When the storm got over, he went to his house, and he remained ill for a long time from the effects of the cold of that terrible night. He had been greatly frightened by the old man's death, but he said nothing about the vision of the woman in white to anyone. As soon as he got well, he started going alone every morning to the forest, and coming back at nightfall with his bundles of wood, which his mother helped him to sell.

One winter evening of the following year, as he was on his way to home, he saw a girl who is traveling by the same road. She was a tall, slim girl, very good-looking; and she answered Minokichi's greeting in a voice as pleasant to the ear as the voice of a song-bird. Then he walked along with her and they began to talk. The girl said that her name was Yuki, and said, her parents were dead and she is alone. So, he said, " please come to my house. So, she went to his house and she meet her mother. She started living with him. After few days, he said her, " please don't feel bad but will you marry me? And she was shocked and said, "are you serious?," Yes!!" He said.