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Myo-bu was much moved to find the emperor waiting up for her. Making it seem that his attention was on the small and beautifully planted garden before him, now in full autumn bloom, he was talking quietly with some women, among the most sensitive of his attendants. He had become addicted to the illustrations by the emperor Uda for "The Song of Everlasting Sorrow" and to poems on that subject, and to Chinese poems as well which reminded him of his relation with Koi.
He listened attentively as Myo-bu described the scene she had found. He took up the letter she had brought from the grandmother telling of his worry about the future of the child.
Looking at the keepsakes Myo-bu had brought back, he reviewed his memories over and over again, from his very earliest days with the dead lady.
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