Trefoil Knots


Kaoru rested at Uji. In the middle of night, he was able to approach Oigimi and talked to her closely. Her solemn attitude stopped him from going far. The dawn came on, bringing an end to nothing. The sky was a whirring of wings close by as of flocks of birds. From deep in the mountain, the main bell came faintly. Sent out from her room in vain, Kaoru was filled with an empty sorrow.