However, a scandal about their relationship spread (although both were single, the customs of the time did not approve of such associations between a man and a woman without the intent to marry), and so she severed relations with Tosui.
しかし二人の仲の醜聞が広まった（双方独身であったが、当時は結婚を前提としない男女の付き合いは許されない風潮であった）ため、桃水と縁を切る。