Kumoi no kari, who openly became kita no kata (the woman living in the north of the house; wife) of Yugiri and gave birth to many children (The number of children differs by manuscripts, Akio ABE said that they had seven, while Kiyoshi FUJIMURA said eight was the number in the original version), had been spending her days having her mind quite at rest with her husband who was very earnest and faithful to her.
晴れて夕霧の北の方となり、多くの子（写本により異なり、阿部秋生は7人を、藤村潔は8人が原型であろうとしている）をもうけた雲居の雁は、生真面目で殆ど愛人も作らない夫に安心しきった生活を送っていた。