However, he was unable to verbally tell her about the raid, since the spies of the Kira and Uesugi families were listening in, and told her 'please let me offer incense for my lord for the last time, as I will be working for another family.'
しかし吉良か上杉の間者が聞き耳を立てていたので口頭で討ち入りのことを伝えることはできず、その場では「他家に仕官するので最後に殿にご焼香させてください」と述べた。