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| 40 | 86 | His View more quotes about shoulder">shoulder bore the false sign of a lotus. |
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| 40 | 83 | He would expect you to have surrendered the prisoner instantly". |
| 40 | 84 | "Lord Yamada," he said, "may not always be shogun". |
| 40 | 85 | "At a supper," I said, "an assassin was foiled in the attempt to kill the great lord. |
| 40 | 86 | His shoulder bore the false sign of a lotus. |
| 40 | 87 | Before he could be interrogated, presumably under torture, which few men can withstand, you slew him, a knife to the back of the neck". |
| 40 | 88 | "It was regrettable," he said, "a sudden, thoughtless act, which, in the moment, I could not help, an act expressing my horror, my indignation, my outrage, at the attempt on the life of my beloved shogun". |
| 40 | 89 | "That you did not immediately present Tajima, the tarnsman, to the shogun suggests you were holding him for a purpose, perhaps that he might later figure in a staged capture, redounding to your benefit. |