«Oh, yes, it must be said that Koremitsu gave Genji a fine account of what he had learnt from spying

«It upset him to find that his forwardness really did repel her, and he saw how justly she was outraged.»

«‹Just put me behind their standing curtains.'»

«(…) he looked so beautiful that one could have wished him a woman.»

«(…) and considering how quiet he kept his wanton ways, lest in reaching the ears of posterity they earn him

Beginn der Erzählung

«‹Die ‹grosse Langeweile› in deiner Antwort gestern hat mir sehr missfallen. Alle haben deine Wortwahl heftig getadelt.'»

«Wahrscheinlich mangelt es Männern ganz allgemein an Fingerspitzengefühl und an der Fähigkeit, sich in andere hineinzuversetzen.»

Kapitel 226 «Shintoistische Heiligtümer»