When Kaoru visited his mother, Onna Sannomiya, he saw her reading sutras, so he lost the will to tell her that he had gotten to know the secret, trying to keep it to himself.
母女三宮を訪ねるが、無心に経を読む尼姿に接した薫は、秘密を知ったことを話す気になれなくなり、ひとり胸中に抱え込もうとするのだった。