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The third day of February, in the Year of Our Lord 1640. |
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| 17 | 14 |
Lastly, I was pleased, though astonished, to accept the service of thirty-five ships of two of Port Kar's Ubars, twenty from the squat, brilliant Chung, and fifteen from tall, long-haired Nigel, like a war lord from Torvaldsland. |
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| 25 | 38 |
And can it be that she behind me, so beautiful, is less beautiful than I? Surely we are all much the same, and yet men, the brutes, rank us, and will buy and sell us! As it pleases them! As goods! But, of course, as the goods we are! But might not I bring a higher price than any of these others? But... |
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| 26 | 1307 |
In the ropes of her lord a woman is most secure. |
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| 73 | 212 |
Nonetheless, as this was not known to Cabot and Lord Grendel, or not known for certain, Lord Grendel, by means of intermediaries, guards, and such, made certain that the slave was well aware of the victory of Lord Arcesilaus, the appearance of Lord Grendel in the capital, that of a human commander, ... |
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| 57 | 1 |
What Occurred in the Camp of Lord Grendel The gate of the forest camp of Lord Grendel swung open, and an astonished, elated Peisistratus, who had governed the camp in the absence of its lord, rushed forward, stumbling, half-speechless, bewildered. |
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| 63 | 142 |
The leader of the cattle humans, blood about his teeth, where he had bitten his prey, was seized in the mighty paws of Lord Grendel, lifted high in the air, and then flung to the earth, this breaking the back and neck of the leader of the cattle humans, who was then, as Lord Grendel had not loosened... |
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| 67 | 109 |
He thought of Lord Pyrrhus, slain in the arena, of Lord Arcesilaus, of the slaver, Peisistratus, of his dear friend, Lord Grendel. |
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| 73 | 235 |
"How could both Lord Agamemnon and Lord Arcesilaus be faces of the Nameless One?" "Why not?" said Lord Grendel. |
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| 74 | 50 |
Lord Arcesilaus sat on a dais, at the head of a hundred tables, with Lord Zarendargar, Lord Grendel, and Statius; and Archon, of the forest humans, and Cestiphon, of the killer humans, sat with them. |
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| 80 | 244 |
"Lord Grendel, turn about, and see! Look, Lord Grendel, look!" Lord Grendel slowly, trembling, turned about. |
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| 20 | 10 |
Other testimony had made it clear that Lord Pyrrhus had returned from the sport cylinder without Tarl Cabot, and that, later, a hunting party of eight Kurii, three of whom were womb brothers, and two of whom were egg brothers, to Lord Pyrrhus had entered the sport world with sleen, and had been arre... |
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| 21 | 264 |
"When," asked Cabot, "will Lord Pyrrhus and Lord Agamemnon meet, Kur to Kur?" "Presently," said Peisistratus. |
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| 24 | 166 |
"As was Lord Pyrrhus, and as is Lord Arcesilaus". |
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| 26 | 158 |
"And I must warn Lord Arcesilaus, if there is still time!" "Lord Arcesilaus will be warned by another," said Peisistratus, "for you might be easily recognized". |
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| 36 | 150 |
"Yesterday," said the girl, "Lord Arcesilaus gave it to Lord Grendel, to be given to you this morning". |
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| 36 | 356 |
Cabot would take few supplies with him, as he expected foraging would be available, and he retained, as well, some of the coins won from Peisistratus, and, of course, the rubies he had originally been given by Lord Agamemnon, prior to the trial of Lord Pyrrhus. |
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| 43 | 83 |
With a roar of rage, a bleeding Lord Grendel flung himself on the butcher, and with a single bite tore away the butcher's right paw, it still grasped on the tool, and Lord Grendel lifted the butcher over his head, and flung him to the lower level, where he fell among the slaughtered cattle, howling ... |
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| 43 | 255 |
"I would think so," said Lord Grendel, "as that would improve the joke, Lord Agamemnon rewarding her with riches of little interest to himself, and then placing her naked in the pens. |
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| 43 | 437 |
"To you, to you, to the allies, to Lord Peisistratus, to Lord Arcesilaus, to the foes of Agamemnon, to the revolution!" she said. |
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| 44 | 262 |
"That of Lord Arcesilaus," said Lord Grendel. |
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| 46 | 141 |
"But," said Cabot, "as Lord Grendel once called to my attention, 'What is Kur'?" "Desist, desist," said Lord Grendel. |
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| 47 | 121 |
Cabot heard the clawed feet of a purple scarf touch the ledge, and then, rather as the two leaves of a mighty gate might swing open, outwardly, the left wing of Lord Grendel, and the right wing of Lord Statius, swung toward their bodies, and Cabot released the first shaft, point-blank, through the c... |
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| 51 | 3 |
Lord Grendel and Cabot had trekked about Lake Fear, on its nearer side to the habitats, in order to recover and burn the remains of Lord Arcesilaus, whom they had expected to find dead in the cave in which they had left him, long ago, sorely wounded, but, too, to replenish a supply of weapon points,... |
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| 51 | 7 |
It had not been difficult for Lord Grendel and his human ally, Tarl Cabot, to locate the cave in which they had left Lord Arcesilaus, but, upon entering the cave, they had found it empty. |
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| 54 | 57 |
"Your role in this is significant, Lord Flavion," said Lord Grendel, "for, as you know, we must have a secret gathering to marshal our forces and coordinate our plans". |
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| 55 | 29 |
Lord Grendel suddenly lifted his head, and the large, pointed ears turned, as one, in a given direction, cupped, leaning forward, intent, toward the open plain, that not so far from the hemisphere of rocks, amongst which lay, concealed, a womb tunnel, indeed, that very womb tunnel in which Lord Gren... |
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| 55 | 213 |
Then Cabot, for the first time, heard the sound which had been noted earlier by Lord Grendel and Statius, and, at almost the same time, saw a small, struggling body in the grasp of one of the cattle humans, and he then heard the sound again, and again, as the small body was lifted and shaken in fury... |
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| 56 | 33 |
"I trust, too," said Lord Grendel, "you are aware of certain resonances here which would be savored by Lord Agamemnon". |
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| 56 | 200 |
"It was to you that Lord Arcesilaus entrusted his ring," said Lord Grendel. |
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| 56 | 255 |
"I, too, of course," said Statius, "but who else would do so?" "I believe Lord Lucullus commanded the forces of Agamemnon," said Lord Grendel. |
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| 57 | 40 |
"Glory to our cause!" In the threshold of the camp, startled, and seemingly jubilant, stood Flavion, who then rushed forward to embrace Lord Grendel, Cabot, Statius, Archon, and others, and then he bounded about, leaping into the air, uttering screeches of pleasure, and then, alighting, again and ag... |
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| 60 | 30 |
"What then, noble Lord Grendel," said Flavion, "is to be done?" "What would you suggest?" said Lord Grendel. |
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| 63 | 17 |
"Dear Lord Grendel, beloved commander," said Flavion, "believe me, I know nothing of this!" Lord Grendel shook with rage, his fangs emerged, his ears darted back, smoothly against his head. |
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| 63 | 122 |
The head of one of the cattle humans was burned away but inches from the chest of Lord Grendel, and another cattle human's chest was burned through, in such a way that a portion of Lord Grendel's harness was blackened, and hair singed from his shoulder. |
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| 64 | 116 |
Thus, most in Lord Grendel's camp had considered her guilty of three betrayals, the first of Peisistratus and Lord Arcesilaus, the second pertaining to the arsenal, which was costly, and the third, which turned out well due to no fault of hers, given the intervention of the mariners. |
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| 65 | 51 |
"Surely, Lord Grendel," said Cabot, "you will not betray humans, and the Lady Bina amongst them, to the vengeance of the minions of Lord Agamemnon". |
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| 65 | 56 |
What, then, is to prevent Lord Agamemnon from killing Lord Arcesilaus?" "Nothing," said a Kur. |
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| 65 | 75 |
"Lord Agamemnon, Eleventh face of the Nameless One, Theocrat of the World," said their leader, "has Lord Arcesilaus in his power". |
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| 67 | 1 |
Cabot's Journey; An Acquaintance is Renewed Cabot did not care to accompany Lord Grendel to the palace, to watch him die, as Kur, before Lord Arcesilaus. |
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| 70 | 83 |
Too, I suspect Lord Arcesilaus, Lord Grendel, and several others, would be pleased to see you". |
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| 80 | 22 |
"I would like to do something nice for Lord Grendel," said Lord Arcesilaus to Cabot. |
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| 80 | 90 |
"Lord Grendel was somewhat distressed at the disfigurement of his pet, as I understand it," said Lord Arcesilaus. |
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| 80 | 143 |
"Welcome, Lord Grendel!" said Lord Arcesilaus. |
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| 80 | 160 |
"Do not do this, I pray, Lord Arcesilaus," said Lord Grendel. |
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| 80 | 207 |
"If you care for me, Lord Arcesilaus," said Lord Grendel, "have pity, not only upon her but upon me, as well! Spare her this! Spare us all this horror!" "It is only a pet," said the Kur, again. |
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| 80 | 208 |
"Be patient, Lord Grendel," said Lord Arcesilaus. |
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| 80 | 217 |
"Stay, Lord Grendel!" pleaded Lord Arcesilaus. |
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| 81 | 72 |
"Do not call me Lord Grendel any longer, dear friend," said Lord Grendel. |
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| 10 | 75 |
"Yes, Lord Pyrrhus," said Cabot. |
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| 10 | 76 |
"You were a member of the party of Lord Arcesilaus, when I was removed from the stable, and introduced to your beautiful world". |
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| 10 | 260 |
"If you wish, Lord Pyrrhus," said Cabot, "I will take the pathetic creature off your hands". |
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| 11 | 249 |
"She is the pet of Lord Pyrrhus," said Cabot. |
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| 11 | 271 |
"Hunting?" "On the game world," said Peisistratus, "with Lord Pyrrhus". |
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| 11 | 291 |
"Yes?" "Beware of Lord Pyrrhus". |
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| 12 | 108 |
Lord Pyrrhus then returned to the shuttle lock, accessed the automated vessel, and left the sport world. |
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| 13 | 23 |
Too, it is quite possible they saw me with Lord Pyrrhus, in the vicinity of the lock. |
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| 16 | 21 |
The thought of the former Miss Pym, now the pet of Lord Pyrrhus, crossed Cabot's mind. |
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| 16 | 46 |
How will Kurii regard her, after this evening? Will she be torn to pieces? Will she be dragged to the shuttle port and eaten alive? Will they remand her to the cattle pens, she fully aware, awaiting perhaps for weeks her turn on the slaughter bench? Perhaps they will give her to Peisistratus, for hi... |
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| 18 | 126 |
And Cabot supposed, correctly or not, that the colleagues of Lord Pyrrhus would be well aware that their quarry was of the Warriors, and, accordingly, would not, thus, even though it was human, underestimate it. |
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| 18 | 213 |
"Her master," said Cabot, "is Lord Arcesilaus". |
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| 18 | 232 |
"Lord Arcesilaus will not be pleased if you eat the girl," said Cabot. |
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| 18 | 259 |
"You hunt on behalf of Lord Pyrrhus, who is foe to Agamemnon". |
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| 19 | 134 |
"I am well, Lord Agamemnon," said Cabot. |
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| 19 | 144 |
"Lord Pyrrhus, it seems," said the machine, "erred in taking a human into his confidence". |
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| 19 | 159 |
"How is Lord Pyrrhus?" asked Cabot. |
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| 19 | 169 |
"Lord Pyrrhus is not above the law," said the machine. |
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| 20 | 7 |
Lord Pyrrhus, chained by limbs and neck, and fastened in a cement pit, had spoken in his own defense, but his defense, articulate and bellicose, did little more than confirm his guilt. |
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| 20 | 9 |
The testimony of Peisistratus, taken through translators, had made it clear that Lord Pyrrhus had intended to take the human, Tarl Cabot, hunting in the sport cylinder, which seemed upon the surface, if tasteless considering some of the game available, at least sufficiently innocent. |
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| 20 | 15 |
"Yet it seems clear, and overwhelmingly so, that Lord Pyrrhus had designs upon your life". |
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| 20 | 22 |
"One fact is clear, at least," said the prosecutor, "that a tunic, bestowed upon you in accordance with the largesse of Lord Agamemnon, Eleventh Face of the Nameless One, Theocrat of the World, was in the possession of the hunting party by which you were endangered, a tunic used to set sleen upon yo... |
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| 20 | 25 |
"Perhaps the party was sent by Lord Pyrrhus, or someone, to locate me in the sport world, and thereby effect my rescue". |
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| 20 | 32 |
"Lord Pyrrhus took you to the sport cylinder and abandoned you there, to be hunted down and killed by his cohorts," said the prosecutor. |
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| 20 | 39 |
"I was to go hunting with Lord Pyrrhus," said Cabot. |
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| 20 | 47 |
"You would hold Lord Pyrrhus innocent in all this?" said the prosecutor. |
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| 20 | 58 |
"The jury will note," sounded the voice of the judge, which seemed to come from everywhere in the room, the platform translator producing this in Gorean almost immediately, "that the guilt of Lord Pyrrhus is overwhelmingly clear, albeit largely circumstantial. |
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| 20 | 74 |
"Lord Pyrrhus," bellowed a voice from the pit, with a fierce shaking of chains. |
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| 20 | 81 |
"And let this, too, be so recorded, and I speak as Kur," called Pyrrhus, his voice rising from the cement pit, in which, to rings, he was chained, "I am guilty of no treason against the species or the world!" This caused a considerable stir on the tiers, for it was clear Lord Pyrrhus had spoken as K... |
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| 20 | 99 |
"You are interested in abetting revolution, in spreading division in the Steel World?" "I suppose my life now," said Cabot, "will be worth little, if Lord Pyrrhus goes free". |
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| 20 | 105 |
Many were unsheathed, and by far the most, and each of those daggers pointed downward, threateningly, toward the pit in which Lord Pyrrhus awaited the verdict. |
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| 20 | 106 |
"I do not think," said Peisistratus, scanning the tiers, "that Lord Agamemnon will have his needful numbers". |
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| 20 | 113 |
"Kur to Kur!" cried Lord Pyrrhus, shackled, but mighty, looking upward, fangs bared. |
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| 20 | 218 |
"Lord Agamemnon is generous," said Cabot. |
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| 20 | 235 |
"She was the pet of Lord Pyrrhus, as I recall. |
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| 20 | 242 |
"So what happened to the goods of Lord Pyrrhus?" asked Cabot. |
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| 20 | 246 |
"Of Lord Agamemnon?" "Yes. |
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| 20 | 247 |
But one chattel was given away before the fall of Lord Pyrrhus". |
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| 21 | 18 |
"That is Lord Arcesilaus," he said. |
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| 21 | 74 |
"It is here that Lord Pyrrhus will attest his innocence against Agamemnon, Kur to Kur". |
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| 21 | 76 |
"Lord Pyrrhus is large and powerful," said Cabot. |
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| 21 | 300 |
She is held accountable for the debacle in the forest, that of the hunting party of Lord Arcesilaus. |
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| 21 | 601 |
"It is Lord Pyrrhus," said Peisistratus. |
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| 21 | 617 |
"Surely it were better to send a champion against Lord Pyrrhus," said Cabot, "rather than risk himself, a Face of the Nameless One, in the arena". |
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| 21 | 619 |
"A worthy World Lord," said Cabot. |
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| 21 | 631 |
The huge metallic head, with eyes like fire, turned from side to side, and then halted, and inclined a foot forward and downward, peering at the figure on the sand, Lord Pyrrhus. |
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| 21 | 632 |
It then, slowly, foot by foot, heavy in the sand, approached Lord Pyrrhus, who made no move to flee, or to defend himself. |
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| 21 | 633 |
One of the metallic paws swept out, and the chest and the side of the face of Lord Pyrrhus, symmetrically lacerated, streamed with lines of blood. |
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| 21 | 634 |
Twice more was Lord Pyrrhus struck, and he struggled to retain his feet. |
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| 21 | 636 |
"Lord Arcesilaus, across the way," said Peisistratus, "is leaving the tiers". |
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| 21 | 638 |
Again and again the metallic beast struck Lord Pyrrhus, as though growing more and more frustrated, sometimes flinging him yards, rolling, fur bloody, across the sand. |
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| 21 | 639 |
Still Lord Pyrrhus, again and again, staggered to his feet, and made no effort to either flee or defend himself. |
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| 21 | 651 |
"Lord Pyrrhus strikes a great blow thusly for his cause". |
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| 21 | 657 |
At this point it seemed that Lord Pyrrhus was minded to attack the gigantic, armored machine which so tormented him. |
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| 21 | 661 |
The gigantic machine then, as though in fury, closed its jaws about the waist of Lord Pyrrhus and lifted him from the sand and shook him, violently. |
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| 21 | 666 |
Peisistratus and Cabot regarded the remains of Lord Pyrrhus. |
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| 25 | 3 |
Cabot had returned to the villa which had been earlier assigned to him, from which he had fetched a tunic, some supplies, and a pouch, into which he had thrust the strings of rubies given to him earlier, before the trial of Lord Pyrrhus, in which his testimony had been so ineffective. |
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| 26 | 35 |
"And Grendel did not rip out your throat?" "I fear the thought had crossed his mind," said Cabot, "but of greater interest to you, and one of the reasons I have sought you out, other than perhaps to kill you, is to inform you that the little blonde animal, as you think of her, and appropriately in m... |
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| 27 | 156 |
"A man of Peisistratus will attempt to contact Lord Arcesilaus in the morning, in the cylinder day, openly, a fellow not to be suspected by Kur guards, as I might be". |
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| 28 | 54 |
"You are attempting to contact Lord Arcesilaus?" "A man is on his way to his lodgings now," said Peisistratus. |
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| 29 | 24 |
"We have seen no sign of Lord Grendel," she said, "nor of Lady Bina". |
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| 29 | 104 |
Few would have been accounted slaves, perhaps, but that was, in effect, what they were, the lovely daughter of a peasant, sold for sheep, the orphaned beauty put to work in the stables, the pretty domestic servant summonable to the manor's lord's bed, and such, and, earlier, thousands of beauties so... |
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| 29 | 243 |
This trove of combustibles had been fetched earlier by the slave, while Cabot had investigated the beach, and prowled within the forest, discovering however no sign of Lord Grendel or the Lady Bina. |
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| 29 | 251 |
Had Lord Arcesilaus been warned? Presumably so, unless the messenger had been anticipated, or intercepted. |
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| 31 | 45 |
"Small prints, barefoot, the prints of a woman!" "It is Lord Grendel then," she said, "and Lady Bina?" "Yes," said Cabot. |
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| 31 | 61 |
"Lord Grendel would not know it was your signal," she said. |
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| 31 | 76 |
"He was present at the trial of Lord Pyrrhus," said Cabot, "and might well have seen the strings of rubies given to me by Agamemnon, which I wore over my robes". |
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| 31 | 89 |
"Grendel, Lord Grendel," she said. |
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| 32 | 5 |
"Lord Grendel," said Cabot, relieved. |
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| 32 | 25 |
"I will do my best to see that she does not betray Lord Arcesilaus and Peisistratus to the palace," said Cabot. |
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| 32 | 78 |
"I recall you," said Cabot, "as the naked, collared pet of Lord Arcesilaus, and as once clothed only in chains, in breeding shackles, as I recall". |
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| 32 | 88 |
"Forgive me, Lord Grendel," said Cabot. |
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| 32 | 135 |
"In a way," said Cabot, "I owe her to your cohort and champion, Lord Grendel, for I won her, in effect, on a bet, wagering that he would be successful in the arena. |
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| 32 | 136 |
I won coins in this matter from Lord Peisistratus, and he generously threw her in, with the coins". |
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| 32 | 180 |
"Lord Grendel," said Cabot. |
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| 32 | 197 |
"If she were a slave," said Cabot, "it would be easier to assure ourselves that she would not contact Kurii and implicate Lord Arcesilaus and Peisistratus in the matter of treasonous plotting". |
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| 32 | 271 |
"You may do so in the presence of Lord Grendel," said Cabot. |
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| 32 | 405 |
"Make no sound, Lord Tarl," whispered the Lady Bina. |
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| 32 | 406 |
"Where is Lord Grendel?" asked Cabot. |
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| 32 | 439 |
"Think! We know much that would be of value to Lord Agamemnon. |
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| 32 | 441 |
"Lord Grendel could have killed me on the beach," said Cabot. |
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| 32 | 476 |
"You could always cry out to Lord Grendel," said Cabot, "to rescue you from my foul grasp". |
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| 34 | 75 |
Doubtless to Cabot and his companion, Lord Grendel, and his lovely beast, the slave, she who had been given the name 'Lita', it seemed a long while, perhaps even the night. |
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| 34 | 213 |
"Lord Grendel speculates that Agamemnon trusts that cold is no longer necessary to his plans, and thus, one supposes, that the temperature of the world may be returned to an equable level, one suitable for this season of the cylinder year". |
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| 34 | 273 |
"Did you save the feathers of the lake bird?" asked Cabot of Lord Grendel. |
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| 34 | 274 |
"Not really," said Lord Grendel, wiping his jaws with a massive, haired forearm, "but they are about. |
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| 35 | 14 |
The small party consisting of Cabot, Lord Grendel, and a slave, whose name was Lita, had been in the vicinity of the cave four days now. |
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| 35 | 23 |
This lack, however, was well remedied by Lord Grendel who, several Ahn from the cave, muchly concealing his deformed hands, in a tiny habitat village, had encountered a small smithy, and, with some of Cabot's silver coins, obtained from Peisistratus in consequence of a wager, had arranged with the s... |
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| 35 | 30 |
Lord Grendel, too, we may suppose, paid a good price for his alleged pendants. |
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| 35 | 61 |
"Did you see Lord Grendel?" asked Cabot. |
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| 35 | 80 |
"Lord Grendel is bringing him here," she said. |
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| 35 | 139 |
"What of Lord Arcesilaus?" asked Cabot. |
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| 35 | 148 |
"It is Lord Arcesilaus," said Grendel. |
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| 36 | 2 |
"It is not difficult," said Lord Grendel. |
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| 36 | 4 |
"Certainly," said Lord Grendel. |
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| 36 | 9 |
"Lita," called Cabot, "fling the garland!" Lita removed the garland from her hair and tossed it away from her, and scarcely had it left her hand than the string of the bow of Lord Grendel leaped forward, and then vibrated with that sudden, intense purr, the bow's music, signaling a flight. |
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| 36 | 31 |
"The shaft is not weighty," said Lord Grendel. |
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| 36 | 33 |
"The spear can be swift," said Lord Grendel. |
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| 36 | 48 |
"I think it is a coward's weapon," said Lord Grendel. |
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| 36 | 56 |
"Kurii do not look for nobility and honor from humans," said Lord Grendel. |
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| 36 | 58 |
"Forgive me," said Lord Grendel. |
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| 36 | 60 |
"He would be a fool," said Lord Grendel. |
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| 36 | 84 |
Lord Grendel did not respond. |
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| 36 | 86 |
"Yes," said Lord Grendel. |
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| 36 | 90 |
"No," said Lord Grendel. |
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| 36 | 92 |
"Make more arrows," said Lord Grendel. |
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| 36 | 95 |
"I will go ahead, tonight," said Lord Grendel. |
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| 36 | 101 |
"True," said Lord Grendel, "but she is beautiful". |
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| 36 | 107 |
Yesterday evening, taking advantage of the darkness, Lord Grendel had exited the cave, taking with him a knife, the ax, one of the bows, and a sheaf of arrows. |
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| 36 | 146 |
"It is the ring of Lord Arcesilaus," said the slave. |
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| 36 | 183 |
"If authority were involved, he should have given it to Lord Grendel, if only that he might give it to another". |
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| 36 | 202 |
"Lord Grendel," said the girl, "left many arrows". |
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| 36 | 338 |
"You must remain here, to care for Lord Arcesilaus," said Cabot. |
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| 36 | 347 |
"Do not rise," Cabot cautioned Lord Arcesilaus, for the Kur was now half on its feet, and blood emerged from beneath more than one bandage. |
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| 36 | 348 |
Cabot went to the back of the cave, and Lord Arcesilaus subsided, in obvious pain. |
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| 36 | 351 |
"Leave her behind," said Lord Arcesilaus, "and I will eat her, and this I swear by all the faces of the Nameless One". |
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| 36 | 353 |
"Begone," said Lord Arcesilaus. |
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| 36 | 354 |
Cabot and the slave set supplies within reach of the weakened, anguished Kur, water in vessels which were available from the purchases of Lord Grendel earlier, and what was left of edibles suitable for Kurii, meat from huntings, and some of the processed edibles which had been chemically designed fo... |
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| 37 | 5 |
They were now six days from the cave where they had left Lord Arcesilaus. |
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| 37 | 22 |
Indeed, in some of these camps, dangling bodies could be discerned, where some Kurii, perhaps anticipating the wrath of Lord Agamemnon, had hung themselves in shame. |
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| 37 | 27 |
How will Master know these from the minions and cohorts of Lord Agamemnon?" "There must be ensigns of some sort," said Cabot, "arm bands, flags, scarves, something, if only for the benefit of enlisted humans, to discriminate amongst the striving factions". |
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| 37 | 28 |
"All humans would be foes of Lord Agamemnon," she said. |
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| 38 | 7 |
"Hail, Lord Arcesilaus!" called Cabot. |
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| 39 | 8 |
He gathered, as was the case, the revolution was failing, the revolutionists being heavily outnumbered, and then, in their scattered, defeated, retreating groups, being punished back into a number of isolated, improvised strongholds, which might then be dealt with, one by one, almost at their leisur... |
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| 39 | 102 |
Lord Grendel grimaced, and it may have been a smile. |
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| 40 | 4 |
The slave had been freed from the tree, and the bracelets, and the leash, and had been put to work, preparing a meal, and a small camp for Cabot and Lord Grendel. |
9 |
| 40 | 103 |
Cabot sat up, and Lord Grendel, whose watch it again was, rose to his feet, half crouched, ears lifted. |
9 |
| 40 | 115 |
If this were so, and if Lord Arcesilaus still somehow lived, he, in the cave, would have doubtless heard it, as well. |
9 |
| 40 | 119 |
"Intelligence has been brought to Agamemnon," said Lord Grendel. |
9 |
| 40 | 131 |
"Agamemnon, I am sure," said Lord Grendel, "if perceiving himself adequately threatened, would not hesitate to destroy this world". |
9 |
| 40 | 136 |
"Yes," said Lord Grendel. |
9 |
| 40 | 142 |
"It seems we have made an impression," said Lord Grendel. |
9 |
| 40 | 145 |
"You are short of arrows," said Cabot to Lord Grendel. |
9 |
| 40 | 153 |
"And power weapons may now be utilized within the cylinder," said Lord Grendel. |
9 |
| 40 | 194 |
"It has to do with the message," said Lord Grendel. |
9 |
| 40 | 196 |
"The message," said Lord Grendel, "was clear". |
9 |
| 40 | 198 |
"'Kill all humans'," said Lord Grendel. |
9 |
| 40 | 200 |
"Humans are safe with the revolutionaries," said Lord Grendel, "as they are regarded either as allies or neutral, but those with the purple scarves will destroy all humans on sight". |
9 |
| 40 | 202 |
"They are suspect," said Lord Grendel, "and if one kills them all, one will surely kill those who might favor the revolution". |
9 |
| 40 | 206 |
"They are human," said Lord Grendel. |
9 |
| 40 | 208 |
"They are cattle," said Lord Grendel. |
9 |
| 40 | 211 |
"The Lady Bina," said Lord Grendel, "is human". |
9 |
| 40 | 213 |
"I cannot, I will not," said Lord Grendel. |
9 |
| 40 | 215 |
"I wish you well," said Lord Grendel. |
9 |
| 41 | 58 |
"It would indicate, I suppose," said Cabot, "that Lord Agamemnon is concerned with the revolution, that he takes it seriously, truly, and that he recognizes that its humans may pose some threat to his forces, that their opposition is not negligible". |
9 |
| 41 | 59 |
"Lord Agamemnon is afraid?" asked the slave. |
9 |
| 42 | 79 |
"Lord Agamemnon, it seems," said Cabot, "has a sense of humor. |
9 |
| 43 | 3 |
"You do not understand! I am not to die! The others, not I! I am favored of Lord Agamemnon! I am high in the world! I am Ubara, Ubara!" These noises, of course, would be unintelligible to any Kur who lacked an activated translator. |
9 |
| 43 | 40 |
"I am favored of Lord Agamemnon!" she cried. |
9 |
| 43 | 52 |
"She is favored of Lord Agamemnon," cried Cabot, desperately, "Eleventh face of the Nameless One, Theocrat of the World". |
9 |
| 43 | 85 |
Cabot, by now, had freed his bow and handed it, with an arrow, to Lord Grendel. |
9 |
| 43 | 91 |
"Two, below, fought well," said Lord Grendel. |
9 |
| 43 | 110 |
"I must free her," said Lord Grendel. |
9 |
| 43 | 120 |
Lord Grendel picked up the small object, and handed it to her. |
9 |
| 43 | 123 |
"I did not know that," said Lord Grendel. |
9 |
| 43 | 124 |
"So proclaimed by Lord Agamemnon himself," she said. |
9 |
| 43 | 125 |
"I did not know that," said Lord Grendel. |
9 |
| 43 | 133 |
"I cannot, without a tool," said Lord Grendel. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 30 |
"They are ready, Lord," said Lord Nishida to Lord Okimoto. |
10 |
| 32 | 50 |
Lord Okimoto, without turning his head, said something to Lord Nishida, which I could not hear, and Lord Nishida lifted his hand slightly, signaling the fellow of the Pani, who was serving as herald. |
10 |
| 35 | 89 |
"What hold is this," I asked, "and who is the woman?" He looked to Lord Okimoto, and Lord Okimoto inclined his head, authorizing, it seemed, Lord Nishida to proceed. |
10 |
| 10 | 1 |
In Which is Recounted a Portion of What Occurred in the Pavilion of Lord Nishida "Greetings, Tarl Cabot, tarnsman," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 10 | 110 |
"These two," said Lord Nishida, "were selected suitably, as specified?" said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 10 | 656 |
The contract woman on the left, as one looked toward the dais, said, "Does she not smell, Lord Nishida?" "She will have to be scrubbed," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 10 | 710 |
"I fear, Lord Nishida," said Tajima to Lord Nishida, "the woman is unutterably stupid". |
10 |
| 12 | 79 |
I doubted that either Thrasilicus or Lord Nishida believed me to suppose they truly labored for Priest-Kings, but it did not seem judicious to them, obviously, to express doubt as to my convictions in this matter, nor did it seem judicious to me to challenge their claim, or, perhaps better, that of ... |
10 |
| 14 | 185 |
Or it may be he was betrayed by his lord, or that his lord proved unworthy of his devotion. |
10 |
| 16 | 217 |
"Should Lord Nishida not be taken to his pavilion?" "Lord Nishida, of course," said the fellow, "would be taken to his pavilion". |
10 |
| 17 | 46 |
The Pani, I was sure, would be loyal to their lord, their daimyo, Lord Nishida, for that seemed to be their way, and a cornered mercenary, one with no hope of a higher fee or escape, much like the cornered seventy-pound canal urt of Port Kar, is a most desperate and dangerous foe. |
10 |
| 19 | 161 |
If he had put the seven heads before Lord Nishida, that suggested that Lord Nishida was his daimyo. |
10 |
| 25 | 39 |
I wondered if Lord Nishida was truly loyal to his shogun, and, if so, I wondered if his shogun was such as to deserve such loyalty, or might he, rather, in his way, regard lightly the feudal pledges which would bind a lord and vassal. |
10 |
| 28 | 466 |
Although I said nothing, it seemed to me that we had now limited the suspicions of Lord Nishida, expressed to me earlier in Tarncamp, in his tent after I had left the feast, if they were warranted, that they had now been narrowed to Fabius, Telarion, and Tyrtaios "But why, then," asked Lord Nishida,... |
10 |
| 31 | 13 |
"Lord Okimoto is cousin to the shogun," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 31 | 43 |
"They will cut their brother's throat for a silver tarsk, so why not that of a stranger for a disk of gold?" "And who," I asked, "will preside over this slaughter?" "Lord Okimoto, of course," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 32 | 9 |
There were many Ashigaru and officers about, both of the commands of Lord Nishida, many of whom I recognized, and many others, I took it, of Lord Okimoto. |
10 |
| 32 | 31 |
Lord Okimoto was shorter than Lord Nishida, and, on the platform, seemed immobile, almost somnolent, like a sack of sand. |
10 |
| 32 | 47 |
So simply, I thought, does Lord Nishida, and Lord Okimoto, select amongst skills, and divest themselves of superfluous minions. |
10 |
| 32 | 75 |
Lord Okimoto said something to Lord Nishida, which I could not hear, and then, slowly, ponderously, assisted by servitors, he rose to his feet and retired from the platform. |
10 |
| 33 | 1 |
I Hold Converse with Lord Nishida "Your plans, I understand it," I said to Lord Nishida, "have been advanced". |
10 |
| 33 | 108 |
"Must not each god have a side," he asked, "a favored outcome?" Surely, I thought, the foes of Lord Nishida and Lord Okimoto will have their resources and allies, as well. |
10 |
| 34 | 69 |
"That was not clear at the time, I gather," I said, "but it seems reasonably clear now that the agency involved must be the Pani, say, Lord Nishida, or Lord Okimoto, or those in whose behalf they labor". |
10 |
| 34 | 122 |
I had refrained hitherto from directly confronting either Lord Nishida or Lord Okimoto with the matter of the supposed hold over me, in virtue of some woman. |
10 |
| 34 | 124 |
Now I would put the question to either Lord Nishida, or, if necessary, to Lord Okimoto. |
10 |
| 35 | 1 |
What Occurred in the Pavilion of Lord Okimoto "Though you are a barbarian," said Lord Nishida, "you are honored". |
10 |
| 35 | 5 |
"It is sometimes difficult to understand Lord Okimoto," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 35 | 31 |
"I have explained to Lord Okimoto," said Lord Nishida, "your reservations pertaining to descending the Alexandra, the lateness of the season, the impending cold, the force of winter, the perils of the sea at this time". |
10 |
| 35 | 146 |
"This is Hisui, in service to Lord Okimoto," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 38 | 73 |
The war, as I recalled from a remark of Lord Nishida in the pavilion of Lord Okimoto, was to the knife, without quarter. |
10 |
| 43 | 108 |
"He has taken fee with Lord Okimoto," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 43 | 110 |
"Lord Okimoto," said Lord Nishida, "is cousin to the shogun". |
10 |
| 43 | 171 |
"Lord Okimoto," said Lord Nishida, "desires that you accept our friend, Rutilius, of Ar, in the cavalry". |
10 |
| 43 | 173 |
"It is the wish of Lord Okimoto," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 43 | 175 |
"Lord Okimoto is cousin to the shogun," said Lord Nishida. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 33 |
Whereas Tyrtaios, as of the dismissal of Seremides, was no longer of the retinue of Lord Nishida, but of that of Lord Okimoto, at the latter's request, and was well aware that Lord Okimoto was of subtly higher station than Lord Nishida, he was also well aware, as were most of us, that Lord Okimoto, ... |
10 |
| 26 | 95 |
Happily, I learned, Saru, the slave given by Lord Nishida to Lord Temmu, and the ten slaves given by Lord Okimoto to Lord Temmu, were more patiently and gently treated. |
10 |
| 4 | 50 |
That Seremides had spoken seemed to surprise Lord Nishida, who glanced to Lord Okimoto, but Lord Okimoto remained passive, his countenance unreadable. |
10 |
| 9 | 387 |
"Is the honorable Tajima, swordsman," asked Lord Okimoto, once more, politely, "authorized to speak for Lord Nishida?" "I am authorized to speak for Lord Nishida," said a voice from the deck, at the top of the ramp. |
10 |
| 9 | 394 |
It was my understanding that each lord had something like two hundred and fifty Pani in his command, that those of Lord Nishida had been housed at a place called Tarn Camp, north of the Alexandra, some pasangs from its headwaters, and that those of Lord Okimoto had been housed differently, but in th... |
10 |
| 21 | 115 |
Each lord seemed more comfortable, on the whole, dealing with the armsmen and mariners by means of an intermediary, Tyrtaios for Lord Okimoto, Turgus for Lord Nishida, though there was nothing rigid in this matter. |
10 |
| 30 | 56 |
"If so, Rutilius, half of man," said Lord Okimoto, "what should be done with him?" "I resign that matter cheerfully, noble lord," said Seremides, "to your judgment, or that of the great Lord Temmu". |
10 |
| 5 | 168 |
Perhaps, I thought, his identity was known to Lord Okimoto, even to Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 5 | 180 |
"Do you speak on behalf of Lord Okimoto?" inquired Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 9 | 379 |
"Is the honorable Tajima, swordsman," asked Lord Okimoto, politely, "authorized to speak for Lord Nishida?" "I speak as he would speak," said Tajima. |
10 |
| 9 | 380 |
"Does the honorable Tajima, swordsman," asked Lord Okimoto, "hold a blade, unhoused, in my presence?" "No, my lord!" said Tajima. |
10 |
| 9 | 390 |
"Ah," said Lord Okimoto, politely, "Lord Nishida". |
10 |
| 9 | 422 |
"One wonders, Lord Nishida," said Lord Okimoto, "if Tarl Cabot, tarnsman, is loyal". |
10 |
| 13 | 37 |
Lord Nishida's and Lord Okimoto's course, given to Aëtius and Tersites, had intended to skirt the Vine Sea by a hundred pasangs, but the Vine Sea moves, obedient to wind and current, and it was apparently far beyond its usual haunts. |
10 |
| 15 | 5 |
Lord Okimoto had found Seremides of use earlier in the voyage; his sword had been formidable, and he had muchly facilitated Lord Okimoto's contacts with those of us not of the Pani. |
10 |
| 15 | 13 |
Seremides no longer wore the yellow livery of Lord Okimoto, for Lord Okimoto had dismissed him from his service. |
10 |
| 15 | 16 |
Tyrtaios, who had been of the retinue of Lord Nishida, had now been requisitioned by Lord Okimoto to fulfill the role which had been that of Seremides. |
10 |
| 15 | 17 |
Accordingly, Tyrtaios was now of the retinue of Lord Okimoto, and no longer of that of Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 16 | 44 |
"And who is this shogun?" "The great lord, Yamada, our enemy," said Lord Okimoto. |
10 |
| 16 | 82 |
"None of my men, none of the men of Lord Okimoto?" said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 16 | 148 |
"Marshall two hundred armsmen," said Lord Okimoto to Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 16 | 225 |
"Recall the men!" said Lord Nishida to Lord Okimoto. |
10 |
| 16 | 233 |
"This shall be called to the attention of Lord Temmu," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 16 | 273 |
"Recall the men, lord," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 16 | 300 |
"It is the fleet of Lord Yamada," said Lord Okimoto. |
10 |
| 17 | 114 |
On the other hand, as I understood it, Lord Nishida had no great personal interest in the slave, other than her political value, as a gift to a greater lord. |
10 |
| 21 | 10 |
"Please, noble lord," said Tyrtaios to Lord Nishida, nearby, "anchor, put forth the galleys. |
10 |
| 21 | 32 |
"May I implore Lord Okimoto," inquired Tyrtaios, "that he, as senior, may rule otherwise?" "Certainly," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 21 | 98 |
"Lord Okimoto approaches," observed Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 21 | 141 |
"It is my calculation," said Lord Okimoto, "from the charts, that we have abeam the lands which were once those of Lord Temmu". |
10 |
| 21 | 228 |
"Lord Temmu holds the shore," said Lord Okimoto, his glass of the Builders trained on the streaming smoke. |
10 |
| 21 | 247 |
"We expected to see a single column," said Lord Nishida, "that of yellow, which would signify that the castle of Lord Temmu still stands, that it is not yet taken. |
10 |
| 21 | 260 |
"The green column," said Lord Nishida, "might indicate that an area is safe to approach, even though it might lie in the territory of Lord Yamada, no enemy being about, or that a passage has been cleared, or a castle may be approached, or such, and thus one might have green without red, but it would... |
10 |
| 21 | 262 |
"Yellow," said Lord Nishida to Cabot, "indicates that the holding of Lord Temmu stands". |
10 |
| 21 | 265 |
"If we hold the shore," said Lord Nishida, thoughtfully, "it would seem quite likely that the castle of Lord Temmu would still stand". |
10 |
| 24 | 1 |
We Have Made Landfall; We Shall Approach the Castle of Lord Temmu The stone-set walls were high, on both sides of the steep, winding, cobbled trail, some ten feet in width, better than a pasang in length, leading tortuously upward to the castle of Lord Temmu. |
10 |
| 25 | 69 |
Rumors were being spread by Lord Temmu's men, disguised as fishermen, herdsmen, and such, of new allies for Lord Temmu, strange warriors, arrived from far off, and, terrifyingly, of dragon birds, which might fly forth and destroy armies. |
10 |
| 25 | 96 |
In any event, she was stripped and danced before Lord Temmu, after which Lord Nishida, as was apparently his original intention, gave her to him. |
10 |
| 27 | 17 |
Turgus and Tyrtaios both now joined me on the parapet, Turgus, liaison to Lord Nishida, Tyrtaios to Lord Okimoto. |
10 |
| 28 | 90 |
But, too, of course, what did I owe, really, to Lords Nishida and Okimoto, or to Lord Temmu, who, as far as I knew, might be as bad as, or even worse than, Lord Yamada. |
10 |
| 30 | 5 |
"Lord Okimoto is generous," said Tyrtaios to the superior with whom he was liaison, Lord Okimoto. |
10 |
| 30 | 54 |
"Here, noble lord," said Seremides to Lord Okimoto, indicating Tereus, "is the leader of the desertion". |
10 |
| 30 | 147 |
Certainly Lord Okimoto, despite his ponderous bulk, his measured, graceful movements, and such, was, like Lord Nishida, a very clever man. |
10 |
| 31 | 14 |
Were they not vulnerable, outside the walls? Might there not be bandits? Might not the fleet of Lord Yamada appear, unexpectedly, or might not forces be landed from it, somewhere in the vicinity, which might raid the ship? Indeed, did not soldiers of Lord Yamada even now camp within sight of our wal... |
10 |
| 35 | 161 |
"Rather, I bring you greetings from Lord Nishida and from Tarl Cabot, tarnsman, commander of the tarn cavalry of Lord Temmu". |
10 |
| 36 | 7 |
I had gathered that the movements of the forces of Lord Temmu were much restricted in the islands, with the result that an overseas trade, as it might slip through the blockades of Lord Yamada, might provide an access to goods otherwise less available, in particular, weaponry, missiles, cloth, leath... |
10 |
| 36 | 335 |
It will be mounted on the wall of the castle of Lord Temmu, for ten days, and it will then be cast amongst the soldiers below, of the forces of Lord Yamada, with instructions that it be delivered to their man, Tyrtaios. |
10 |
| 36 | 393 |
"We have journeyed to the World's End, Brundisium, we have founded a trade route, we are in the process of obtaining much needed goods for our shogun, Lord Temmu, we have foiled, or meddled in, the plot of the traitor, Tyrtaios, have perhaps saved your life, and, in any event have deprived him of hi... |
10 |
| 37 | 553 |
"It is my conjecture," she said, "that Lord Nishida and Master Tarl Cabot, who commands the tarn cavalry of Lord Temmu, would not have been likely, as an expression of their esteem and gratitude to my master, to send him so negligible a gift as a mere slave, and one untrained, too". |
10 |
| 37 | 575 |
"Now a gift of true worth," she said, "is presented by a slave to her master, with the affection and regard of Lord Nishida and Tarl Cabot, commander of the tarn cavalry of Lord Temmu". |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 184 |
I now knew this was not Lord Grendel for Lord Grendel was not awkward; for all his size, and power, he was remarkably graceful; his movements were as sure as those of a stalking sleen; too, he was dexterous; the same paw which might tear the iron handle from a gate could lift a pin from the floor, a... |
10 |
| 48 | 117 |
The common Kur is fanatically loyal to his lord, unless his lord is thought to have failed him, in which case the bond of allegiance is regarded as dissolved. |
10 |
| 50 | 25 |
The wine shop of Amyntas remained a station in this exchange, but only one, to which I would deliver a message or from which I would receive a message, to be returned to the Lady Bina or Lord Grendel, almost always Lord Grendel. |
10 |
| 51 | 77 |
The slave, Allison, was no more than a means to an end, a possible source of information, a pretext by means of which he might obtain a proximity to Lord Grendel, to which end he joined Lord Grendel's expedition to the Voltai. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 274 |
"To Lord Okimoto, lord in Shipcamp, high lord of the Pani". |
10 |
| 14 | 53 |
Lord Okimoto was a lord, or daimyo, of the Pani, whose headquarters were at Shipcamp. |
10 |
| 14 | 54 |
At Tarncamp, the lord, or daimyo, was a Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 14 | 203 |
Some days ago there had been a failed attempt on the life of Lord Nishida, which attempt had been shortly followed by a presumably coordinated, large-scale attack on the camp, one beaten away, on the ground, by Pani and mercenaries, and in the air, by Lord Nishida's tarn cavalry, commanded by the ta... |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 107 |
Lord Temmu is our lord, and, as we do not recognize Lord Yamada as our lord, we do not see ourselves as in rebellion, and thus do not see ourselves as rebels". |
10 |
| 61 | 1293 |
I thought of astute, patient, brilliant Lord Nishida, of swaying, ponderous Lord Okimoto, poet, and master of calligraphy, and Lord Temmu, his narrow, covetous eyes to the south, and the dominions of Lord Yamada. |
10 |
| 6 | 37 |
The motivations of Lord Yamada, greed and ambition, power and wealth, were clear enough, and familiar enough, as were the responses of Lord Temmu, who was, perhaps, not really so different from Lord Yamada himself. |
10 |
| 6 | 211 |
I recalled that Lord Okimoto had earlier leaned toward Lord Temmu, and said something, and that Lord Temmu had nodded. |
10 |
| 9 | 71 |
Then, behind Lord Temmu on the right stood Lord Okimoto, and on the left, Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 15 | 1 |
Lord Akio "You do not mind that you are denied weapons?" asked Lord Akio, a daimyo of Lord Yamada. |
10 |
| 16 | 55 |
I recalled that neither Lord Nishida nor Lord Okimoto had been at the meeting with Lord Temmu, that also attended by Daichi and, to my surprise at the time, Sumomo. |
10 |
| 20 | 1 |
Supper in the Palace of Lord Yamada "My thanks, noble lord," said Pertinax to Lord Yamada. |
10 |
| 21 | 109 |
It may be recalled that Lord Yamada had been displeased with the foiled espionage of his daughter, Sumomo, who had been placed as a supposed contract woman in the quarters of Lord Nishida, a daimyo of Lord Temmu. |
10 |
| 21 | 111 |
This intelligence having been brought to the attention of Lord Temmu and Lord Okimoto, a daimyo of Lord Temmu, it had been determined that she was to be cast from the parapet at a time corresponding to that at which her observed message had been delivered. |
10 |
| 24 | 80 |
When I had come into the power of Lord Yamada, betrayed into his hands by Lord Temmu, however, Lord Akio was the only daimyo then in attendance at the palace. |
10 |
| 30 | 414 |
"Behold," proclaimed Tajima, looking down, pleased, upon his handiwork, "the daughter of Lord Yamada, supposed Shogun of the Islands, a slave, and the slave of Tajima, servitor to the daimyo, Lord Nishida of Nara, Tajima, officer in the tarn cavalry of Lord Temmu, commanded by the warrior Tarl Cabot... |
10 |
| 39 | 112 |
We think she is being held by Lord Akio, incommunicado, probably in some far, nondescript tent near the perimeter, far from the shogun's command tent and the compound of the camp lord, Lord Akio, most likely concealed amongst other slaves". |
10 |
| 42 | 89 |
"When recently in the tent of the camp lord," I said, "Lord Akio remarked that Lord Yamada may not always be shogun". |
10 |
| 45 | 177 |
"In the holding," I said, "Lord Nishida informed Lord Temmu that Nodachi had departed the holding, to seek Lord Yamada". |
10 |
| 60 | 468 |
The forces of Lord Temmu in the south, I speculate, will be commanded by either Lord Nishida or Lord Okimoto, or both. |
10 |
| 1 | 13 |
There were four of us at the wall at this time, myself, lean Lord Nishida, Nishida of Nara, who had commanded at Tarncamp, ponderous Lord Okimoto, Okimoto of Asuka, who had commanded at Shipcamp, and sandy haired Pertinax, once of Earth, student of Nodachi, swordsman. |
10 |
| 1 | 136 |
"It is for the shogun, Lord Temmu," said Lord Okimoto. |
10 |
| 1 | 137 |
"I fear," said Lord Nishida, "many of our fields have fallen into the hands of the forces of Lord Yamada". |
10 |
| 1 | 217 |
"He was summoned to the keep, by command of Lord Temmu," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 1 | 249 |
"I fear our noble friend, Lord Okimoto," said Lord Nishida, "is unduly pessimistic. |
10 |
| 1 | 307 |
"Lord Temmu," said Lord Nishida, "hopes to cloak the tarn with secrecy, that its appearance in battle may surprise and disconcert the enemy. |
10 |
| 1 | 379 |
"The cavalry is not to be committed without orders from Lord Temmu," said Lord Okimoto. |
10 |
| 1 | 397 |
"Lord Temmu was not pleased," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 1 | 399 |
"Lord Temmu sees no one now," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 1 | 438 |
How are such things to be understood? Might not mysteries be suspected, might not fears flourish, might not superstitions be engaged?" "I find it difficult to believe that you would suggest so fanciful and unrealistic an action," said Lord Okimoto, "one destitute of the prospects of success and so c... |
10 |
| 1 | 441 |
"Fields are few and distant, and many are held by archers and Ashigaru of Lord Yamada," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 1 | 499 |
In any event, she, originally owned by Lord Nishida, had been given as a gift to the shogun, Lord Temmu. |
10 |
| 1 | 514 |
"The commander clearly understands, I trust," said Lord Okimoto, "the cavalry is not to be committed, or engaged, without direct orders from Lord Temmu". |
10 |
| 2 | 110 |
Lord Nishida and Lord Okimoto might have considered ritual knives. |
10 |
| 4 | 102 |
"Lord Nishida ponders war, and Lord Okimoto, I fear, the ritual knife". |
10 |
| 4 | 146 |
He was loyal to the cavalry, to his shogun, Lord Temmu, and to his daimyo, Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 6 | 1 |
The Dais "I bring you words of conciliation, of forgiveness, and joy from your lord, Lord Yamada, Shogun of the Islands," said Tyrtaios. |
10 |
| 6 | 12 |
How had they come to know that the designated site was not occupied? What would have prompted their curiosity? What would have been their motivation in conducting such an inquiry? It was my understanding that, better than two years ago, the forces of Lord Yamada had encroached upon, and intruded int... |
10 |
| 6 | 41 |
"I bear, on behalf of my lord, and yours, Lord Yamada, Shogun of the Islands," said Tyrtaios, "welcome, merciful words, words of exoneration, and clemency". |
10 |
| 6 | 46 |
"It is the word of my lord, and yours, Lord Yamada, Shogun of the Islands," said Tyrtaios, "that peace, amity, harmony, and love, be between us, fully and forever". |
10 |
| 6 | 49 |
Ponderous Lord Okimoto was seated to his right, and lean Lord Nishida on his left. |
10 |
| 6 | 56 |
I did know Sumomo and Hana, contract women of Lord Nishida, largely from my relationship to Lord Nishida, to whom I usually reported. |
10 |
| 6 | 64 |
Accordingly, my lord, and yours, Lord Yamada, Shogun of the Islands, is willing, under certain conditions, to grant full amnesty to all rebels". |
10 |
| 6 | 67 |
Lord Temmu nodded to his right, to Lord Okimoto, appropriately offering his senior daimyo, and cousin, the first opportunity to speak. |
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| 6 | 75 |
The first times I had heard Lord Okimoto, in Shipcamp, Lord Nishida had been of great help, almost acting as an interpreter. |
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| 6 | 78 |
Years ago Lord Okimoto, in serving his shogun, Lord Temmu, his cousin, had sustained a knife wound in his throat. |
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| 6 | 88 |
Lord Temmu then, politely, nodded to his left, where, cross-legged, reposed lean Lord Nishida. |
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| 6 | 92 |
"We attend the words of noble Tyrtaios," said Lord Nishida, "words spoken on behalf of his lord, noble Yamada, claimant to the islands". |
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| 6 | 94 |
"It is interesting," said Lord Nishida, "that the great lord would send noble Tyrtaios, who served us well in Brundisium, and in the forests, and who accompanied us on the great ship, and who stood at our side in the holding, as an emissary to our court". |
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| 6 | 106 |
Too, Lord Yamada is not our lord. |
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| 6 | 122 |
I saw Lord Okimoto lean toward Lord Temmu. |
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| 6 | 129 |
In the last days, thanks to the compassion and generosity of my gracious lord, Lord Yamada, you have been permitted to trade some goods for food". |
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| 6 | 137 |
What Pani, at least of noble birth and refinement, would burn a well-wrought fan, a samisen, a lovely painted screen, or a poem? "Is it true," asked Lord Nishida, "that you ask Pani warriors, many of whom are men of two swords, to surrender?" "Surely not, Lord," said Tyrtaios, hastily. |
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| 6 | 141 |
"It is requested only that you live in peace and harmony with your lord, Lord Yamada, Shogun of the Islands". |
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| 6 | 163 |
"The trustworthiness of Lord Yamada is legendary in the islands," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 6 | 181 |
"The generosity of Lord Yamada is noted," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 6 | 201 |
Lord Nishida turned his head to face Lord Temmu, who sat, cross-legged, near the back of the dais. |
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| 6 | 224 |
"I am offended," said Lord Okimoto to Tyrtaios, "that Lord Yamada would send one such as you to convey his words, a traitor and miscreant. |
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| 6 | 255 |
I recalled Lord Nishida had asked if Lord Okimoto would be the first to use the knife. |
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| 6 | 259 |
"Tell your lord," said Lord Temmu, "that the holding stands". |
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| 7 | 86 |
She had been the slave of Lord Nishida who had, after we had arrived at the World's End, bestowed her on the shogun, Lord Temmu. |
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| 7 | 190 |
"What of Lord Okimoto?" "He is a daimyo," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 7 | 301 |
"Lord Okimoto is senior daimyo," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 7 | 375 |
"Lord Okimoto," said Lord Nishida, "has the ear of the shogun". |
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| 8 | 126 |
"I shall speak to Lord Okimoto," I said, "who, I trust, will speak to Lord Temmu". |
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| 9 | 19 |
"Lord, Lord?" inquired a general. |
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| 9 | 25 |
* * * I had returned to the holding and had spoken to Lord Okimoto, and he, in turn, shortly thereafter, had addressed himself to his cousin, the shogun, Lord Temmu. |
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| 11 | 107 |
"Lord Nishida, Lord Okimoto?" "No," he said. |
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| 11 | 154 |
I was not so sure, personally, that there was all that much difference between the tyranny of a Lord Yamada and the benevolence of a Lord Temmu. |
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| 11 | 212 |
"Lord Temmu, Lord Okimoto," he said, "did not approve of your unauthorized use of the cavalry". |
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| 11 | 328 |
If there is a traitor in high places, it is surely Lord Okimoto, fat, sly, captious, suspicious, censuring, unpleasant, secretive Lord Okimoto, a bloated tarsk, cousin to the shogun, he who would have much to gain from treachery, he who is next in line for the shogunate". |
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| 12 | 79 |
"Lord Nishida," I said, "is a daimyo, in allegiance to Lord Temmu". |
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| 12 | 80 |
"Lord Temmu, the usurper and unjust tyrant, the scourge of the islands, has two daimyos," he said, "one is Lord Nishida, whom you mentioned. |
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| 12 | 147 |
Neither Lord Nishida nor Lord Okimoto were present. |
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| 12 | 239 |
Such a strategy I had often thought might have been designed by Lord Yamada himself, and now, for the first time, it struck me, like a fist, that it may well have been designed by Lord Yamada himself. |
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| 12 | 337 |
"The bones and shells do not lie," said Daichi, "however they are cast, whoever casts them, whether, say, by the reader of Lord Yamada or unworthy, humble Daichi, faithful retainer of Lord Temmu". |
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| 13 | 17 |
"As was that of Lord Nishida by the servitors of Lord Temmu, Master," she said. |
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| 14 | 1 |
The Balcony; My Conversation with Lord Yamada "There!" said Lord Yamada, pointing. |
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| 14 | 29 |
"What is going on, Lord?" inquired Lord Akio. |
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| 18 | 91 |
Tajima and Pertinax, allow me to introduce Lord Akio, a daimyo of Lord Yamada". |
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| 19 | 88 |
"Lord Yamada received something like one hundred and fifty slaves from the holding of Lord Temmu". |
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| 20 | 17 |
One did suppose that her indiscretion would eventually be brought to the attention of Lord Nishida which intelligence, assuming him loyal to Lord Temmu, would terminate her usefulness in his quarters, as a spy. |
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| 20 | 121 |
Lord Yamada is now well aware of the disclosure of Sumomo's secret commission, the detection of her action on the parapet, that the nature of her role in the holding of Lord Temmu has been brought to light, as she apparently is not. |
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| 20 | 345 |
"Great lord," I said to Lord Yamada, "I fear the beauty of your daughter, the aroma of the garden, the joy of the evening, the sparkle of sake, the light of the moons, the babble of the water, rendered my officer not himself, but stumbling and incoherent". |
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| 20 | 513 |
Summon Tatsu, reader of bones and shells!" Ah, I thought to myself, what message will be revealed amongst the scattered bones and shells, to be carried by Tajima and Pertinax to the holding of Lord Temmu where, doubtless, it will be confirmed by the noble Daichi? I thought it would most likely have ... |
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| 20 | 550 |
"And you shall not again!" said Lord Yamada, and the companion sword, with a movement of Lord Yamada's wide sleeve, entered the reader's heart, and then, as easily, with another motion of that sleeve, withdrew. |
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| 20 | 582 |
"Behold, Lord," said Lord Akio, kneeling beside the fallen assailant, who had now been turned to his back. |
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| 21 | 55 |
Four days ago, following the slaying of the reader of bones and shells, Tatsu, and the attempted assassination of Lord Yamada, Tajima and Pertinax had left the palace grounds and, as far as I knew, returned safely to the encampment beyond the holding of Lord Temmu. |
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| 21 | 71 |
Long ago, on a dark night on a remote beach, the remaining land forces of Lord Temmu, defeated and routed, confronted with superior force on one side, the victorious warriors and Ashigaru of Lord Yamada, and roiling Thassa on the other, awaited their last battle, in which they would be driven into t... |
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| 21 | 117 |
It may also be recalled that Lord Yamada, before Tajima and Pertinax departed for their rendezvous with Ichiro, offered each a woman, who might be kept as their own, and, also, that Tajima, to my surprise, and presumably to that of Lord Yamada, expressed a concern as to the comfort of slaves, on wha... |
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| 22 | 1 |
What Occurred During Tea with the Shogun "Great lord," I said to Lord Yamada, "I am come to beg the life of your daughter, Sumomo". |
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| 23 | 214 |
"It is clear," I said, "that Lord Yamada has agents in the camp of Lord Temmu". |
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| 23 | 276 |
"In the cot of Lord Yamada," he said, "will be found the birds come from the holding of Lord Temmu, and those birds who are to be transported thence, to return later". |
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| 24 | 145 |
"Perhaps, great lord," I said to Lord Yamada, "such a march might be premature. |
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| 24 | 172 |
"But perhaps it will fly for you, great lord," said Lord Akio. |
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| 29 | 200 |
"You are the property of Tajima, officer in the tarn cavalry, liaison to the forces of Lord Nishida, daimyo to the shogun, Lord Temmu," I said. |
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| 35 | 2 |
"Lord Akio knows me, from the day of the supper with Lord Yamada, and will certainly recognize Sumomo. |
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| 35 | 23 |
"Accordingly," said Tajima, "Lord Akio, who will doubtless surmise your likely identities, and may easily inquire into the matter, if in doubt, need not report your presence to Lord Yamada. |
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| 36 | 2 |
By now, perhaps the eighth Ahn, we supposed that Yasushi would have visited Lord Akio, and Lord Akio would have had an opportunity to make his determination with respect to Nezumi, who was not with us, discovering her to be the former Sumomo. |
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| 37 | 70 |
On the other hand, given the intensity and extensiveness of searchings, the broadcast alertings of villages, and such, which would presumably be anticipated, it would be quite possible that he would be captured, and, if captured, would be brought to Lord Yamada, not back at the palace, but here, whe... |
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| 39 | 77 |
"Ichiro," he said, "watches near the compound of Lord Akio, camp lord here, lest Tajima be moved". |
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| 40 | 46 |
Did you not see the banner of the camp lord?" "Perhaps by morning," I said, "there will be a new camp lord". |
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| 40 | 79 |
"The great lord," said Lord Akio, "does not know he is my prisoner". |
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| 42 | 21 |
"Approach the entrance, demand to see the whip master, proclaim that you have come on behalf of the camp lord, Lord Akio, who plans a pleasure feast and will require the services of, say, four slaves, which you are authorized to select". |
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| 42 | 71 |
Unbeknownst to her, she had been brought to Gor, requisitioned, for Lord Nishida, who wished to give such a woman, young, shapely, fairly complexioned, blond-haired, blue-eyed, and beautiful, as a gift to Lord Temmu, his shogun. |
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| 42 | 91 |
"At the time of Lord Yamada's supper," said Pertinax, "Lord Akio slew the would-be assassin, despite the fact that the fellow had already been subdued by Ashigaru". |
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| 42 | 93 |
"You think Lord Akio plots against Lord Yamada?" said Tajima. |
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| 42 | 102 |
As I see it, Lord Akio is the most prominent daimyo of Lord Yamada. |
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| 42 | 103 |
Certainly he was much at the palace, and, now, is the camp lord of Lord Yamada's march. |
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| 42 | 104 |
In the event of Lord Yamada's demise I suspect that Lord Akio would be the presumptive shogun. |
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| 42 | 108 |
Add in now, in addition to Lord Akio's presumed uncontested ascent to the shogunate, his likely jealousy, envy, and hatred of Lord Yamada, and his long-thwarted ambition to ascend to the dais of the shogun, his possible interest in the shogun's daughter, now a vulnerable, available slave. |
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| 42 | 109 |
Would it not be a triumph for him, a delightful vengeance on Lord Yamada, and a lovely sop to his vanity, to organize similar suppers, even feasts, for his daimyos, officers, and retainers, feasts served by lovely but lowly barbarian slaves, indeed the very same who served the supper of Lord Yamada,... |
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| 44 | 11 |
"If men with minds and memories are confused and baffled," said Lord Nishida, "how can bones and shells do better, which have neither?" "Do not doubt the bones and shells," said Lord Temmu. |
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| 44 | 31 |
Lord Temmu had relieved me of my command, as he thought, but the cavalry, as I understood it, had remained mine, and now, with no change in things, Lord Temmu had supposedly returned my command. |
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| 44 | 32 |
But the reality was that the cavalry had repudiated in fact, if not in name, its allegiance to Lord Temmu, following his betrayal of me into the power of Lord Yamada. |
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| 44 | 40 |
"Tarl Cabot, tarnsman," said Lord Okimoto, "was a guest in the palace of Lord Yamada, for several days. |
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| 44 | 59 |
"Lord Yamada is a fool," said Lord Temmu. |
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| 44 | 60 |
"What does Lord Yamada know that we do not?" said Lord Nishida. |
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| 44 | 148 |
"Lord Yamada was informed of this," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 44 | 281 |
"He said he seeks Lord Yamada," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 44 | 326 |
"Perhaps from as far as the palace of Lord Yamada?" asked Lord Nishida. |
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| 47 | 60 |
"This, I take it," had said Lord Yamada, when we were brought, helpless, before him, "is the remarkable swordsman of whom you spoke?" "It is, Lord," said Katsutoshi, captain of the shogun's guard. |
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| 48 | 1 |
We Have Tea with Lord Yamada "We have as yet," said Lord Yamada, "not discovered the whereabouts of the tarns which brought you south". |
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| 54 | 222 |
Lord Temmu would destroy the holding before allowing it to fall into the hands of Lord Yamada. |
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| 54 | 258 |
"And many who are less common," I said, "for example, high officers, even generals, even the shogun, Lord Temmu, and his daimyo, Lord Okimoto". |
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| 57 | 67 |
In Daichi's absence, who now would read the bones and shells for him? Lord Nishida, I was sure, would urge pursuit; Lord Okimoto, I suspected, would advise restraint, until intelligence, and more intelligence, and more intelligence, might be gathered. |
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| 58 | 233 |
Did Priest-Kings favor Lord Temmu or Lord Yamada? Which, if either, was favored by Kurii? Surely both Kurii, or some Kurii, and Priest-Kings, or some Priest-Kings, had collaborated in the readying of, and the flight of, the iron dragon. |
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| 59 | 22 |
"How dare you, magician, and charlatan," said Lord Yamada, "enter my presence unannounced?" "Forgive me, great lord," said Nodachi, "but I announced myself". |
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| 59 | 64 |
"How magician," asked Lord Yamada of Nodachi, "did you survive the test of twelve arrows?" "Does that concern you, great lord?" asked Nodachi. |
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| 60 | 177 |
Lord Yamada then turned to Lord Akio. |
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| 60 | 178 |
"You have not come to succor the shogunate," said Lord Yamada to Lord Akio. |
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| 60 | 186 |
"A gift for Lord Temmu," said Lord Akio. |
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| 60 | 205 |
In the pause which followed Nodachi's swift, almost casual, felling of Lord Akio's two men, that small, eager, ill-fated vanguard unwisely addressing themselves, woefully unsupported, to their foray, both he and Lord Yamada had replaced their companion swords in their sashes and drawn up their field... |
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| 60 | 326 |
I assumed his target was Lord Yamada, but never learned, for Lord Akio suddenly stiffened, and the fan fell behind him. |
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| 60 | 327 |
Warned, Lord Yamada and Nodachi had swiftly turned, but only to see Lord Akio, in his exquisite robes, crumple to the ground. |
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| 60 | 332 |
"Greetings noble lord," said the officer, bowing to Lord Yamada. |
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| 60 | 418 |
"Great lord," I said to Lord Yamada. |
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| 60 | 472 |
What I have to say will, I think, convince either Lord Nishida or Lord Okimoto, or both, to withdraw, or camp, and seek orders from the holding of Temmu, conveyed by tarnsmen. |
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| 61 | 45 |
"I warned of this," said Lord Okimoto to Lord Nishida. |
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| 61 | 53 |
"I urged Lord Temmu to commit more troops to the south," said Lord Okimoto. |
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| 61 | 65 |
"But Lord Akio—" said Lord Okimoto. |
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| 61 | 87 |
"By that of Lord Akio," said Lord Okimoto. |
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| 61 | 96 |
"We shall await the word of Lord Temmu," said Lord Okimoto. |
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| 61 | 99 |
I thought it fortunate that Lord Okimoto, cousin to Lord Temmu, was the ranking officer, the high daimyo, of this small invasion force, probably no more than a thousand men. |
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| 61 | 185 |
I am sure the terms were neither congenial to Lord Yamada nor to Lord Temmu. |
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| 61 | 245 |
"The location of Tyrtaios, and Straton, his fellow, who rode for Lord Yamada, is not known," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 61 | 250 |
"They barely escaped the hand of Lord Temmu," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 61 | 269 |
"Why did you not disabuse Lord Okimoto of his apprehensions?" "I wished to see what you were up to," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 61 | 286 |
Kazumitsu, who had been a special officer to Lord Yamada, was now a loyal and honored daimyo, having succeeded to the authority, honors, lands, and goods of Lord Akio. |
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| 61 | 315 |
"Perhaps you will convey my farewells to Lord Temmu and Lord Okimoto". |
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| 61 | 316 |
"Lord Okimoto will doubtless compose a poem," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 61 | 448 |
"Do you dare, young tarnsman," asked Lord Yamada, "bid against me?" "Yes, great lord," said Ichiro. |
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| 61 | 525 |
"It was feared," said Lord Nishida, "that you might be reluctant to join our cause, and we had much need of a tarn cavalry, that required to balance the numerical superiority of the troops of Lord Yamada". |
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| 61 | 558 |
I recalled that, long ago, near the edge of the northern forest, on the continent, shortly after I had been placed there by the ship of Peisistratus, a slaver, come from the steel world of Lord Arcesilaus, once that of Lord Agamemnon, the unwitting slave, Constantina, foolishly thinking she was a fr... |
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| 61 | 613 |
"I advise you, Tarl Cabot, tarnsman," said Lord Okimoto, ponderous in his long, colorful, swollen robes, "to accede to the polite request of Lord Temmu". |
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| 61 | 1058 |
"And with Lord Temmu, and Lord Okimoto?" he said. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 65 |
The first sign of some contact between the factions of Lord Agamemnon and Lord Arcesilaus had occurred this morning, when Drusus Andronicus, on behalf of Surtak, had called on Lord Grendel to arrange for the return of Lyris, accepting, as was not surprising, Lord Grendel's proposal of an even exchan... |
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| 65 | 339 |
Lucilius roared with rage and leapt at Lord Grendel, with a mighty stroke of the great ax, but Lord Grendel crouched down and, lifting his own ax, gripped in two hands, or paws, struck upward, bringing the blade of his own ax into play, against the higher end of the shaft of the descending ax, and t... |
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| 36 | 120 |
"Clearly," he said, "but with what faction, that of Lord Arcesilaus, or Lord Agamemnon?" "Lord Agamemnon?" I said. |
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| 42 | 89 |
I then told them of the supposed gratitude of a supposed Lord Arcesilaus, seemingly a Kur, spoken of as the Twelfth Face of the Nameless One, entitled "Theocrat of the World," or, at least, I supposed, of one world, a particular steel world, a gratitude that was to find expression in a gift, a gift ... |
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| 42 | 187 |
The most likely faction opposed to Lord Arcesilaus would be that of the deposed Lord Agamemnon, but his faction is inert as of late, indeed, perhaps dissolved, and, to the best of our knowledge, Lord Agamemnon, lacking a body, is little to be feared. |
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| 60 | 90 |
In the absence of Lord Agamemnon, he wishes to achieve the coup left undone, the recruitment or demise of Lord Grendel, a feat by which he would hope to regain the approbation of Lord Agamemnon. |
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| 33 | 597 |
"Our task," cried Kurik, "is set by Lord Arcesilaus!" "She says," I said, "these are not the minions of Lord Arcesilaus". |
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| 36 | 126 |
"We could not pronounce his true name, no more than we could pronounce the true name of Lord Arcesilaus, or Lord Grendel, or the Kur name of Eve". |
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| 37 | 121 |
I took him then to be of the party of Lord Agamemnon, and, perhaps, privy to the plot my master supposed was being contrived against Lord Grendel. |
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| 42 | 112 |
"Why would Lord Arcesilaus wish to give some malformed monstrosity to Lord Grendel?" she asked. |
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| 42 | 120 |
"Perhaps," I said, "Lord Arcesilaus thought Lord Grendel would be pleased". |
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| 42 | 137 |
"A meeting was proposed, in which a message from Lord Arcesilaus to Lord Grendel was to be delivered, one pertaining to worlds". |
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| 42 | 185 |
"It is plausible that Lord Arcesilaus might wish to communicate with Lord Grendel," she said. |
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| 42 | 189 |
Why would Lord Arcesilaus duplicate the experimental debacle that resulted in the formation of Lord Grendel? And if someone did, it would not be sent to Gor, and proffered as a present. |
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| 44 | 64 |
"There is a message for me," said Lord Grendel, "from Lord Arcesilaus?" "Indeed," said the voice. |
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| 45 | 60 |
He had greeted Lord Grendel upon Lord Grendel's admission into the house; he was on the right side of the room, on the couch nearest the dais; and he had first lifted his goblet to him, during the feast, a prerogative of the feast host. |
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| 46 | 63 |
"Lord Agamemnon is most gracious," said Lord Grendel. |
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| 46 | 65 |
"It was supposed so, great lord," said Lord Grendel. |
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| 46 | 71 |
I had first heard of Lord Agamemnon from Kurik, my master, and then, later, in the apartment of the Lady Bina and Lord Grendel. |
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| 46 | 77 |
"But it seems, great lord," said Lord Grendel, "however far flung your interests, deep your plans, and plentiful your allies, that you lack even a body". |
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| 46 | 101 |
"As the noble lord knows," said Lord Grendel, "I have Kur blood". |
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| 46 | 133 |
"The great lord," said Lord Grendel, "offers much. |
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| 48 | 41 |
I suddenly realized that Paula assumed either that Kurik of Victoria, whom she had presumably never seen, was Lord Grendel, or an agent of Lord Grendel. |
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| 48 | 59 |
Master Decius understands that Lord Grendel stands high in the estimation of a Lord Arcesilaus, magistrate of a remote city, and hopes that his presence here might lead to arrangements of mutual profit. |
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| 49 | 55 |
"Behold Lord Grendel," said Decius Albus to the gathered assembly, indicating Kurik of Victoria, "ambassador and plenipotentiary of the great Ubar, Lord Arcesilaus, of rich Mytilene, amongst the Farther Islands, well beyond Cos and Tyros, come to establish ties of friendship and commerce between tha... |
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| 49 | 255 |
"Quite," said Decius Albus, "are simple—we will return the Lady Bina to the care of your principal, Lord Grendel, well and unharmed, in exchange for his oath, that he will be a loyal and active servitor to Lord Agamemnon, obedient and zealous in his service". |
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| 49 | 261 |
"Lord Grendel fought against Lord Agamemnon," said Kurik. |
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| 50 | 203 |
Presumably, then, she would have supposed, in her involvement in the intrigues of Decius Albus, that Lord Agamemnon and Lord Grendel were men, and that the entire matter was one dealing merely with differences between competitive human factions. |
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| 51 | 156 |
I am Kurik, of Victoria, ally to Lord Arcesilaus, friend to your protector, Lord Grendel. |
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| 51 | 159 |
She had engaged him, when arranging the transportation of Lord Grendel, and a slave, to the late-evening meeting at the house of Decius Albus, off the Viktel Aria, purportedly to make contact with a representative or representatives of Lord Arcesilaus. |
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| 51 | 194 |
He wishes to recruit Grendel to his service, as spy and tool, as Grendel is respected, trusted, and well known to the faction of Lord Arcesilaus, which Lord Agamemnon wishes to supplant. |
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| 51 | 214 |
Accompanying us, you have nothing to lose; remaining here, your life is in jeopardy, unless Lord Grendel delivers his oath to Lord Agamemnon". |
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| 52 | 62 |
Lord Grendel had repudiated the game of Lord Agamemnon, and substituted his own. |
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| 53 | 173 |
"She was sent to me from Lord Arcesilaus," said Lord Grendel. |
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| 53 | 181 |
"Lord Arcesilaus is no usurper," said Lord Grendel. |
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| 53 | 230 |
"Surely you know the fate of many Kur females, females of the party of Lord Agamemnon, following the victory of the usurper, Lord Arcesilaus?" "What has that to do with me?" she said. |
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| 54 | 152 |
"I know Lord Agamemnon," said Lord Grendel. |
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| 55 | 52 |
"Lord Agamemnon is generous," said Lord Grendel. |
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| 56 | 142 |
"Of course," said Lord Grendel, and he quietly uttered, in Kur, the true name of he whom I knew only as Surtak, apparently an officer, quite possibly a high officer, in the service of Lord Agamemnon. |
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| 60 | 13 |
I did not know this at the time, as I found Kurii difficult to distinguish from one another, as perhaps they did humans, but the two Kurii there were the two Kurii who had been colleagues of Surtak, and had assisted in the raid in Brundisium, which had succeeded in capturing Eve, she apparently inte... |
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| 60 | 281 |
If larls could speak, how could one transcribe their names in human phonemes? I did not even know, nor, if I knew, could I pronounce the Kur name of Lord Grendel, or that of Lord Agamemnon, or Surtak, or Eve, or Lyris, or others. |
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| 61 | 29 |
"Do so!" responded Surtak, and, simultaneously, at a flick of the paw of Lord Grendel, the chains, like liberated snakes, leapt from his body, and Lord Grendel handed him his own ax, which he had borne to the field. |
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| 61 | 619 |
"Lord Agamemnon," cried Decius Albus, "Eleventh Face of the Nameless One! Forgive me, dear, noble lady! I did not know! Forgive me! Welcome! How thoughtful of the noble lord to remember his unworthy servants, and how like him to transmit his gift, or gifts, by means of so wise and beauteous a messen... |
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| 61 | 857 |
"But," she said, "I favored Lord Agamemnon, your lord". |
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| 64 | 206 |
"Are you prepared to oath to Lord Arcesilaus?" asked Lord Grendel. |
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| 64 | 208 |
"Are you prepared to oath to Lord Agamemnon?" "I think not," said Lord Grendel. |
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| 66 | 13 |
First, they wished to please the Lady Bina, who was fond of the sights and sounds of Ar, and, second, they wished to provide Lord Arcesilaus, the lord of some metal world, with an eye and an ear, an agent and an informant, in Ar. |
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| 66 | 14 |
One might note, at this point, in passing, that the Lady Bina seemed to regard herself as responsible for Lord Grendel and Eve, that they were somehow her charges, and that she must look after them, while, on the other hand, it seemed, contrariwise, that Lord Grendel, and Eve, were muchly concerned ... |
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