Just before he visited the inn where Omura was staying to thank him, his best friend (Michifusa MADENOKOJI) came rushing in and they talked for a long time, during which time Masujiro OMURA was attacked (1869).
礼を言うために大村のいる旅館を訪れる直前、親友（万里小路通房）が駆け込んできて長談義となり、その間に大村益次郎が襲撃されるという事件が起こっている（明治2年）。