Tomotada could not leave Green Willow again. They set off along the roads together, little caring where those roads might lead. In time they came to a city where Tomotada’s lord was unknown. They married and, with the money and jewels Tomotada carried sewn into the lining of his robe, they built a house near a stream. “Someday.” he said, “I shall return to my lord and ask for his forgiveness. But not yet. No, I can not leave yet.”