At the Nyogo's residence filled with the aroma of tachibana (mandarin orange tree) flowers, Genji talked with Nyogo quietly about the singing of little cuckoos which reminded him of the old days, and later secretly visited San no kimi.
女御の邸は橘の花が香り、昔を忍ばせるほととぎすの声に源氏は女御としみじみと昔話を語り合い、その後そっと三の君を訪れた。