The Tales of Genji: A Japanese story written by Murasaki Shikibus

The reading is from tale of genji:
Write a 3-paragraph close reading of the following passages. Read the passage slowly – the goal is to take in all the words and think about what effect they have on interpretation of the larger work. You might think about whichever of the following questions might apply to the passage:
What is the narrator or the author saying with this passage? What point of view is it told from? Is it descriptive or not? Does it contain dialogue? Poetry? Is it creating a specific atmosphere (and if so, what)? Does it give special insight into a character or the relationship between two (or more) characters? Does it comment on another event in the work? Is it part of a pattern central to the work?
The passages have been examined by other scholars, which suggests that they are particularly important. Write a short response to it. The response should be a formal essay, in which you have a thesis (an eloquent and specific variation on “This passage is important because…”), supported by evidence from the text.
Passages:
P. 4, line 1, through p. 5, line 5.