n if the face be notmy mothers, it is the face of one who belonged to mymother, and therefore my respectfully saluting it twiceevery day is the same as respectfully saluting her veryself. And so she continued to worship the mirrormore and more while tending her father with all filialpiety—at least… … OW curious that the daughterof a peasant dwelling inan obscure country villagenear Aska, in the provinceof Yamato, should becomea Queen. Yet such wasthe case. Her father diedwhile she was yet in herinfancy, and the girl applied herself to the tending ofher mother with all filial piety. One day when…
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