what memories did dr sadao have of his landlady in america

Sadao remembered the face of his fat and slatternly landlady who had allowed him into her establishment when he was having difficulty finding a place to live in America because he was Japanese. The Americans were prejudiced towards him and it had been an embittering experience to live in the country knowing that Sadao had superior skills than most of them. He used to despise the ignorant and dirty old woman who had at last consented to house him in her miserable home. He had once tried to be grateful to her because she had nursed him through influenza in his last year there. But it was difficult because she was not less repulsive to him even in her kindness. This is what he recalled when he tried to understand why even though he found the prisoner white and repulsive, it was strange that he could not kill him. It was humanity which transcended race and nationality.