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| 12 | 164 | View more quotes about sumomo">Sumomo, as nearly as I could tell, was well aware of the distress and torment which she wrought in the breast of the young warrior and this recognition, rather than bringing about its diminishment or abatement, seemed to have spurred her to its augmentation. |
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| 12 | 161 | And I trusted her deportment might be less objectionable in that so-transient dimension. |
| 12 | 162 | I doubted that her contract was for sale, and, even if it were, it seemed unlikely young Tajima could afford it. |
| 12 | 163 | He was not a merchant, not a high officer, not a daimyo. |
| 12 | 164 | Sumomo, as nearly as I could tell, was well aware of the distress and torment which she wrought in the breast of the young warrior and this recognition, rather than bringing about its diminishment or abatement, seemed to have spurred her to its augmentation. |
| 12 | 165 | Some women enjoy twisting the knife, but this, I understood, was unusual in a Pani woman, whose acculturation tends to discourage such behavior, and certainly for one who was a mere contract woman. |
| 12 | 166 | However these things may be, despite her acculturation, and her relatively lowly status, she commonly treated Tajima with an unbecoming scorn, contempt, and amusement. |
| 12 | 167 | Sometimes I wondered if she fully understood that such a behavior might occasion untoward consequences. |