![]() ![]() Thus her position at Court, preponderant though it was, exposed her to constant jealousy and ill will and soon, worn out with petty vexations, she fell into a decline, growing very melancholy and retiring frequently to her home. ![]() Still less were her former companions, the minor ladies of the Wardrobe, content to see her raised so far above them. By Murasaki Shikibu, translated by Royall TylerĪt the court of the Emperor (he lived it matters not when) there was among the many gentlewomen of the Wardrobe and Chamber one who, though she was not of very high rank, was favored far beyond all the rest so that the great ladies of the Palace, each of whom had secretly hoped that she herself would be chosen, looked with scorn and hatred upon the upstart who had dispelled their dreams. ![]()
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