But we are prepared, answered Tetsutaisho.
I doubt it.
Then you distrust the samurai?
No.
What then?
Hitotsubashi.
He has no following.
He has friends, and we can best insure their support and the enemies confusion by advising this resignation. They dread us more than him.
The opposition has given us a splendid chance, interposed Okotsuba.
And we are wasting our opportunities, answered Tetsutaisho.