The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn Volume 7

So this is his recompense for having betrayed his father when he was young ... the infidelity of his new wife, and her pregnancy. The marriage between Prince Genji and the Third Princess was nothing more than a formality, and knowing nothing of the joy of love, she began an illicit affair with a certain young man. But the price to pay for their affair was too great for this young man and woman ...