"You know it?"
"Of course; but I ought not to reveal it."
"Then Hieyas won't get the message."
"That's so! You have fully made up your mind to keep us?"
"Entirely!" said Nagato; "and to do you no harm if you speak the truth; to kill you if you deceive us."
"Well, then, the password is: Mikawa."
"The name of the province over which Hieyas is ruler," said Nagato.
"Exactly! Moreover you must show the sentinels three chrysanthemum leaves engraved on an iron plate."
The speaker drew a tiny iron plate from his girdle, and gave it to the Prince.
"Is that all?" asked Nagato; "have you told the truth?"