Why does Honjowara -sama call this lady into the room, into a meeting concerning terrorists and possible traitors? Machiko looks closely at Sashi-san and notices something she has never observed before, a discordant element in the Lady's manner. Sashi-san 's expression seems clouded, troubled. She lifts her eyes from the floor only to glance at Honjowara -sama and present him with a fleeting phantom of a smile. She does not look up at all in bowing to Kuroda -sensei and Machiko. Neither does she smile.