Okado gently said, "He is an old man, he will not be around long" out of any respect for Naganori, and Okado also wrote that Naganori had a satisfactory look on his face.
これに対して多門は長矩を思いやって｢老年のこと、殊に面体の疵所に付き、養生も心もとなく｣と答えると長矩に喜びの表情が浮かんだとも書いている。