When OKUBO came to the Ministry of Interior, the staff who heard the sound of his footsteps stopped their private conversations, and the inside of the Ministry building became very quiet.
大久保が内務省に登庁しその靴音が廊下に響くと職員たちは私語を止め、それまでざわついていた庁舎内が水を打ったように静まり返った。