Miyasudokoro became obsessed with Genji and longed to monopolize him, but due to her sense of inferiority as an older woman and her pride that she was a high-standing noblewoman, she could not show a frank attitude to him and she subdued her real feelings with the intention not to hurt herself.
源氏にのめりこんでいく御息所は、彼を独占したいと渇望しながらも、年上だという引け目や身分高い貴婦人であるという誇りから素直な態度を男に見せることができず、自分を傷つけまいと本心を押し殺してしまう。