Genji no kimi thought, that the roll call for the night shift was already over and people staying at the Takiguchi were now reporting the names. As it was the time of the roll call, it was not yet so late at night.
内裏を思しやりて、名対面は過ぎぬらむ、滝口の宿直奏し、今こそ」と、推し量りたまふは、まだ、いたう更けぬにこそは。