「それだ！ それで画が描ける！」と、真の芸術を完成させる確信を得て狂喜した

In the story's conclusion, the artist and Nami went to the station to see off Nami's cousin, Kyuichi, who was departing for the battlefields of the Russo-Japanese War. There, amidst the crowds, Nami caught a brief glimpse of the tragic figure of her ruined ex-husband crossing to Manchuria. At that moment, an unprecedented expression of deep 'pity' surfaced on Nami's face. Witnessing this, the artist was overjoyed in his heart, 'That's it! Now I can paint!' A supreme, beautiful conclusion of Soseki's literature, where the 'hi-ninjo' artist completes true art through realistic, human pity.