Giheiji appears at the gate in a palanquin after they had gone and made an excuse to Otsugi saying; 'I've been used by children because I'm old, and I came here to take Kotoura as requested by Danshichi' and hurriedly took Kotoura into the palanquin.
入れ違いに義平次が駕籠を連れて門口に現れ、「年取って子供に使われてます、団七に頼まれて琴浦を引き取りにきましたのでな」とおつぎに訳を話し、そそくさと琴浦を駕籠に乗せて連れて行く。