第23話: フジタがサラとロンドンへ訪問し、オークションでチャーリーと出会う

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Fujita agrees to spend a short vacation with Sarah at Sara's villa in London to escape the Japanese summer heat. While they are shopping in London, Fujita meets an old friend, Charlie, who works for Sotheby's head office. Charlie assumes that Sara is Fujita's wife or girlfriend, and she is hurt when Fujita describes her as "just a secretary". Charlie says that he will hold auction sale of the famous actress Janet Houston's estate and invites them to attend. At the auction, Charlie asks Sara to model the clothes and jewelry as she is the correct size and beautiful. He even disguises the burn on her arm with make-up. Fujita hardly recognizes the beautiful model as Sara. Later, Charlie spends time with Sara, taking her to meet Mary, the woman he considers as his mother, at the Kew Gardens. Meanwhile, Harry Donaldson offers Fujita a herbarium page of the scientist Charles Darwin which is obviously stolen. That evening, Charlie proposes to Sara. (Source: Wikipedia)