Kaoru goes to Yokawa and asks sozu to meet Ukifune to no avail, so he hands Ukifune's younger brother Kogimi a letter asking her to return to the secular life.
薫は横川に赴き、浮舟に対面を求めるが僧都に断られ、浮舟の弟小君に還俗を求める手紙を託す。