However, Gengobe takes the half of his short sword's wari-kogai (a metallic spatula set in the shell of a sword, originally used as a comb) carved with a lot of monkeys, and hands it to Hachiemon for the rent, and he leaves with Sangoro.
しかしながら、源五兵衛は脇差の千匹猿の細工を施した割り笄（こうがい）の片割れを支払いに宛てるようにと八右衛門に渡し、三五郎と出かけていく。