VILLAGER.
That blind beggar is your man. He is Kagekiyo.
(The GIRL starts and trembles.)
But why does your lady tremble when I tell you that he is Kagekiyo? What is amiss with her?
ATTENDANT.
No wonder that you ask. I will tell you at once; this lady is Kagekiyo’s daughter. She has borne the toil of this journey because she longed to meet her father face to face. Please take her to him.
VILLAGER.
She is Kagekiyo’s daughter? How strange, how strange! But, lady, calm yourself and listen.
Kagekiyo went blind in both his eyes, and finding himself helpless, shaved his head and called himself the beggar of Hyūga. He begs a little from travellers; and we villagers are sorry for him and see to it that he does not starve. Perhaps he would not tell you his name because he was ashamed of what he has become. But if you will come with me I will shout “Kagekiyo” at him. He will surely answer to his own name. Then you shall go to him and talk of what you will, old times or now. Please come this way.