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Kaoru called on Tamakazura with a New Year’s greeting. She was in her chapel and invited him to join her. The plum on the eaves was sending forth its first buds and the warbler was still not quite able to sing. Something about his manner made the women want to joke with him, but his replies were brusque. Tamakazura reproved them for their bad manners saying, "Do not make fun of the prudent young man." Kaoru was not proud of his title, "Lord Proper." Kaoru was fond of the older daughter of Tamakazura who also wanted him for her husband.
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