In this story, Sei Shonagon wrote that when she was talking with a person next to her in such a low voice that even her conversation partner needed to ask her to repeat what she said, Masamitsu, who was seated far away, did not fail to catch their dialogue.
この中で遠くに座っていた正光が、清少納言が隣にいた人でも聞き返してくるくらいの小声で言ったことを、しっかり聞き逃さなかったことが書かれている。