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(One day, Genji could not return to his mansion, since his mansion laid in a forbidden direction according to Buddhism.) He decided to visit the governor of Kii in Kyoto. The governor’s mansion had been cleaned and made presentable. The shallow rivers were created pleasingly in the garden. A fence of wattles, of a deliberately rustic appearance, enclosed the garden, and much care had gone into the plantings. Insects were humming, one scarcely knew where, fireflies drew innumerable lines of light. Genji sat in the east room of the mansion facing the south side of the garden. His men were already tippling, out where they could admire a brook flowing under a gallery. The governor seemed busy and hurried off for viands. (That night he saw Utusemi and her stubbornness was what interested him)
(He was attracted by her thoughtful character.)
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