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To-no-Chujo and Prince Hotaru, Genji's brother, came calling. Since he was now without rank and office, he changed to informal, plain colored dress of silk. As he combed his hair he could not help noticing that loss of weight had made him even handsomer. Murasaki sat behind the pillar gazing at him with tears. Unable to see her sadness, he told her: "I must go into exile; in this mirror, an image of me will remain yet beside you."
Prince Hotaru went back in the evening.
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