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Actually, the letter of the old lady had not reached Yugiri. His wife Kumoinokari had taken it away out of jealousy. Astonished by what had happened, Yugiri helped with the funeral, and the princess kept her distance. She thought that her mother had died because of the cruel attitude of Yugiri. On the thirteenth of the Nine Month, as he could not bear the situation, he set off for Ono. The mountains nearly in the deep autumn, looked full of melancholy, sealing the sorrow of the people. He stood at the door and raised a fan to his eyes, with an elegance which even women could not have imitated. Talking with Koshosho, the servant of the princess, Yugiri asked her to convey his feelings. But the princess did not relent.
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