Though having said, out of kindness, a lie that he is a lover of Omiyo, Shinsuke falls in love with Omiyo while seeing Shinzaburo and Oyomi disappear intimately into an inner room.
はじめ親切心からおみよの恋人だと嘘をついた新助だが、新三郎とおみよが仲むつまじく奥座敷に行くのを見送る内おみよに恋心を抱く。