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| 49 | 57 | "Absolute View more quotes about silence">silence, if you would continue to live". |
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| 49 | 54 | The slave tumbled onto the floor, startled, crying out, and I administered a second blow to the stunned Ashigaru, this one to the back of the head. |
| 49 | 55 | I put aside the pillow and closed the door. |
| 49 | 56 | "No noise," I said to the slave. |
| 49 | 57 | "Absolute silence, if you would continue to live". |
| 49 | 58 | She nodded, frightened, her lip trembling. |
| 49 | 59 | I cast her a swift glance, enough to determine that the shogun had exquisite taste, and was generous. |
| 49 | 60 | Momentarily, she seemed about to cover her body with her hands, perhaps a reflex dating back to the time of her freedom, but withdrew her hands instantly, and swiftly, unbidden, frightened, knelt in first obeisance position, head to the floor, the palms of her hands on the floor, on each side of her head. |