While Genji has fallen on hard times and withdrawn from society, Suetsumuhana, who doesn't have anybody else to depend on, has been devotedly waiting for him while enduring a life of poverty.
源氏逼塞のあいだ、ほかに頼るものとてない末摘花は一途に彼を待ちつづけ、落魄の生活にも耐えていた。