The Decay of the Angel - Yukio Mishima

The poison was industrial wood alcohol, stolen
under cover of the year-end confusion from a factory
that belonged to a relative of one of the maids. The
maid, who followed Tōru unquestioningly, wept and
insisted that she had not dreamed he would drink it.
The blind Tōru said almost nothing. After the turn of
the year Honda asked him about the diary.
“I burned it just before I took the poison,” he
answered briefly.
His answer when asked for an explanation was
much to the point.
“Because I never dream.”
The declaration of incompetence was revoked,
Honda asked for Keiko’s help any number of
times while all this was taking place. There was
something strange about her. It was as if she alone
knew the motive for the attempted suicide.
“He has twice the pride of most boys. I should
imagine he did it to prove he’s a genius.”
When pressed, she admitted that she had revealed
everything at her Christmas party. She said she had
done it out of friendship, but Honda replied that he
wished to see no more of her. He thus announced the
end of a beautiful friendship that had lasted more than
twenty years.