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Kaoru was not prepared to switch his affection to Nakanokimi. So he made a plan to introduce Niou to Nakanokimi. He led Niou towards Uji. Their meeting ended as Kaoru wished. The night of their marriage, people wondered whether Niou would come from Kyoto. Then, about midnight, he came in upon a rising wind. Nakanokimi, who was happy with this unexpected marriage, was pleased by the gentle and sweet words of Niou. As dawn began to move over the sky, his attendants hastened him noisily to return to Kyoto. Hating to go back, he returned hesitatingly. Stopping again and again, he wrote her farewell poems to which she later replied.
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