ろしさとだ。 始《はじめ》て之《これ》を感《かん》じたのは某街道《なにがしかいどう》を引上《ひきあ》げる時《とき》であつた。もう十|時間《じかん》も歩《ある》き續《つゞ》けて、休憇《きうけい》もせず、歩調《ほてう》も緩《ゆる》めず、倒《たふ》れる者《もの》は棄《す》てゝ行《ゆ》く。敵《てき》は密集團《みつしふだん》となつて追擊《つゐげき》して來《く》るのだ。今《いま》附《つ》けた足跡《あしあと》も三四|時間《じかん》の後《のち》には敵《てき》の足跡《あしあと》に踏消《ふみけ》されて了《しま》はう。暑《あつ》かつた。