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 * align=right | Being notorious for
 * love sourness
 * colspan=3 | I think none pass by without breaking a branch!
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 * colspan=3 | I think none pass by without breaking a branch!
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[Her answer]

Oh, regrettable! to be spoken of in such a way! One night I slept in a room near the corridor. Some one came knocking at the door. I was afraid and passed the night without making a sound. The next morning the following poem was sent me [from the Prime Minister]:

I wrote back:

Third day of First month [1010]. The August Princes have presented themselves before the King for three days to receive gifts of mochi. Ladies of high rank accompanied them. Saémon-no-Kami held the Prince, and the mochi was brought to His Majesty by the Lord Prime Minister. The King, facing towards the east door, gave it to the August Princes. It was a beautiful sight to see the young Princes 140