| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 49 | 186 | View more quotes about presumably">Presumably not every delivered slave is retained until morning. |
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| 49 | 183 | One passing these chambers would suppose their occupants to be safely confined within. |
| 49 | 184 | Surely, eventually, an inquiry would take place when the Ashigaru who had conducted the slave to my chamber failed to report back to his station, but I did not expect this to take place immediately. |
| 49 | 185 | Perhaps the Ashigaru had been requested to wait. |
| 49 | 186 | Presumably not every delivered slave is retained until morning. |
| 49 | 187 | One might be dismissed, after a longer or shorter time. |
| 49 | 188 | Perhaps one would be tried out, and another requested. |
| 49 | 189 | To be sure, usually the delivered slave is the property of her temporary master until morning. |