Chapter 22 No.22

If thou couldst see my courtyard! It seems carpeted with snow, so

many are the cherry-blossoms on its pavement. They say I am untidy

that I permit it to be untouched by broom or brush. It is cleaned and

spotless all the year, save at this the time of cherry-blossoms, when

'tis untrodden and unswept.

I cannot write thee merely househo