"hase-hime, do you know that your mother cannot live any longer? though i die, you must grow up a good girl. do your best not to give trouble to your nurse or any other of your family. perhaps your father will marry again and some one will fill my place as your mother. if so do not grieve for me, but look upon your father's second wife as your true mother, and be obedient and filial to both her and your father.