Valmiki Ramayana 7.42.36

एवमुक्त्वा तु काकुत्स्थो मैथिलीं जनकात्मजाम् ।मध्यकक्षान्तरं रामो निर्जगाम सुहृद्वृतः॥

evamuktvā tu kākutstho maithilīṃ janakātmajām |madhyakakṣāntaraṃ rāmo nirjagāma suhṛdvṛtaḥ ||

Our plain-language meaning of this verse is waiting for scholar review.