The Old Bamboo-Hewer's Story = Taketori Monogatari : the Earliest of the Japanese Romances, Written in the Tenth Century
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Let the Maiden he brought hither, and a hat of nobility, per- chance, shall be her father's reward." The Ancient rejoiced greatly at hearing this, and returned to his dwelling, and conveyed the Royal command to the Lady Kaguya, bidding her no longer refuse obedience. But she said : " Never will I serve His Majesty as 'tis desired ; and if constraint he used towards your daughter, she will pine away and die, and the price of my father's hat of nobility will be the destruction of his child." " Na...y, die thou shaU not," cried the Ancient ; " what were THE OLD BAMBOO-HEWER : JAPANESE ROMANCE. 26 a hat of nobility to me if never again I beheld thee P Yet, daughter, I pray thee, tell thy father why thou refusest to become a Lady of the Palace and why shouldest thou die if thou shouldest serve his Majesty ? " " Empty words seem thy daughter's," answered the Damsel, " but true will they prove if she be constrained to do this thing.' Many a suitor has wooed her, lords of no mean estate, who nevertheless have been dismissed, and should she listen to his Majesty, her name would become a reproach among men." Then the Ancient answered : " Little care I for matters of state, but thy days must know no peril, nor shalt thou be in any wise constrained, and I will hasten to the palace and humbly represent to His Majesty that thou mayest not become an inmate thereof.
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