Yuta liked Lady Satsuki. While keeping perfectly to the form that decreed that women exercise influence subtly, from behind, always giving outward credit to their husbands, she did not pretend to be a fool, nor was she lazy. She took charge of everything that a woman in her position would be expected to manage. She relieved Lord Eitaro of the burden of doing everything she could do better. The Abbot had known what he was doing when he sent Yuta to Lady Satsuki first.

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