Higekuro, who thought that it looked bad, tried to hold her back, but when he was about to leave for Tamakazura's, she suddenly got mad at him, and threw ashes from the incense burner at him.
髭黒もさすがにそれは世間体も悪いと引き止めたものの、いざ玉鬘のところへ出発しようとした矢先、突然狂乱した北の方に香炉の灰を浴びせられる。