New Herbs, Part II
Genji had given lessons of koto to the Third Princess so as to be appearing grown up at the celebration of the jubilee of the Suzaku emperor. On the 19th of the New Year, he had a female concert for the rehearsal. The lady Akashi played the lute, the lady Murasaki the thirteen-stringed koto, the Akashi princess the sho piper and the Third Princess the seven-stringed koto. It looked like the magnificent concert symbolized the glory of the Rokujo. But, on the following morning -- maybe she was relieved to see the orders in Rokujo -- Murasaki had a high fever and a dark change began.
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