(Ben, a lady-in waiting who was the daughter of wet nurse of Kaoru's biological father Kashiwagi, had been serving Hachi no Miya, and she told Kaoru about the secrets concerning his birth and gave him the secret letters Kashiwagi had left behind.)
（薫の実父、柏木(源氏物語)の乳母子であった女房・弁が八の宮に仕えており、薫に出生の秘密を知らせ、柏木の残した秘密の手紙類を手渡す）