| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 |
In Which is Recounted a Portion of What Occurred in the Pavilion of Lord Nishida "Greetings, Tarl Cabot, tarnsman," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 110 |
"These two," said Lord Nishida, "were selected suitably, as specified?" said Lord Nishida. |
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| 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. |
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| 10 | 710 |
"I fear, Lord Nishida," said Tajima to Lord Nishida, "the woman is unutterably stupid". |
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| 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 ... |
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| 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 |
| 19 | 161 |
If he had put the seven heads before Lord Nishida, that suggested that Lord Nishida was his daimyo. |
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| 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,... |
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| 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. |
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| 33 | 1 |
I Hold Converse with Lord Nishida "Your plans, I understand it," I said to Lord Nishida, "have been advanced". |
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| 5 | 310 |
"Nishida," he said. |
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| 5 | 311 |
"Lord Nishida". |
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| 5 | 323 |
From Sullius Maximus, I had gathered that it was to take place with a "mariner" called Nishida. |
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| 5 | 325 |
Similarly, he had spoken of "Lord Nishida," which suggested that the individual, if a mariner, at all, was not likely to be a common mariner. |
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| 8 | 1 |
Tajima; A Woman of Earth is to be Presented to Lord Nishida It was now the next morning. |
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| 8 | 153 |
"Lord Nishida," said Tajima, "is fond of yellow-haired collar-girls". |
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| 8 | 158 |
I wondered if this "Lord Nishida" had put in a request for a yellow-haired collar-girl, if one had been included in, say, his "want list". |
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| 8 | 170 |
"That of Lord Nishida," he said, "in which men, some men, will learn the tarn". |
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| 8 | 235 |
"This will all be explained to you by Lord Nishida. |
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| 8 | 242 |
"I will have you punished by Lord Nishida". |
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| 8 | 246 |
"You, Cabot," she snarled, "are responsible for much of this! You, too, will answer for my shame, my humiliation! I will inveigh with Lord Nishida to see to it that you, too, are punished. |
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| 8 | 248 |
I did not think I had much to fear, at least now, from Lord Nishida, whoever he might be. |
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| 8 | 251 |
"Present me to Lord Nishida, as soon as possible," said Miss Wentworth. |
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| 8 | 282 |
"Perhaps you would present the girl to Lord Nishida? I am sure he would look kindly on one who presents her". |
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| 8 | 284 |
"You are, I take it, a loyal and trusted retainer of Lord Nishida. |
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| 8 | 288 |
"Then," said Tajima, "I think it would be well for him to present her to Lord Nishida. |
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| 8 | 289 |
Lord Nishida may then look upon him with kindness, perhaps even favor". |
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| 8 | 293 |
"Do you agree to present Miss Wentworth to Lord Nishida?" "—Yes," he said. |
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| 8 | 314 |
"It is, after all, you who are to present her to Lord Nishida". |
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| 9 | 346 |
"Does the mastery not fill a man with power," I asked, "with zest, with vitality, with a sense of reality and identity, with a sense of fittingness, with a sense of being himself, with a sense at last of being a part of nature rather than a dislocated, lost, wandering fragment shorn from her?" "Why ... |
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| 9 | 374 |
"Lord Nishida," said Tajima, "regrets the delay, but he was awaiting an envoy, one from exalted personages". |
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| 9 | 395 |
"I cannot see Lord Nishida like this," said Miss Wentworth, indicating her brief tunic, little now but a rag, given our journey through the forest. |
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| 9 | 406 |
"I insist on being brought immediately to Lord Nishida," said Miss Wentworth. |
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| 9 | 409 |
"Bring us to Lord Nishida immediately". |
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| 9 | 412 |
"I must dress!" "Perhaps we might have the honor of greeting Lord Nishida," I said, "and Miss Wentworth might then follow, shortly". |
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| 9 | 420 |
"Also, as I recall, it is you who are to present Miss Wentworth to Lord Nishida". |
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| 9 | 491 |
"Do not be dismayed," said Tajima, "it is from the pavilion of Lord Nishida". |
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| 9 | 495 |
of What Occurred in the Pavilion of Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 3 |
"Greetings," said I, and bowed, politely, which salutation was graciously acknowledged by Lord Nishida, with an inclination of the head. |
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| 10 | 4 |
Lord Nishida was garbed in white robes. |
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| 10 | 8 |
Lord Nishida's countenance was refined, even delicate, but refined and delicate in the way a light, carefully edged weapon is refined and delicate, as, for example, the shorter of the two blades beside him. |
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| 10 | 9 |
"I trust that your journey hither was pleasant, and uneventful," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 14 |
"I am pleased to hear that," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 20 |
"He is in training," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 22 |
"We will see," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 24 |
"We are grateful," said Lord Nishida, "that you deigned to accept our invitation to Tarncamp". |
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| 10 | 27 |
Lord Nishida smiled, slightly. |
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| 10 | 35 |
He was, I took it, the envoy whose arrival Lord Nishida had been awaiting. |
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| 10 | 39 |
Behind Lord Nishida, at the back of the platform, stood six of the "strange men," each armed with a glaive, the blade of which, socketed in its stout pole, was some two-and-a-half feet in length, and curved. |
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| 10 | 45 |
Behind Lord Nishida, to his left, stood what I took to be two women of the "strange men," each lovely, each fully clothed, neither veiled, unlike most Gorean free women, particularly of wealth or high caste, in what I supposed, on Earth, would be spoken of as kimonos. |
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| 10 | 47 |
Too, interestingly, the garment worn by Lord Nishida, as it is called by the same word in Gorean, korti, I will refer to as a kimono, as well. |
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| 10 | 56 |
In any event both were on the platform with Lord Nishida, which suggested status, though in a subordinate position. |
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| 10 | 65 |
"You have a lovely slave," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 71 |
"Please allow her to kneel up," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 75 |
"Excellent, excellent," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 107 |
Lord Nishida turned to the fellow sitting beside him, to his right. |
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| 10 | 112 |
"You made the selection yourself?" said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 115 |
"And are my senses likely to be pleased?" inquired Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 118 |
"Excellent," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 120 |
"True," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 121 |
"Tajima," said Lord Nishida, quietly. |
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| 10 | 123 |
"The other's purpose was served, surely, when the reserve was reached," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 127 |
"I see," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 129 |
Tajima bowed his head, slightly, acknowledging this judgment of Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 130 |
"He may be disposed of later," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 132 |
"There is no place in this camp," said Lord Nishida, "for cowards or weaklings". |
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| 10 | 134 |
"Summon him forth," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 138 |
"Summon him," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 140 |
"Summon him," said Lord Nishida, not unkindly. |
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| 10 | 148 |
"You will fight," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 158 |
"You will now kill him," said Lord Nishida to Tajima. |
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| 10 | 160 |
Tajima turned away from Pertinax, and faced Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 172 |
"He may be permitted to live," said Lord Nishida, "for the time". |
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| 10 | 177 |
I turned to Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 182 |
"If I may," I said to Lord Nishida, "I would now like to speak of matters of importance". |
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| 10 | 185 |
"Yes," said Lord Nishida, "we must speak of matters of importance, and soon, but, first, we should attend to a matter which is not important". |
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| 10 | 187 |
Lord Nishida then looked to the blond fellow with short-cropped hair, he in the nondescript brown tunic, who had had little to say, but had been muchly attentive to all that had transpired. |
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| 10 | 191 |
Lord Nishida then looked to Tajima. |
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| 10 | 194 |
"'Gre-gor-e-white' and 'Mar-gar-et-went-worth'," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 200 |
Lord Nishida leaned forward. |
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| 10 | 209 |
Perhaps she was unaware that she was now within the pavilion, and standing before the dais of Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 245 |
Her concern to appear before Lord Nishida as soon as possible and demand her immediate return to Earth, before an additional and possibly greater delay might take place, had doubtless determined her to avail herself of any expedient at hand, and the sheet, if nothing else, was voluminous and, were t... |
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| 10 | 253 |
Lord Nishida made a tiny motion with his right hand, and Tajima put his hands, gently, to that portion of the sheet which was wrapped about the head and face of the bundled figure. |
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| 10 | 303 |
She threw a piteous look at Lord Nishida, one less then of anger than of supplication. |
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| 10 | 310 |
A small gesture from Lord Nishida, a lifted finger, indicated that the embarrassing impediment to her speech might be removed. |
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| 10 | 315 |
"Lord Nishida!" she cried. |
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| 10 | 321 |
But Lord Nishida smiled, and shook his head a tiny bit, negatively, and lifted his hand a little, in a benevolent, cautionary gesture. |
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| 10 | 328 |
Lord Nishida nodded. |
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| 10 | 330 |
I noted the interest, too, of the two contract women on the dais behind Lord Nishida, and to his left. |
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| 10 | 336 |
White," he said, politely, "please do us the honor of presenting Miss Wentworth to Lord Nishida". |
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| 10 | 338 |
"Lord Nishida," said Pertinax, "this is Miss Margaret Wentworth". |
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| 10 | 339 |
Lord Nishida inclined his head, slightly, graciously, acknowledging her presence. |
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| 10 | 341 |
"Why?" "Deplorably, certain minor details of business were to be attended to," said Lord Nishida, "before we were prepared to entertain your august presence". |
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| 10 | 346 |
"And what is your business?" asked Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 347 |
"First," said Miss Wentworth, "not only was I kept outside, kept waiting, but I was subjected to violence!" "Yes?" said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 355 |
"Most regrettable," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 362 |
"Then," she said, "when put to my feet and ready to be brought within, my head was covered in the sheet, completely, so I could not see my way!" "That is common," said Lord Nishida, "when one such as you is to be presented before a daimyo". |
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| 10 | 373 |
He is to be slain, or flogged to the bone!" "What is your business, that of which you spoke?" asked Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 375 |
"Please speak," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 377 |
"Yes," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 382 |
White?" said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 385 |
"But, please," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 396 |
Lord Nishida did not see fit to acknowledge the contract woman's indiscretion. |
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| 10 | 398 |
"Perhaps you can dance," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 400 |
Lord Nishida would surely not have in mind dances which might be indigenous to his own culture. |
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| 10 | 412 |
"Are you skilled," asked Lord Nishida, "in the art of conversation?" "No," said Miss Wentworth, "and I do not understand the purport of these bizarre questions". |
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| 10 | 413 |
"What then are you good for?" asked Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 417 |
"It will be seen to," said Lord Nishida, "that your time is not wasted". |
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| 10 | 430 |
Then she cried out, "You!" He who had spoken was the fellow on the platform at the right hand of Lord Nishida, he in the informal, brown robe, seemingly indicative of no caste in particular, he of the short-cropped blond hair, and heavy features, he whom I took to be an agent of Kurii. |
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| 10 | 432 |
"There! He will tell you! He will tell you!" she cried to Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 433 |
"Now things are all right! Now, all will be explained!" "You have met before?" said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 437 |
Stevens, explain all to these fools!" "You know him?" said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 446 |
Too, he had been rather in the background, and her attention had been much fixed on Lord Nishida, who occupied the center forefront of the platform. |
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| 10 | 457 |
"Explain things to these fools, and get me out of here!" Thrasilicus then turned to Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 460 |
"In this endeavor she was successful?" asked Lord Nishida, with interest. |
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| 10 | 471 |
"Please," said Lord Nishida, gently cautioning Miss Wentworth to silence. |
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| 10 | 499 |
"Excellent," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 502 |
"Good," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 503 |
I gathered that Miss Wentworth was exactly what Lord Nishida had had in mind. |
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| 10 | 547 |
"I have heard much of your sort," said Lord Nishida to Miss Wentworth. |
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| 10 | 551 |
Then Lord Nishida addressed Tajima. |
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| 10 | 555 |
"You wear a slave collar," said Lord Nishida, concernedly. |
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| 10 | 557 |
"I am a free woman!" "It is very attractive," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 560 |
"You cannot?" asked Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 562 |
"I had the key, I could have removed it, but that brute, that monster, Tarl Cabot, he whom we brought here, for you, as agreed, took the key from me, and cast it into the sea!" "I see," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 581 |
Lord Nishida looked to one of his subordinates, near the entrance to the pavilion. |
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| 10 | 590 |
Now, in the light of the sympathetic understanding and thoughtful consideration of our mutual friend, the noble Lord Nishida, to whom I take it you are subordinate, we may shortly renegotiate our concerns. |
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| 10 | 592 |
"Actually, Miss Wentworth," said Thrasilicus, "Lord Nishida and I are, in a way, allies, and neither of us is subordinate to the other". |
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| 10 | 593 |
"I take it, however," she said, "that Lord Nishida's wishes would weigh heavily with you". |
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| 10 | 595 |
She then turned to Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 599 |
Lord Nishida smiled. |
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| 10 | 604 |
It was doubtless intended to have its effect on Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 606 |
"Thank you," she said to Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 607 |
"Now," said Lord Nishida to Tajima, "let us see her". |
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| 10 | 608 |
Miss Wentworth regarded Lord Nishida, startled, disbelievingly. |
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| 10 | 619 |
They held her in such a way that her arms were slightly behind her, and this pressed her forward, accentuating her figure, toward Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 622 |
The Earth woman was well displayed, and Lord Nishida scrutinized her closely, and, seemingly, though he gave little overt expression of this, approvingly. |
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| 10 | 625 |
"I am appraising my new slave," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 642 |
"Lord Nishida!" she cried. |
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| 10 | 644 |
I am naked, and men may look upon me!" "Of course," said Lord Nishida, "you are a slave". |
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| 10 | 654 |
"See how fair-skinned is my new slave," said Lord Nishida, over his shoulder, to the two contract women. |
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| 10 | 657 |
"Please, please," begged she who had once been Miss Wentworth, "give me the tunic!" "Do you beg it?" asked Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 660 |
"Yes," she cried, "yes, please!" "One must strive to become worthy of a tunic," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 675 |
"I will let you kiss me! I know you always wanted to do that! Help me! Help me!" "You think to bargain with a free man, slave?" inquired Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 701 |
"Take her away," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 714 |
"She must learn, quickly," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 720 |
"Tarl Cabot, tarnsman," said Lord Nishida, "what do you think of my new slave?" I shrugged. |
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| 10 | 722 |
"I see," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 723 |
"Would you like her?" The slave looked at Lord Nishida with disbelief. |
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| 10 | 731 |
Too, she may have feared that I might accept Lord Nishida's offer, and then she would no longer be my only slave. |
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| 10 | 738 |
Lord Nishida nodded. |
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| 10 | 740 |
"Your name is Pertinax?" said Lord Nishida to Pertinax. |
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| 10 | 761 |
Again, I thought the offer of Lord Nishida was genuine, but, again, I was confident he did not expect it to be accepted. |
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| 10 | 767 |
"I trust, Lord Nishida," said Thrasilicus, "the slave pleases your senses". |
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| 10 | 768 |
"She pleases my senses," said Lord Nishida, "but I am not sure she pleases my heart". |
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| 10 | 774 |
"If Lord Nishida is not pleased," said Thrasilicus, "we may search out another". |
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| 10 | 779 |
"We shall see," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 783 |
"Regrettable," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 787 |
"Your choice," said Lord Nishida, "was excellent". |
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| 10 | 789 |
"If she learns her collar well," said Lord Nishida, "another may find her pleasing". |
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| 10 | 791 |
"No," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 795 |
"For the shogun, of course," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 10 | 796 |
Lord Nishida then looked at me. |
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| 11 | 1 |
Cecily and I Look In on the Former Miss Wentworth A few days after her interview with Lord Nishida in his pavilion, curious, I decided to look in on the former Miss Wentworth, and so, after an inquiry or two, I made my way, heeled by Cecily, to one of the large stables in which draft tharlarion wer... |
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| 11 | 35 |
It was doubtless that of Lord Nishida. |
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| 11 | 91 |
I thus inferred that the gifting of her, amongst other gifts, to a shogun by Lord Nishida, which I understood to be his intent, would not be imminent, but perhaps months away. |
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| 11 | 121 |
I wondered if Thrasilicus was looking into a different slave for Lord Nishida. |
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| 11 | 157 |
"To Lord Nishida," she said. |
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| 11 | 177 |
"'I am the property of Nishida of Nara'," she said. |
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| 11 | 178 |
This was doubtless Lord Nishida. |
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| 11 | 213 |
"Lord Nishida opened you," I said. |
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| 11 | 227 |
"Doubtless at Lord Nishida's command," I suggested. |
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| 12 | 66 |
"Surely," had said Lord Nishida. |
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| 12 | 76 |
How could it be otherwise, for I was disembarked on the northern coast according to the exact coordinates of Priest-Kings, secret coordinates doubtless, was there met by two agents, doubtless also in the service of Priest-Kings, though that apparently unknown to them, was conducted to a reserve of P... |
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| 12 | 78 |
Lord Nishida seemed to smile, slightly. |
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| 12 | 84 |
I gathered it did not make a great deal of difference to either Thrasilicus or Lord Nishida whether I took them, in fact, to be laboring in the cause of Priest-Kings or not. |
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| 12 | 90 |
Perhaps I could discern it, if only indirectly, if I continued to accommodate myself to the wishes of Thrasilicus and Lord Nishida. |
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| 12 | 127 |
"And how may I be of service to you?" I had then inquired of Lord Nishida, in the pavilion. |
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| 12 | 128 |
"I understand you have commanded, in the far south," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 12 | 130 |
"You are familiar, then," said Lord Nishida, "with the tactics of a cavalry, its movements, its applications, and such". |
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| 12 | 133 |
"Excellent," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 12 | 144 |
"You did command on the 25th of Se'Kara," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 12 | 149 |
"But you understand such things?" asked Lord Nishida. |
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| 12 | 158 |
"Who would not wish these things to be in the hands of Bosk of Port Kar," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 12 | 161 |
"The Priest-Kings," said Thrasilicus, "command you to take Lord Nishida as your captain, to follow his instructions, and in all ways possible to abet his projects". |
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| 12 | 164 |
With the new dynasty in the Nest had they not turned against me? Had I not been imprisoned in the holding capsule on the Prison Moon, in such a manner as to torture me, and jeopardize my honor? Might I not, then, of my own will, so treated, have turned from the Sardar to the Steel Worlds? "Our loyal... |
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| 12 | 314 |
"So, too, I am sure, will be Lord Nishida". |
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| 12 | 403 |
"At least now," I said, "you have something interesting to report to Lord Nishida". |
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| 14 | 41 |
Two days ago I had spoken to Lord Nishida, again in his pavilion, and he had been receptive to my recommendations, and I had, accordingly, sought out certain craftsmen in the camp, leather workers and metal workers, and certain suppliers, who might, over the next months, secure certain goods, formed... |
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| 14 | 103 |
Lord Nishida had declined to inform me of the likely applications of this projected tarn cavalry, so I had designed it for more than reconnaissance and attack from the air on ground targets. |
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| 14 | 105 |
Interestingly, that Lord Nishida had declined to inform me of the projected applications of this arm convinced me that, though nothing was said to this effect, one must be prepared for both forms of war. |
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| 14 | 106 |
That these men of the Pani, such as Lord Nishida and Tajima, and their fellows, so unusual to continental Gor, or even the western islands, should be here, whether in Brundisium to the south, or here in the northern forests, was to me, at the time, inexplicable. |
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| 14 | 119 |
"We will need two hundred bows, at least, saddle bows, thousands of arrows," I had informed Lord Nishida. |
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| 15 | 9 |
Pertinax, having become a student in the school of Nodachi, for some weeks now, no longer assisted in the logging, but, at my request, had become resident with Cecily and myself, occupying with us the hut which had originally been put at our disposal by Lord Nishida. |
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| 15 | 199 |
"In any event," I said, "the matter is moot, as she belongs not to you, but to Lord Nishida". |
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| 15 | 243 |
Doubtless he recalled how the startled, terrified Miss Wentworth had once been at his feet, though somewhat differently, in the pavilion of Lord Nishida. |
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| 16 | 68 |
Lord Nishida, I had been informed, too, on the ground, would be on hand to observe the results of the exercise. |
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| 16 | 75 |
Some individuals were there, and among them, I supposed, would be Lord Nishida. |
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| 16 | 111 |
I had neglected to avail myself of Lord Nishida's suggestion for tarn-to-tarn archery practice, in which bound prisoners, aflight on leashed tarns, would serve as targets. |
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| 16 | 219 |
"It is not Lord Nishida," said the man. |
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| 16 | 221 |
To one side I saw Lord Nishida. |
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| 16 | 223 |
"Tal, Tarl Cabot, tarnsman," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 16 | 224 |
"Lord Nishida!" I said. |
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| 16 | 239 |
"Excellent," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 16 | 248 |
"I have many spies, in many places," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 16 | 254 |
How much of war is mind, how futile without it is its muscle! It had not been Lord Nishida on the platform, in the white kimono. |
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| 16 | 265 |
Lord Nishida, I did not doubt, was well aware of the nature of men. |
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| 16 | 268 |
How can the eye see itself, and even in water, or burnished plates, or bright mirrors, it sees but an image of itself, and who knows what lies behind it? "Tarnsmen," said Lord Nishida, "have been recruited from better than two dozen cities". |
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| 16 | 270 |
"If the commander of an army had fallen," said Lord Nishida, "would that not be an ideal time to attack?" "Surely," I said, and shuddered. |
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| 17 | 32 |
And what man does not want one at his feet? Lord Nishida had informed me that these tarnsmen had been recruited in more than two dozen cities. |
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 |
| 17 | 65 |
I saw, too, flames consuming the stately pavilion of Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 17 | 113 |
Lord Nishida, in his attempts to conceal his project, or to at least reduce a cognition of its extent, had wished to avoid any unusually large purchase of domestic tarns. |
10 |
| 18 | 1 |
Fighting Continues; We Report to Lord Nishida; The Stable I brought the tarn down, to the field of training, followed by Tajima and Pertinax, and Ichiro, my first, or lead, signalman. |
10 |
| 18 | 65 |
"We will report to Lord Nishida," I said to Tajima. |
10 |
| 18 | 91 |
"You are dismissed," I informed my pantherine associate, and he bowed, briefly, and hurried away, toward the area of Lord Nishida's still-burning pavilion. |
10 |
| 18 | 189 |
To be sure, neither of the contract women of Lord Nishida, one of whom was Sumomo, who was apparently of interest to Tajima, and the other of whom was Hana, as I later discovered, I was pleased to note, had adopted this practice. |
10 |
| 18 | 213 |
I looked about, wondering on the whereabouts of Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 18 | 217 |
I trusted Lord Nishida had escaped the firing of his pavilion. |
10 |
| 18 | 219 |
Lord Nishida had impressed me as being politically astute, and coldly subtle, but also as constituting an epitome of a civilized gentleman, at least relative to his own background, or lights. |
10 |
| 18 | 243 |
He then remained standing, where he was, where he had been rebuffed, looking after Sumomo, who was now with Hana, facing away from him, several feet from him, not far from the smoldering embers of Lord Nishida's collapsed, blackened pavilion. |
10 |
| 18 | 249 |
"Her contract is held by Lord Nishida," said Pertinax. |
10 |
| 18 | 314 |
To be sure, there was little prospect of this, as Sumomo's contract was held by Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 18 | 340 |
"Let Lord Nishida be notified," I urged, "that he may intervene". |
10 |
| 18 | 341 |
"That is Lord Nishida," said Tajima, indicating the figure in the fearsome mask with the bloodied sword. |
10 |
| 18 | 345 |
"Lord Nishida is a great warrior," said Tajima. |
10 |
| 18 | 388 |
"The sky is ours," I informed Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 18 | 396 |
"Unfortunate," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 18 | 399 |
Others approached, and Lord Nishida politely received their reports, as well. |
10 |
| 18 | 401 |
Lord Nishida turned to me. |
10 |
| 18 | 404 |
"Now," smiled Lord Nishida, "it seems a feast, a victory feast, would be in order, when things are done, and matters cleared, of course, a feast in, say, a day or two, after the day's work. |
10 |
| 18 | 419 |
"Yes," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 18 | 422 |
"Even now," said Lord Nishida, "she is within a ring, her small hands upon the rope". |
10 |
| 18 | 427 |
"How fares the blond-haired, blue-eyed slave whom I believe is now named 'Saru'?" asked Lord Nishida of me. |
10 |
| 18 | 431 |
"Doubtless the honorable Pertinax, tarnsman, has more recent news," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 18 | 432 |
I recalled that Lord Nishida had had plans for the former Miss Margaret Wentworth. |
10 |
| 18 | 434 |
"That seems strange to me," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 18 | 436 |
"My fellow, Pertinax, I fear," I said to Lord Nishida, "fears to look upon her". |
10 |
| 18 | 437 |
"'Fears'?" inquired Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 18 | 441 |
"The slave of a slave?" smiled Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 18 | 443 |
"Surely, Pertinax," said Lord Nishida, "you know her neck is in a collar". |
10 |
| 18 | 446 |
"Until she is suitably mastered," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 18 | 448 |
"Perhaps she should be whipped," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 18 | 455 |
"Then he is weak," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 18 | 457 |
"One who is strong in one way may be weak in another," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 18 | 466 |
"By now, the hair of the slave should be grown out a bit," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 18 | 483 |
"Do you think," asked Lord Nishida, "that the slave, Saru, is ready to leave the stable?" "I am sure of it," I said. |
10 |
| 18 | 485 |
"Good," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 18 | 491 |
"How of Earth he is," commented Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 18 | 495 |
"Your colleagues may accompany you," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 18 | 497 |
"There will be many tables," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 18 | 501 |
"Unfortunately," said Lord Nishida, "our friends did not bring free women with them". |
10 |
| 18 | 516 |
"By women," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 18 | 518 |
"Yes," said Lord Nishida, "that, too, is a purpose of women". |
10 |
| 18 | 520 |
"Alas, yes," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 18 | 524 |
"Yes," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 18 | 534 |
The men of Lord Nishida had been methodically examining each structure in both the housing area and those surrounding the Plaza of Training. |
10 |
| 18 | 542 |
"With your permission?" I asked Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 19 | 4 |
Lord Nishida had remained in the centrality of Tarncamp, directing officers and men. |
10 |
| 19 | 15 |
To be sure, I was confident the last thing such fugitives would desire would be to encounter Lord Nishida's Ashigaru. |
10 |
| 19 | 157 |
He left them at the feet of Lord Nishida," said another. |
10 |
| 19 | 160 |
I wondered what his relationship, if any, might be to Lord Nishida, and his mysterious project. |
10 |
| 19 | 162 |
To be sure, it seemed he had asked nothing of Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 19 | 165 |
I recalled that Lord Nishida, after the attack, had said that his plans would be advanced. |
10 |
| 19 | 207 |
"She belongs to Lord Nishida," I reminded him. |
10 |
| 19 | 270 |
"Why else do you think he is here, with Lord Nishida?" I was then silent, sensing that this matter might best be left unaddressed. |
10 |
| 19 | 279 |
"It is the law of Lord Nishida". |
10 |
| 20 | 24 |
"Lord Nishida, and some others," I said, "are commanders, ones less dispensable". |
10 |
| 20 | 39 |
It was he, it had been determined, who had fired upon he whom he thought was Lord Nishida during the exercises of the preceding morning, and had then fled, to soon return, guiding the horde with which we had done contest, in the sky, on the ground. |
10 |
| 20 | 47 |
Lord Nishida had assured me that there were spies in the camp. |
10 |
| 20 | 53 |
Too, recall that Lord Nishida intends her for a shogun". |
10 |
| 20 | 163 |
"A clever ruse," smiled Tajima, "worthy of Lord Nishida himself". |
10 |
| 20 | 202 |
It was true, of course, that she had some value to Lord Nishida, so much that he was even considering her as a possible gift for a shogun. |
10 |
| 20 | 245 |
"Lord Nishida would never permit it". |
10 |
| 21 | 12 |
"Lord Nishida will not be pleased," said Tajima, gloomily. |
10 |
| 22 | 107 |
Pertinax did not know, as Cecily and I knew, that the stable grooms had well ignited, as it had amused them, and doubtless in accord with the instructions of Lord Nishida, slave fires in the belly of the former Miss Wentworth, at that time a stable slave at their disposal. |
10 |
| 22 | 123 |
"Lord Nishida will have him crucified," said Tajima. |
10 |
| 22 | 164 |
The girl, freed of bonds, naked, in Lord Nishida's collar, lying nearby, the stains of the stable still on her, turned to her side, uneasily, and whimpered. |
10 |
| 22 | 205 |
"You are the prisoner of Lord Nishida," said Tajima. |
10 |
| 22 | 211 |
Ashigaru will call for her, see that she is cleaned up, and conduct her to Lord Nishida". |
10 |
| 22 | 257 |
He had heard me referred to as Bosk of Port Kar, in the pavilion of Lord Nishida, but he knew me, primarily, surely, as Tarl Cabot, a tarnsman. |
10 |
| 22 | 285 |
"This man would have slain Lord Nishida, he fled, he brought foes to our camp, he is a spy, he fought against us!" "You would have permitted me to depart?" said Licinius. |
10 |
| 22 | 306 |
"I must report this to Lord Nishida," said Tajima. |
10 |
| 22 | 310 |
Perhaps Lord Nishida will be satisfied". |
10 |
| 22 | 346 |
"Lord Nishida will not be pleased," said Tajima. |
10 |
| 22 | 409 |
There was to be a feast tomorrow, after the day's work, as Lord Nishida had suggested. |
10 |
| 22 | 412 |
The plans of Lord Nishida, it seemed, given the discovery of the camp, were to be advanced. |
10 |
| 22 | 494 |
I hoped her master, Lord Nishida, would now permit her hair to grow. |
10 |
| 22 | 509 |
Lord Nishida, I surmised, had been amusing himself at the expense of Pertinax, when he had suggested that Saru might serve nude. |
10 |
| 22 | 517 |
In any event, the matter was up to Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 22 | 589 |
"She belongs to Lord Nishida," he said, angrily. |
10 |
| 23 | 76 |
I sat near Lord Nishida, and he had offered me a sip of a different fermented beverage, one I had once tasted on Earth, though not of so fine a quality. |
10 |
| 23 | 84 |
Lord Nishida smiled. |
10 |
| 23 | 87 |
I doubted that Lord Nishida had given orders that I was to be slain after the feast, for he had shown me something surprising earlier in the day, in a tour of some of the remoter storage sheds, near the training fields. |
10 |
| 23 | 170 |
Is it not difference which takes one's attention, amongst snow sleen a darker fur, amongst the odor of penned verr, the suggestion, ever so slight, a whisper in the night, of the larl's scent? I might have called this to the attention of Lord Nishida but he had withdrawn from the tables. |
10 |
| 23 | 316 |
I thought of Licinius, and the attempt he had made on the life of Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 1 |
In the Tent of Lord Nishida Two Ashigaru crossed their glaives, barring my passage. |
10 |
| 24 | 3 |
The temporary quarters of Lord Nishida was a double tent, pitched not far from the ashes of his pavilion. |
10 |
| 24 | 5 |
"I must speak with Lord Nishida!" I said. |
10 |
| 24 | 9 |
I did not know if Lord Nishida, given his cunning and warcraft, would be within the daimyo's tent or not, but it was surely the obvious place to bring my suspicions. |
10 |
| 24 | 10 |
"I would speak with Lord Nishida!" I said. |
10 |
| 24 | 24 |
"I tell you Lord Nishida is in danger!" "No longer," said the officer. |
10 |
| 24 | 27 |
"Lord Nishida! He is safe!" "Now," said the officer, with satisfaction. |
10 |
| 24 | 29 |
"But perhaps not in a moment! Be vigilant!" "Please enter," called Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 33 |
The inner room of the double tent was lit by tharlarion-oil lamps, and I found Lord Nishida sitting cross-legged, at his ease, behind a small table, with a small cup in hand. |
10 |
| 24 | 37 |
"May I present," said Lord Nishida, "five retainers, who, though barbarians, like yourself, are loyal retainers, trusted servitors. |
10 |
| 24 | 40 |
"You are known, of course, to them," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 45 |
"It was intended you should suspect them," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 49 |
"You have the wariness, the alertness, of the warrior," said Lord Nishida, "as I had thought you would. |
10 |
| 24 | 60 |
"Also," said Lord Nishida, "it would be a bit foolhardy to overtake them in a direct route to the tent, would it not?" "I suppose so," I said. |
10 |
| 24 | 61 |
"Your Pertinax would probably have sped here directly, and died," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 64 |
"Quintus?" asked Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 66 |
"Good," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 69 |
"True," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 78 |
"I think," said Lord Nishida, "all things considered, we have tested your alertness, your cleverness, and your benevolent dispositions concerning my person, whatever might have been their motivations. |
10 |
| 24 | 81 |
"He is to be commended for his caution," smiled Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 83 |
"You could have struck at me many times, if you had wished," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 87 |
"Noble friends," said Lord Nishida to the five fellows with us in the tent, "you have done well. |
10 |
| 24 | 92 |
"Ito!" called Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 99 |
Too, with a gesture, Lord Nishida released the two contract women and they, rising to their feet, with small steps, took their exit from the tent. |
10 |
| 24 | 100 |
"Stay a bit, Tarl Cabot, tarnsman," said Lord Nishida, and I sat down, cross-legged, across from him, across the small table, and watched him pour himself, and then me, a tiny cup of sake. |
10 |
| 24 | 101 |
"Do you like it?" asked Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 103 |
"What do you think of me?" asked Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 115 |
"Lord Nishida is subtle," I said. |
10 |
| 24 | 124 |
"It is my hope that that is so," smiled Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 134 |
"Those may not be their true names," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 143 |
"At least one is a spy," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 145 |
"I do not know," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 154 |
"I will proceed differently, with patience," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 158 |
"Lord Nishida is indeed subtle," I said. |
10 |
| 24 | 159 |
"I am troubled by one thing," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 163 |
"I fear so," smiled Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 167 |
"Many do, and know it not," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 173 |
"The ost listens, is attentive, and patient," smiled Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 176 |
"I do not think so," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 181 |
"And you survived," smiled Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 184 |
"Not like any other," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 187 |
"Finish your sake," suggested Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 192 |
"Nor you yours," responded Lord Nishida, quietly. |
10 |
| 24 | 194 |
"Sake is to be sipped," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 197 |
"You have forged a sword, and are not curious as to its purpose?" asked Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 199 |
"I assure you, it has one," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 206 |
"It would be an unwise choice," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 223 |
"Splendid," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 225 |
"That was my intention," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 24 | 227 |
"Tarl Cabot, tarnsman," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 25 | 9 |
I did not care for what had occurred in the tent of Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 25 | 14 |
I had spoken of rounds to Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 25 | 20 |
I was not pleased with what had occurred in the tent of Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 25 | 24 |
Lord Nishida was brilliant, and cunning. |
10 |
| 25 | 27 |
I thought Lord Nishida such a man. |
10 |
| 25 | 35 |
I suspected Lord Nishida, for better or for worse, did not. |
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 |
| 25 | 40 |
Did Lord Nishida covet the shogunate? Is not power the drug of all drugs, the most dangerous of all, transcending the trivialities, the banalities, of chemistry, to which even the most professedly humble and self-effacing might be irremediably addicted? But perhaps he was loyal. |
10 |
| 25 | 43 |
Did not Lord Nishida himself, as daimyos and shoguns, as Ubars, and tyrants, and kings and princes, sit uneasily beneath the sword of Damocles? Men were men, I thought, whether of Ar, or Cos, or Schendi, or of the Pani. |
10 |
| 25 | 54 |
If Lord Nishida was correct at least one of the five men I had met in his tent was a spy, and one was an assassin. |
10 |
| 25 | 55 |
If one were an assassin then Lord Nishida was, indeed, so to speak, living with an ost. |
10 |
| 25 | 56 |
To be sure, if the assassin were also a spy, or the spy, to be sure a role unusual for one of that caste, I supposed that Lord Nishida was in no immediate danger, for the spy would wish to gather information, and would be unlikely to make his strike, until his reports were complete, or no longer req... |
10 |
| 25 | 90 |
I wondered from what source Lord Nishida derived his information. |
10 |
| 25 | 94 |
If so, what effect? How would he know that one or more of the five was a spy, or that, amongst the five, there might be an assassin? Might this be conjecture on his part? Might it not even be the result of some aberration, or paranoia? But I did not think Lord Nishida insane. |
10 |
| 25 | 134 |
These were, doubtless, given the latitude, the larls of Lord Nishida, which might well still be in the vicinity, frequenting their former haunts, making their rounds as though the encirclements of wands was still in place. |
10 |
| 25 | 164 |
Perhaps I had spent too long with Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 25 | 181 |
Lord Nishida's plans, I had been informed, had been advanced. |
10 |
| 25 | 184 |
Lord Nishida might, as other commanders, gamble, for such things are inevitable in war, but, as most other commanders, as well, I did not think he would do so without necessity. |
10 |
| 25 | 186 |
I considered leaving the service of Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 25 | 191 |
One did not lightly leave the service of Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 25 | 209 |
How came they to known Gor? What were the projects of Lord Nishida? Secrets had been breached. |
10 |
| 25 | 212 |
Perhaps I would remain in the service of Lord Nishida, at least for a time. |
10 |
| 26 | 15 |
Might this be some new thread in the obscure tapestry which Lord Nishida, or others, were weaving? A ten would soon be aflight, to search for the overdue guard, whose failure to return when expected had concerned Tajima. |
10 |
| 26 | 47 |
The guard might, of course, have been acting under the command of Lord Nishida, or another officer. |
10 |
| 26 | 49 |
But I did not think Lord Nishida was involved in this. |
10 |
| 27 | 16 |
I did not know if Lord Nishida had further need for me or not. |
10 |
| 27 | 18 |
I did not doubt that Tajima had reported to Lord Nishida my flight of the preceding late evening, and my seeming encounter with an unidentified tarnsman, an encounter I had refused to explain to him. |
10 |
| 27 | 19 |
I did not begrudge the conveyance of this sort of intelligence to Lord Nishida, nor did I resent Tajima being the modality of its conveyance. |
10 |
| 27 | 23 |
In one of the wagons trundling past were several contract women, among them Sumomo and Hana, both of whom were under contract, as I understood it, to Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 27 | 30 |
I was sure Lord Nishida did not trust me, but I did not feel slighted by any suspicions he might harbor. |
10 |
| 27 | 49 |
Ashigaru prowled the edges of the road, lest any of Lord Nishida's minions, primarily mercenaries, be tempted to avail themselves of an unobstructed highway to another prince, one with perhaps a deeper purse. |
10 |
| 27 | 84 |
"Thank you for abiding," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 27 | 91 |
As I could, I examined the countenance of Lord Nishida, but it appeared benign and pleasant. |
10 |
| 27 | 94 |
I had no doubt, as noted, that Lord Nishida knew of last night's flighted interview over the forest with some unrecognized tarnsman. |
10 |
| 27 | 97 |
"It is always a pleasure to speak with you," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 27 | 99 |
"The smoke is unpleasant," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 27 | 102 |
It did not surprise me that Lord Nishida accompanied his men on foot. |
10 |
| 27 | 106 |
Too, though some daimyos might have had recourse to sedan chairs, palanquins, or such, Lord Nishida, whom I had seen as a warrior, and one of some formidableness, would eschew such. |
10 |
| 27 | 149 |
Should the women of Earth, then, any more than the Gorean woman, be denied her womanhood, her most profound needs and desires, the right of the natural woman, in her heart desiring to be mastered and possessed, the right to be owned, and fulfilled, the right, so to speak, to be collared? Must they c... |
10 |
| 27 | 162 |
"She is the property of Lord Nishida," he said. |
10 |
| 27 | 165 |
"We are to join the guard of Lord Nishida, as I understand it". |
10 |
| 28 | 164 |
Lord Nishida, interestingly, marched with his troops, braving the cold and mud, and slept in his pavilion tent. |
10 |
| 28 | 192 |
What Pertinax's Jane and Lord Nishida's Saru had in common, of course, was that they were both human females, and thus, from a common Gorean point of view, at least amongst Gorean males, they were both, and should be, natural slaves. |
10 |
| 28 | 210 |
I did talk to Lord Nishida once about her, commenting on the rationale for her special treatment, that doubtless being to protect her from the miseries and ardors of the march. |
10 |
| 28 | 211 |
"But, too," had said Lord Nishida, "we wish her to fear her fellow slaves". |
10 |
| 28 | 213 |
"That," said Lord Nishida, "she will see men as her only protectors, her only defense, and will thus be the more anxious to be fully pleasing to them". |
10 |
| 28 | 241 |
I thought the forests empty of men, but one did not know, and I had been assured that there were spies in the camp of Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 28 | 244 |
I thought of the fellows encountered in the tent of Lord Nishida, at Tarncamp, Quintus, Telarion, Fabius, Lykourgos, and Tyrtaios. |
10 |
| 28 | 247 |
Lord Nishida, however, had not done so. |
10 |
| 28 | 381 |
Yet, from the time of the attack on the camp, Lord Nishida had made it clear to me that his plans, whatever they might be, must be advanced. |
10 |
| 28 | 418 |
"Call Lord Nishida!" I heard. |
10 |
| 28 | 432 |
I became aware of Lord Nishida, now standing at my side. |
10 |
| 28 | 435 |
"Give me a lantern," said Lord Nishida, and was handed a lantern. |
10 |
| 28 | 440 |
"The assassin's weapon," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 28 | 448 |
"Double the guard," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 28 | 452 |
"Unfortunate," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 28 | 455 |
"Well, Tarl Cabot, tarnsman," said Lord Nishida, "we have solved one of our problems". |
10 |
| 28 | 457 |
"We have discovered our assassin," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 28 | 460 |
"How so?" asked Lord Nishida, interested. |
10 |
| 28 | 465 |
"Interesting," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 28 | 467 |
"As you wish," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 28 | 474 |
Similarly, if there were spies or assassins in the camp, it seemed to me that their target of primary interest, once it was decided to strike, would be not me but Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 28 | 476 |
Two or three men accompanied me, and, too, so did Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 28 | 484 |
"Sleen do not normally attack humans, do they?" asked Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 28 | 490 |
"Interesting," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 29 | 82 |
I could see Lord Nishida and his guard making their way down toward the river. |
10 |
| 30 | 134 |
"I did not see him coming to greet Lord Nishida," I said. |
10 |
| 30 | 189 |
And Lord Nishida will not consent to the decimation of his men. |
10 |
| 30 | 206 |
At that moment we heard the roar of caged larls, as, down from the forest, came the cage wagons housing Lord Nishida's pets, of which there were some ten, as I had counted, two from the pavilion, and some eight, who had prowled the wands. |
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| 31 | 1 |
I Hear of the Selections "We anticipated your reluctance, Tarl Cabot, tarnsman," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 31 | 6 |
"You refuse?" asked Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 31 | 11 |
"I expected it," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 31 | 13 |
"Lord Okimoto is cousin to the shogun," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 31 | 15 |
"Pertinax, even Tajima, and Ichiro, and others, have objected," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 31 | 17 |
"They have been reprimanded," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 31 | 19 |
"Certainly not," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 31 | 24 |
"He is outside," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 31 | 27 |
"Too," said Lord Nishida, "who could stand against him?" "True," I said. |
10 |
| 31 | 28 |
"The selections will take place tomorrow," said Lord Nishida. |
10 |
| 31 | 30 |
"You will not be expected to participate," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 31 | 33 |
"They are mercenaries," said Lord Nishida, "and the dregs of such, chosen for skill and venality, brought from a hundred cities, from the ruins and rubble of Ar, from the alleys of Besnit and Harfax, from the wharves of Brundisium and Schendi, men without Home Stones, thieves, outlaws, murderers, ou... |
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| 31 | 35 |
"No one needs fight who does not wish it," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 31 | 38 |
"That would be unfortunate," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 31 | 40 |
"Some five hundred," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 31 | 42 |
"They are mercenaries," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 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. |
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| 31 | 45 |
"He is cousin to the shogun," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 31 | 47 |
"The selections," said Lord Nishida, rising, "take place tomorrow". |
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| 32 | 6 |
At his right hand sat Lord Nishida. |
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| 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. |
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| 32 | 13 |
The place of killing was the beach, a corridor between the soft flow of the Alexandra and the platform, on which were found Lords Nishida and Okimoto, with its fronting and flanking, extended mass of armed observers, almost wholly Pani. |
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| 32 | 30 |
"They are ready, Lord," said Lord Nishida to Lord Okimoto. |
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| 32 | 31 |
Lord Okimoto was shorter than Lord Nishida, and, on the platform, seemed immobile, almost somnolent, like a sack of sand. |
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| 32 | 35 |
He had a rolled knot of hair at the back of his head, as did Lord Nishida. |
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| 32 | 38 |
Lord Nishida was straight, lean like a blade, imperturbable. |
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| 32 | 47 |
So simply, I thought, does Lord Nishida, and Lord Okimoto, select amongst skills, and divest themselves of superfluous minions. |
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| 32 | 67 |
Lord Nishida rose to his feet. |
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| 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. |
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| 32 | 76 |
"What did he say?" I asked Lord Nishida, who had remained on the platform, standing. |
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| 32 | 77 |
"He said," said Lord Nishida, "'these are the men I would have with me. |
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| 32 | 90 |
"Of course," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 32 | 93 |
"What if they had fought?" I asked Lord Nishida. |
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| 32 | 94 |
"Then," said Lord Nishida, "regrettably five hundred would be dead". |
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| 32 | 98 |
"And what of the limited number of berths on the great ship?" Lord Nishida smiled. |
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| 33 | 10 |
"This is a skirmish," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 33 | 26 |
"One does not always have that option," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 33 | 29 |
"Men such as you," I said to Lord Nishida, "are rare in what we sometimes think of as 'known Gor'". |
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| 33 | 33 |
How, then, had they come? And why, then, could they not return as they had come? A cloud seemed to move in the narrow eyes of Lord Nishida. |
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| 33 | 35 |
"I think," said Lord Nishida, "that a wager is involved, or perhaps a contest of sorts, amongst spirits, powerful beings". |
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| 33 | 37 |
"There were battles, several," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 33 | 63 |
"We must learn their language or be destroyed," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 33 | 68 |
"Who disputes the will of the gods?" asked Lord Nishida. |
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| 33 | 70 |
"Other things were brought, as well," said Lord Nishida, "recipes, seeds, serums, and such". |
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| 33 | 73 |
"But these strange men," said Lord Nishida, "attempted to rule us". |
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| 33 | 75 |
"They were crucified," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 33 | 77 |
"No," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 33 | 80 |
"It was the night before the final battle," said Lord Nishida, "when we were to be swept into the sea". |
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| 33 | 89 |
"We encountered, and were dealt with," said Lord Nishida, "by many Goreans, prepared to welcome and direct us. |
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| 33 | 94 |
Lord Nishida shuddered, and I did not inquire the cause of his concern. |
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| 33 | 97 |
"I fear," said Lord Nishida, "it is a game, which we are to resolve on another's board". |
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| 33 | 106 |
"Much has been prepared," said Lord Nishida, quietly. |
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| 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. |
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| 33 | 112 |
"Of course," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 33 | 114 |
"How so?" asked Lord Nishida, interested. |
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| 33 | 121 |
"I have not been quite candid with you, Tarl Cabot, tarnsman," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 33 | 123 |
"Such a force," said Lord Nishida, "is already on the march". |
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| 33 | 127 |
"When the enemy arrives," said Lord Nishida, "he will find only ashes". |
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| 33 | 135 |
"Soon," said Lord Nishida, "the ship will sail". |
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| 33 | 137 |
"Soon," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 33 | 141 |
"That is why we must not loiter," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 33 | 146 |
"We have no choice," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 33 | 150 |
"I do not doubt his madness," said Lord Nishida, "but, too, I do not doubt his genius. |
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| 33 | 154 |
"We cannot remain here," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 34 | 11 |
"It is all right with Lord Nishida," I assured him. |
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| 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". |
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| 34 | 87 |
Lord Nishida had made arrangements for her training. |
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| 34 | 103 |
Lord Nishida, it seemed, had not see fit to present her before the greater daimyo. |
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| 34 | 114 |
I was reluctant to take either Cecily or Jane down the Alexandra, but I did not think Lords Nishida and Okimoto, who were unwilling to accept the resignations of men, but would rather put them to the sword, would be more willing to accept the defections of slaves. |
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| 34 | 115 |
I had put the matter to Lord Nishida and he had reminded me that it would be difficult for a naked woman to survive the winter in the forests, particularly if neck-chained in a coffle, shackled and back-braceleted. |
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| 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. |
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| 34 | 124 |
Now I would put the question to either Lord Nishida, or, if necessary, to Lord Okimoto. |
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| 35 | 1 |
What Occurred in the Pavilion of Lord Okimoto "Though you are a barbarian," said Lord Nishida, "you are honored". |
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| 35 | 4 |
Lord Nishida and I were now in the vestibule of this building. |
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| 35 | 5 |
"It is sometimes difficult to understand Lord Okimoto," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 35 | 8 |
"I will try to be of assistance," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 35 | 20 |
"This is Tarl Cabot, tarnsman, commander of the tarn cavalry, victor at the battle of Tarncamp, of whom I have spoken," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 35 | 24 |
"The victor at Tarncamp," I said, "was Tarncamp's commander, your colleague, Lord Nishida. |
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| 35 | 28 |
"You may sit," said Lord Nishida. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
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| 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, ... |
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| 23 | 43 |
Had it not been for the stubborn rear-guard action of Lord Nishida and others, later reinforced from the ship, and the hasty, nocturnal, massive evacuation of our trapped forces from the beach, it seems clear that the enterprise of Lords Nishida and Okimoto, whatever might be its nature, would have ... |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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... |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
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| 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. |
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