That night, at the Tenmaya in Kitashinchi, Ohatsu was sick with worry for Tokubei. The people of the house were gossiping about him: "They say he forged a bond and got trampled for it." "He can't stay in Osaka now."
Then Tokubei, his face hidden under a woven hat, came secretly to see her. Afraid of being seen, Ohatsu hid him under the hem of her outer robe and slipped him beneath the veranda. Then she sat down on its edge.
Just then Kuheiji came in with his companions as customers. In front of Ohatsu, Kuheiji loudly ran Tokubei down: "Tokubei is a villain who tried to cheat me with a forged bond. Sooner or later he'll be arrested as a criminal. Ohatsu, forget a man like that and keep me company."
Beneath the veranda, Tokubei shook with rage. Ohatsu, gently pressing him with her foot to calm him, said toward Kuheiji, as if talking to herself: "Toku-sama has been deceived by Kuheiji for years. But without proof, he cannot clear himself. Now he must be ready to die. I want to hear his resolve."
With that, Ohatsu slipped her foot under the veranda, and Tokubei took her ankle and pressed it to his throat, telling her, "I will die." Ohatsu said, "Of course. However long you lived, it would be the same. You must die to wipe out the shame," and in her heart she vowed, "I will die with Toku-sama."
At midnight, when Kuheiji and his friends had gone and the house was fast asleep, Ohatsu changed into pure white death robes and crept down from upstairs. She put out the hanging lantern, muffled her steps, and tried to lift the latch of the door. The door creaked; a maid turned in her sleep. Holding down their pounding hearts, the two at last slipped out of the Tenmaya.