Chapter 45-50 Summary

Chapter 45

When word of the outcome reaches the Matsugae and Ayakura families, they meet in an air of shock and anger. The marquis declaims his outrage and asks how it will be possible to make an apology to the emperor. When he calms down, the marquis realizes that is himself who set in motion the wheels of this catastrophe by asking the count to raise his son Kiyoaki as a nobleman in the household with Satoko. They decide that Count Ayakura must go to the monastery with a black wig, gain the release of his daughter and return her in disguise.

Chapter 46

At the convent, Satoko implores the Abbess to initiate her as a nun. The Abbess decides to dispense with the usual year of ascetic discipline that usually precedes initiation. She advises Satoko that if she takes her vows, she...