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| 13 | 173 | View more quotes about thus">Thus, somehow Daichi, presumably a reader of some reputation, and a secret creature of Lord Yamada, had been placed in the house of Temmu. |
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| 13 | 170 | This form of inquiry was taken seriously by many. |
| 13 | 171 | Certainly it was culturally sanctioned and familiar. |
| 13 | 172 | For the successful pursuit of this matter, of course, one required the services of a skilled reader. |
| 13 | 173 | Thus, somehow Daichi, presumably a reader of some reputation, and a secret creature of Lord Yamada, had been placed in the house of Temmu. |
| 13 | 174 | Once ensconced, it would be a simple matter for his readings, thanks to forewarnings, collusions, and arrangements issuing from the house of Yamada, to appear alarmingly accurate. |
| 13 | 175 | With advanced intelligence it would not be difficult to pave the road to impressive prophecy. |
| 13 | 176 | Thus, given the legerdemain of ambiguity and obscurity, abetted by occasional, reassuring nuggets of augured gold, it would be possible to convince a gullible patron to pursue courses of action which were less to his advantage than to that of another, in this case, Lord Yamada. |