Since yesterday's post on Memoirs of a Geisha, I've read two more chapters of the novel. Chiyo-chan has been sent to school and was registered by Hatsumomo as a student. Her teachers can see that she will be a very beautiful and smart student because of how much "water is in her personality." I also learned more about the way geisha live, the competition between geisha, and their expensive kimono. Unfortunately, Hatsumomo is still tormenting Chiyo-chan, and plays a horrible prank on her that gets her in a lot of trouble. Hatsumomo deviously gets a kimono from one of the best geisha, comes home drunk with a friend, and makes Chiyo-chan write on the precious silk with ink and return the kimono to the okiya (house where the geisha live) that Mameha (the one who the kimono belongs to) lives in. Chiyo-chan must obey Hatsumomo in order to learn more about her sister's whereabouts and also she must please the geisha of the house. Granny and Mother have learned of the prank, and punish Chiyo-chan for it because the ink was put on the kimono with her hand. Auntie sees this as unfair and says she will beat Chiyo-chan herself. Before doing so, she warns Chiyo-chan against trusting Hatsumomo. After her beating, Hatsumomo finally tells Chiyo-chan where her sister is. But to avoid spoiling the book for future potential readers, I'll leave out the location.
I still love the book. Chiyo-chan's adventures become more and more interesting the longer she stays at the okiya and gets more training on becoming a geisha. I'd still love to know if Chiyo-chan will go look for her sister so that they can run away together, but I guess I'll have to keep reading to find out!
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