"Do you know to what class she belongs?"
"She is the daughter of a noble," said Fide-Yori; "her language and her dress told me that. But were she the lowest reprobate, if ever Heaven permit me to find her, she shall be my wife."
"We will seek her together," said Nagato.
"I seek her even now in the midst of this crowd. Every boat that passes, laden with women, quickens the beating of my heart."
"Then you think that she lives in Osaka?" said the Prince of Nagato.
"I hope and think so," said Fide-Yori.
"Then she is certainly at this festival. What young girl would stay at home to-day?"
"So I thought, friend," replied the Shogun; "that is why I am here."
"Come, give me a hasty sketch of her whom you love," said Nagato, "so that I may help you in your search."
"She is full of exquisite grace; small; her eyes are very large; she has a childish air; her smile is a flower wet with dew."