再会(さいかい)を果たす(はたす)ことなく浪子は他界し、武男は(たけおは)彼女の(かのじょの)墓の前で(はかのまえで)涙を流した

Takeo, miraculously returning from the battlefield of the First Sino-Japanese War, learns that Namiko is in critical condition in Zushi. He throws everything aside and rushes to her, but mercilessly, the two fail to reunite before Namiko passes away. The last scene where Takeo, devastated by grief, swears to reunite at her grave, broke Meiji readers' hearts. An immortal masterpiece criticizing the feudal family system.