彼女の(かのじょの)ひたむきさに惹かれ(ひかれ)つつも、どこか「徒労(とろう)」のようだと冷ややかに(ひややかに)感じて(かんじて)いた

Waiting for Shimamura at the hot spring inn was Komako, a geisha. Komako was exceptionally clean and threw a passionate love at Shimamura. While attracted to her earnest beauty, Shimamura, having a family in Tokyo, coldly felt that her way of living was somehow like 'Torō' (wasted effort).