According to Waley, Murasaki may not have been unhappy with court life in general but bored in Sh*shi's court. He speculates she would have preferred to serve with the Lady Senshi, whose household seems to have been less strict and more light-hearted. In her diary, Murasaki wrote about Sh*shi's court, `` she has gathered round her a number of very worthy young ladies*...
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