Word: courtlanguageã
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...monarchy. Together,the novel suggests, these two womenwill be able to withstand the pressuresof tradition that weighed so heavilyon Haruko alone. But when her newdaughter-in-law begins to stagger underthe burden—committing the faux pasof entering rooms before her husbandand struggling with the formal courtlanguage??€”Haruko abandons her: “Shewas not the first to run into harsh limits;I, of course, had been there beforeher. But she was the first to innocentlybelieve—and who could blame her, havingreceived my solemn promise—thatshe might somehow be protected fromthe implacable forces...
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