“No, no.”
“Then do you choose yourself.”
“My lord, waiving aside all our political differences, do you not think it would be loyal for me to take the name of one of my own people?”
“What, a Mori name? You are very droll, my lord. Why not keep your own name, then?”
“Ah, but it is not the Mori family name I wish to assume, but a surname.”
“It might be dangerous.”
“Oh, not without the family name and title attached. Suppose I take the name of Keiki?”
“What! The name of my rival!”
“My prince, my lord,” said the other, bowing deeply.
“Nevertheless my rival.”