This Soseki Natsume's novel was published in 1917. Because Soseki died while writing this novel, the novel wasn't finished. The main protagonist, Tsuda, get married with Onobu with the help of the president, but he doesn't love her. He comes to know Kiyoko who he used to love lives in a hot spring resort and then decides to go there to meet her without telling it to his wife. This novel describes egoisms and each thoughts.