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Late in the Seventh Month, the emperor issued an order to summon Genji who had become twenty-eight years old. The Akashi lady was pregnant. As he could not take her along, he comforted her with promises that he would choose an opportune time to bring her to the city. The lady was sunk in the deepest gloom fearing to be left alone and longing for the love of Genji. The monk became senile, lamenting that his daughter could not go with Genji. On a moonlit night, while conducting his practice, the monk fell into the brook and bruised his hip on one of the garden stones.
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