Tatsugoro, who prepared himself for the eventuality that the quarrel might be inevitable, went to Kisaburo's place in Sukiyagashi and hinted that he might part with him.
最早喧嘩は避けられないと覚悟を決めた辰五郎は数奇屋河岸の喜三郎のもとに行き、それとなく暇乞いを告げる。