While peaceful twilight dimmed to evening beneath a lovely sky, a cricket sang falteringly from the fading garden, and here and there the autumn colors glowed. Surveying the pleasures of this scene, so like a painting, Ukon wondered to find herself in such delightful surroundings and blushed to recall the house of the twilight beauties.<\/p>\n
A dove’s throaty call from amid the bamboo brought back to Genji, with an affectionate pang, her look of terror when one had called that night at the old mansion. \u201cHow old was she? I suppose it was clear enough from her extraordinary frailty that she was not to live long.\u201d<\/p>\n
(The Tale of Genji<\/i>, chap. 4, p. 76)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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