When he received the offerings from Naka no kimi, Ukifune's stepfather Hitachi no suke (the lord of Hitachi Province) realized for the first time that his stepdaughter's background was beyond comparison with that of his other children.
中の君からも供物が届けられ、浮舟の義父常陸介は、このときはじめて継娘の素性が自分の子たちとは比較にならないものだったと実感した。