Coming to my senses thanks to the overpowering reality of my father's death, I went back to Tokyo with my mother and left literary circles to start my job at the government office where I remain employed at present.
父の死という強烈な実感のおかげで目が覚めた「私」は母を連れて上京し、文壇を去って今の役所に勤めだすのだった。