"Good," said the onmyoji. "When is the most propitious day
to visit her?"

But at that the three women all giggled and laughed as if
they were mocking him, and angrily he left their house.

On the following evening he arrived at the maiden's house.
He begged her pardon for his arrival, claiming that he was
forced, by knowledge gained from his divinations, to leave
his house travelling to the north, which was an auspicious
direction, and that he needed to stay overnight in the north
before leaving in the morning for the city.

She invited him to dine with her.

The house was magnificent. He and the maiden dined alone,
and through the evening her servants brought them the finest
foods he had ever eaten.

"I have never tasted anything this fine!" he said, nibbling
some exotic meat in a cold sauce.

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