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Book 30. (68 results) Mariners of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
23	11	"I am told," said Tarl Cabot, "that is the castle of Temmu, the holding, the fortress, of the shogun, Temmu".	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
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
16	233	"This shall be called to the attention of Lord Temmu," said Lord Nishida.	10
16	234	I had no idea, at the time, who this Lord Temmu might be.	10
17	73	She was apparently being groomed to be a gift for the shogun, Temmu.	10
21	25	We are still days from the holding of Lord Temmu".	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	251	It signifies that we hold the shore, that Lord Temmu has retaken ground.	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
23	1	I First See the Castle of Lord Temmu; Landfall Will Be Made "It is there," said Tarl Cabot.	10
23	12	Lords Nishida and Okimoto, each a lesser lord, or daimyo, had eaten of the rice of Temmu.	10
23	92	"There may be enemies in the castle of Lord Temmu," I said.	10
23	106	"I gather," said Cabot, "that the forces with whom Lords Okimoto and Nishida are aligned are relatively few, and that little remains to Lord Temmu other than the great holding and, doubtless, some adjacent lands within its purview, which might be defended from the holding, and perhaps, as well, some...	10
23	129	"I think," said Cabot, "we can better see the holding of Lord Temmu now".	10
23	133	"Lords Okimoto and Nishida will go ashore, to greet Lord Temmu, to gain intelligence, and prepare for the sheltering of tarns.	10
24	12	Perhaps Lord Temmu wished it to be clear that warriors had landed, and not porters.	10
24	40	He was muchly independent now, as Lords Okimoto and Nishida were elsewhere, I supposed in attendance on the shogun, Lord Temmu.	10
24	154	At the World's End, who could gainsay the Pani? The tarn cavalry had been brought, largely intact, to the holding of Lord Temmu.	10
24	275	It was a great temptation, of course, for them to look up, and ahead, toward the castle of Lord Temmu, far above.	10
25	8	The thrice-walled grounds of the castle of Lord Temmu, all in all, must have occupied more than a full square pasang, extending broadly over a wide plateau, which, on one side, fell straight to the sea, and was accessible otherwise, as from the cove, by steep trails, one of which was walled, that fr...	10
25	10	An ascent otherwise, given the steepness of the plateau, almost vertical, accentuated by the work of Lord Temmu's military engineers, would have been not only difficult but extremely hazardous.	10
25	25	In any event, the holding of Lord Temmu, if not impregnable, was redoubtable.	10
25	31	I saw little of Cabot, but, from time to time, he appeared at the castle, arriving at night on tarnback, presumably to consult with the shogun, Temmu, and Lords Okimoto and Nishida.	10
25	33	I myself had never seen Lord Temmu.	10
25	40	I did learn, interestingly, that Lord Temmu had possessed at one time a navy, but that it had been substantially driven from the sea.	10
25	88	I did not know, were the situation reversed, if Lord Temmu would be much different.	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
26	1	What Occurred in the Courtyard of the Castle of Lord Temmu It had been a good cast, from twenty yards, the javelin into the heavy post set in the courtyard.	10
26	8	A robust exploratory force of some five hundred men, a hundred Pani warriors of the men of Lord Temmu, and four hundred of our mercenaries, our armsmen, had been sent forth eight days ago.	10
26	32	I had no idea of how effective lower Pani, mostly peasants, impressed or enlisted as ashigaru, might be, as it was not their way of life, so to speak, as it seemed to be for higher Pani, such as the warriors of Lord Temmu, and Lords Nishida and Okimoto, but I was sure they could be trained, might be...	10
26	101	Several rice fields were associated with the holding of Lord Temmu, most north and west of the castle.	10
26	102	To reach such fields by land would mean to pass the holding of Lord Temmu.	10
26	104	By the time one could reach the fields, it was likely the ashigaru of Lord Temmu would be in position.	10
26	111	It did seem clear that Lord Temmu had in mind carrying the war to the enemy.	10
26	189	He is Tarl Cabot, commander of the tarn cavalry, in the forces of Lords Nishida and Okimoto, and, I suppose, now, of Lord Temmu".	10
27	27	Before it were carried the narrow, vertical banners of Lord Temmu.	10
27	79	"Others, I suspect, would not return and face Lord Temmu".	10
27	103	I supposed Lord Temmu, who had furnished the hundred Pani who marched with the exploratory force, had some two thousand troops on which he might rely, most housed within the castle grounds.	10
27	154	"And," said a man, "let us celebrate the inviolability of the holding of dear Lord Temmu, and rejoice in our safety and security".	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
29	90	"Lord Temmu will be mustering Pani!" said a fellow.	10
30	21	"What is the view of Lord Temmu?" inquired Tyrtaios.	10
30	24	Lord Temmu is patient".	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
33	369	"It is, or was, one of the three ships," he said, "of the shogun, Lord Temmu".	10
35	5	"I have seen that ship! It is, or was, a ship of the shogun, Lord Temmu!" "Come from the World's End?" I said.	10
35	37	"It is that ship," said he, "which is, or was, of the much-diminished navy of Lord Temmu, but the war was going badly.	10
35	45	"It is then likely," I said, "that it is still of the forces of Lord Temmu".	10
35	98	"Then the ship sails still for Lord Temmu?" I said.	10
35	142	"I am captain of the River Dragon, ship of the navy of Lord Temmu".	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	8	For example, exquisite Pani ceramics, intricate carvings, and dyed silks, produced in the castle shops of Lord Temmu might bring silver in Brundisium, and be sold for gold in Ar and Turia, and the silver from Brundisium, in Brundisium, of course, might be exchanged for sinew, arrow points, fletching...	10
36	93	"His loss could be grievous," said the stranger, "as Tyrtaios was a high officer in the resistance, knows much of its organization, and is familiar with the defenses of the castle of Lord Temmu.	10
36	95	Thus, much of the surprise value of tarns will be lost, something on which Lords Temmu, Nishida, and Okimoto have doubtless heavily counted.	10
36	103	It seems he had earlier anticipated that Lord Temmu would wish to have the great ship destroyed, to preclude its possible employment in an armsmen's flight, and that some, sensing this, might attempt to save the ship, by removing it from danger.	10
36	197	As it was, it barely escaped the torches of Lords Temmu and Okimoto.	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	360	I recalled, from the tale of the stranger, that some evidence had suggested that Tyrtaios, who may have had much to do with the attempted desertion, and who had disappeared from the castle of Lord Temmu, might be of the Assassins.	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
36	410	"Lords Temmu and Okimoto would see to it, for your part in stealing the great ship".	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

Book 33. (432 results) Rebels of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	14	Both Lords Nishida and Okimoto were daimyos of the shogun, Lord Temmu, master of Temmu's fortress, now for several months under siege.	10
6	43	"We have spared the holding of Temmu," said Tyrtaios, "from the rain of burning arrows, because of our love for our wayward, misguided servitor, the glorious, honorable Temmu".	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	119	Would not the arrival of such monsters most easily be understood in terms of preternatural agencies? Indeed, Lord Temmu, shortly after the great ship of Tersites had been wharfed below the holding, had sowed the seeds of such alarms by means of spies, spreading rumors of terrifying winged beasts, de...	10
11	245	"It is said that unless the house of Temmu yields to the house of Yamada the iron dragon will emerge from its den and destroy the house of Temmu".	10
12	269	"The readings are similar," said Daichi, "in a sense identical, namely, that the house of Temmu must yield to the house of Yamada, or the iron dragon will fly, and destroy the house of Temmu".	10
12	344	If the house of Temmu does not yield to the house of Yamada, it will emerge from its lair, will be awing, and will destroy the house of Temmu".	10
13	154	Had Lord Temmu not had the mighty, nigh-impregnable holding of the house of Temmu at his disposal I suspected that this war would have been concluded long ago, and not to his advantage.	10
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 ...	10
21	91	Interestingly, I was unclear as to the gambling involved, in particular, who might favor which participant, Yamada or Temmu? For example, it seemed probable that the Priest-Kings had preserved the remnants of the forces of Temmu, but this did not imply that they favored that house.	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
23	264	"Would he not keep some birds, who would home to the holding of Temmu, that he might make use of them upon occasion, perhaps to mislead the forces of Temmu, say, putting them at their ease, while he plotted swift and devastating actions?" "Surely there would be some sign enclosed with the messages, ...	10
35	41	I did not know if this apparent lack of care was a function of the distance from the lands of Temmu, a sense of the weakness of the forces of Temmu, or was merely to be attributed to the arrogance of a mighty shogun.	10
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.	10
61	95	If you deem it wise, you may then advance, or, if not, communicate with the house of Temmu, by message vulo, and await a response from the house of Temmu, brought by tarnsmen".	10
61	548	"You will surrender the tarn cavalry to the house of Temmu," said Lord Temmu.	10
1	29	We had also lost several men following the first landing at the World's End, offshore from the ancestral lands of Lord Temmu.	10
1	30	There had been three signals, trails of ascending smoke, red, yellow, and green, red betokening that the shore was held, land having been retaken, yellow that the holding of Lord Temmu still stood, and green that all was safe, and, accordingly, a landing might be effected.	10
1	33	Later we had managed to attain the castle of Lord Temmu which was, indeed, still in his hands.	10
1	38	Lord Temmu had had at his disposal some two thousand warriors, all Pani, which were billeted within what was, in effect, a walled, mountaintop town, dominated by his castle, included here within what we speak of as the "holding".	10
1	39	Of fighting men then, discounting the tarnsmen withdrawn into the mountains, at their camp, Lords Nishida, Okimoto, and Temmu had less than thirty-five hundred men.	10
1	43	Picked units of Yamada's infantry, it was conjectured of some two hundred troops each, undetected, or unreported, by scouts, approaching through four narrow passes, had surprised, and stormed, the cots and ancillary structures of Lord Temmu's tarn cavalry.	10
1	53	I was not present at the time of the attack, having been summoned to the castle of Lord Temmu, that I might report on the readiness of the cavalry.	10
1	71	Of the one hundred and forty tarns which we had managed to bring across Thassa to the World's End, we now had fifty one, including the two which Pertinax and I had brought to the castle weeks ago, in reporting to Lord Temmu.	10
1	81	Tarns were unknown at the World's End and it had been anticipated that their appearance in war would, at least initially, provide the forces of Lord Temmu with a fearsome, unanticipated weapon, the very sight of which might dismay and terrify at least common soldiers, the Ashigaru contingents, commo...	10
1	83	Needless to say, Lord Temmu and his advisors were muchly disconcerted and, apparently, baffled, by the devastating raid on the tarn encampment.	10
1	106	"See this map," had said Lord Temmu.	10
1	111	"That is why," said Lord Temmu, "it is important to keep tarns hidden".	10
1	117	"You wish me to relocate the cavalry here?" I had said, indicating the place on the map called to my attention by Lord Temmu.	10
1	124	"Of course," said Lord Temmu.	10
1	127	"Excellent," said Lord Temmu.	10
1	130	"When can you leave?" asked Lord Temmu.	10
1	134	"Ichiro, your bannerman," said Lord Temmu, "is familiar with my fields.	10
1	136	"It is for the shogun, Lord Temmu," said Lord Okimoto.	10
1	140	"Yes," said Lord Temmu.	10
1	144	Several had been present, other than myself, and Lords Temmu, Nishida, and Okimoto, officers, high warriors, and scribes, even a reader of bones and shells.	10
1	148	I had eventually located a sheltered valley between cliffs, a place difficult to approach save by air, some one hundred and twenty pasangs north from the holding of Lord Temmu.	10
1	157	The situation of the holding of Lord Temmu, surmounting cliffs landward, almost in the clouds as seen from below, rendered siege towers impractical.	10
1	217	"He was summoned to the keep, by command of Lord Temmu," said Lord Nishida.	10
1	290	"Following Lord Temmu," I said, "the existence of tarns is to be concealed, insofar as possible, from the enemy, at least from large numbers of its common soldiers".	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	309	"If Lord Temmu wishes," I said, "I will remain within the holding.	10
1	319	"Lord Temmu might appoint him to such a post," I said.	10
1	379	"The cavalry is not to be committed without orders from Lord Temmu," said Lord Okimoto.	10
1	382	"Lord Temmu sought a major engagement whose outcome might turn on the appearance of tarns," I said.	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	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
1	525	As indicated earlier, I had not located the camp at the designated position on Lord Temmu's map, as ordered, but at a different location, known only to myself and the members of my command.	10
2	9	I doubted that I had been withdrawn by design by Lord Temmu.	10
2	15	The pickets, outpost guards, sentries, and such, had been withdrawn, allegedly on the orders of Lord Temmu, which orders, apparently, had been fabricated, but had appeared authentic, given appropriate seals, and a knowledge of passwords, of signals and countersignals.	10
2	123	"Tal, Noble Foes! I greet you! I am Tarl Cabot, commander of the cavalry of Lord Temmu.	10
2	154	I serve Lord Temmu.	10
2	181	I was once again Tarl Cabot, an officer, the commander of the tarn cavalry of Lord Temmu.	10
3	9	"Swords of Temmu," I called, softly, from the saddle.	10
3	21	But I had arrived on tarnback, and tarns were alien to the islands, and thus it must be clear I was of the forces of Lord Temmu.	10
3	22	But there were clearly traitors within the command of Lord Temmu.	10
3	25	"I am of the command of Lord Temmu," I called, softly.	10
3	68	"Swords of Temmu," it whispered.	10
4	146	He was loyal to the cavalry, to his shogun, Lord Temmu, and to his daimyo, Lord Nishida.	10
6	2	It was now in the holding of Lord Temmu.	10
6	7	In the center of the dais, rather toward the back, like a large, patient stone, sat Lord Temmu.	10
6	11	On the other hand, if they were to draw this to the attention of Lord Temmu, or Lords Nishida and Okimoto, that the new camp was situated other than in its prescribed location, it would be natural to inquire how they had obtained this information, as the specified location was supposedly secret.	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	13	A defensive war had ensued in which the forces of Lord Temmu, considerably outnumbered and, I fear, poorly generaled, had fared badly.	10
6	14	Eventually the primary remnants of the land forces of Lord Temmu, those separated from the holding, to which portions had retreated, cut off and undersupplied, had been driven to the very shore of Thassa.	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	42	Lord Temmu remained impassive.	10
6	44	It was easy to understand the reluctance of Yamada to destroy, or attempt to destroy, a fortress, castle, and holding as large and beautiful, and as nigh inaccessible and impregnable, as that of Lord Temmu.	10
6	47	Lord Temmu sat in the center of the dais, cross-legged, toward the rear.	10
6	67	Lord Temmu nodded to his right, to Lord Okimoto, appropriately offering his senior daimyo, and cousin, the first opportunity to speak.	10
6	78	Years ago Lord Okimoto, in serving his shogun, Lord Temmu, his cousin, had sustained a knife wound in his throat.	10
6	88	Lord Temmu then, politely, nodded to his left, where, cross-legged, reposed lean Lord Nishida.	10
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
6	122	I saw Lord Okimoto lean toward Lord Temmu.	10
6	124	Lord Temmu nodded.	10
6	142	"He is free to leave the lands of Temmu," said Lord Nishida.	10
6	149	"It is said," said Lord Nishida, "that a thousand posts surmounted by a thousand heads line the march of Yamada to the lands of Temmu".	10
6	161	I thought of the heads aligning a road to the lands of Temmu.	10
6	177	I neglected to convey this intelligence to Lord Temmu, as we were to discipline uncooperative retainers by means of the torch and sword.	10
6	201	Lord Nishida turned his head to face Lord Temmu, who sat, cross-legged, near the back of the dais.	10
6	202	"We thank great Yamada for his patience," said Lord Temmu.	10
6	207	But not a flicker of annoyance could be marked on the visage of Lord Temmu.	10
6	210	"Speak," said Lord Temmu.	10
6	259	"Tell your lord," said Lord Temmu, "that the holding stands".	10
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.	10
7	89	The slaves had been sequestered in the indoor housing area, as noted, where they would be safer, but also, by the edict of Lord Temmu, given the rigor of the siege and the scarcity of resources, and the need for the strictest of disciplines, had been denied to the garrison.	10
7	96	For example, Lord Temmu himself had placed his own slaves amongst the others, as had other high officers.	10
7	160	"The house of Yamada and that of Temmu have been enemies for years," he said.	10
7	164	"Have you leave from Lord Temmu?" he inquired, softly.	10
7	310	"Saru, the slave of Lord Temmu?" I said.	10
7	377	"Should Lord Temmu suggest the ritual knife," he said, "the garrison will unhesitantly comply".	10
7	397	"Let it be thought," I said, "that I have withdrawn the cavalry, that we have deserted the banner of Temmu".	10
8	28	"And in the camp it is said that Tarl Cabot, tarnsman, has deserted the banner of Temmu, and that the tarn cavalry, what remained of it, is fled".	10
8	43	Lord Temmu had seen to this.	10
8	106	"Lord Temmu had little choice in the matter," said Lysander.	10
8	126	"I shall speak to Lord Okimoto," I said, "who, I trust, will speak to Lord Temmu".	10
9	1	What Occurred in the Courtyard of the Holding; What Occurred Later at the New Encampment The banner of Lord Temmu no longer flew over the castle.	10
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.	10
9	44	At the height of the trail lay the holding with its wealth of gold, silver, silk, sake, vessels, jewels, screens, hangings, perfumes, weapons, robes, instruments, ointments, oils, and such, the treasure and loot of generations amassed by the house of Temmu.	10
9	66	Lord Temmu was a large man.	10
9	71	Then, behind Lord Temmu on the right stood Lord Okimoto, and on the left, Lord Nishida.	10
9	80	"The banner of Temmu is raised!" called Ichiro.	10
9	122	Indeed, after the probable betrayal of, and surely the discovery and decimation of, the exploratory expedition launched by Lord Temmu, the enemy had advanced in force, later managing to invest the holding.	10
9	137	"I am pleased that Lord Temmu has finally authorized the use of the cavalry," said Lysander.	10
9	140	"Lord Temmu is under the influence of others," I said.	10
10	26	We did not brandish the banners of Temmu but there would be little doubt in whose interest we flew.	10
10	166	"It is my understanding," said Lysander, "Lord Temmu has not authorized the use of the cavalry".	10
10	192	"I propose we labor on behalf of the house of Temmu, but independent of the dais.	10
10	198	"If I understand you aright," said Lysander, "it would seem so to Lord Temmu, as well".	10
10	205	"We have already noted," I said, "two things of interest, the likely inertia of a peasantry, which would allow limited defensive precautions on the part of Lord Yamada, and the lack of an authorization for raids, which I suspect is as well understood by General Yamada as by those who stand high in t...	10
11	106	"Lord Temmu has sent you?" I asked.	10
11	115	He cries vengeance on the house of Temmu.	10
11	131	Fukuros are set aside for the house of Temmu.	10
11	140	"That was the order of Lord Temmu," I said.	10
11	151	"The northern fields," I said, "were long under the suzerainty of Lord Temmu".	10
11	153	"It would be wise for Lord Temmu to do so," I said.	10
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.	10
11	175	Following the disasters of the mutiny at sea, the ambush following the first landing, the fate of the exploratory force, the raid on the first encampment, and casualties of the siege, there were something less than thirty-five hundred men, Pani and barbarians, at the disposal of the house of Temmu.	10
11	199	The point at the time, at least in terms of strategy, was to conceal the cavalry until its appearance, presumably at the turning point of a crucial battle, might have a devastating psychological effect on a startled, superstitious enemy, and turn the tide in favor of the house of Temmu.	10
11	201	The common understanding of its debacle was the superior intelligence of the enemy, an intelligence which, it was suspected, had its origin in the holding of Temmu itself.	10
11	212	"Lord Temmu, Lord Okimoto," he said, "did not approve of your unauthorized use of the cavalry".	10
11	249	Might not the rice wither and die in that darkness? Who knows the temper and appetite of the iron dragon? How long it has been since it has last flown! What if it is angry? What if it is hungry? What if it is insatiable? Might it not alight upon the palaces of Yamada as well as upon the holding of T...	10
11	285	"Surely you have brought your information to Lord Temmu".	10
11	321	He is loyal to Lord Temmu.	10
12	10	"From the holding of Temmu," I said.	10
12	74	"She was the property of Lord Temmu, master of the great holding," he said.	10
12	79	"Lord Nishida," I said, "is a daimyo, in allegiance to Lord Temmu".	10
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.	10
12	87	"Lord Temmu," he said, "has two daimyos, I have ten.	10
12	96	"My peasantry and fields are far more extensive than those of Lord Temmu," he said.	10
12	103	"What of the peasantry laboring in the villages and fields of Temmu?" he asked.	10
12	115	* * * Whereas I had been willing, under the force of circumstances, recognizing treachery in high places, and the lack of practical alternatives, to conduct the cavalry as a rogue arm, aflight on behalf of Lord Temmu, I was unwilling to transform it into what would be in effect a brigade of bandits ...	10
12	130	"As appointed commander of the cavalry I was willing, under unusual circumstances, hoping to advance the cause of the house of Temmu, to exercise my own judgment, to act on my own initiative, to act independently of the chain of command, but all that was while I held the post and rank of commander, ...	10
12	139	* * * Lord Temmu had not seemed angry.	10
12	144	"My presence has been requested by Lord Temmu," I had said.	10
12	149	Daichi, dour and gaunt, the reader of bones and shells, was in the room, sitting to the left of Lord Temmu, and, surprisingly, behind the shogun and a bit to the left, as well, was a contract woman, standing, Sumomo.	10
12	172	On the floor a bit before, and to the side of Lord Temmu, was a scattering of bones and shells.	10
12	178	Lord Temmu and I sat facing one another.	10
12	179	I was not sure, at first, whether I should speak first, or Lord Temmu.	10
12	187	"There is rice in the pantries of the House of Temmu," he said.	10
12	188	"The gates of the House of Temmu may be opened.	10
12	210	"Lord Temmu is shogun," I said.	10
12	212	"Lord Temmu," I said.	10
12	215	"They do not lie," said Lord Temmu.	10
12	219	"They can be read," said Lord Temmu.	10
12	230	"The messenger, Tajima," said Lord Temmu, "has perhaps relayed to you an account of a reading in the palace of Yamada".	10
12	231	"As I recall," I said, "unless the house of Temmu yields to the house of Yamada, the iron dragon will fly, with possibly disastrous consequences to both houses".	10
12	232	"Yes," said Lord Temmu.	10
12	234	"Of course," said Lord Temmu.	10
12	242	Was it not she whom Tajima had discovered on the parapet, casting some object into the night? "His reading is similar," said Lord Temmu, "but somewhat more extensive, or detailed".	10
12	248	"Speak," said Lord Temmu, to Daichi.	10
12	249	"That the house of Temmu should yield to the house of Yamada," he said, "is clear, but the manner of yielding is less clear.	10
12	252	"Rather than surrender," said Daichi, "Lord Temmu would prefer the termination of his line and the destruction of the holding altogether, even should the iron dragon spread its wings".	10
12	257	Certainly it had never occurred to me that Lord Temmu would abandon the holding, and such.	10
12	265	"It is said," said Lord Temmu, "that they are sometimes hard to understand".	10
12	272	"I gather Lord Temmu does not intend to surrender," I said.	10
12	273	"It is only required, to avoid ruin," said Daichi, "that Lord Temmu yield".	10
12	277	"I requested Daichi san to cast the bones and shells in such a way as to seek the clarification of the message," said Lord Temmu.	10
12	279	"Fortunately," said Lord Temmu.	10
12	285	"You wished to see me?" I said to Lord Temmu.	10
12	286	"Yes," said Lord Temmu.	10
12	287	Sumomo politely, her head shyly down, held the tray first to Lord Temmu and then to Daichi.	10
12	296	Lord Temmu took a sip of sake first.	10
12	299	"Please," said Lord Temmu.	10
12	306	"It is excellent, is it not?" inquired Lord Temmu.	10
12	312	"Yes," said Lord Temmu.	10
12	314	"Lord Temmu is pleased, of course," said Daichi, "with the provisioning of the holding, the termination of the siege, the freeing of the northern fields".	10
12	317	"Enjoy your sake," said Lord Temmu, pleasantly.	10
12	322	I doubt that the forces of the house of Temmu could meet those of the house of Yamada on the open field".	10
12	323	"Even with tarns?" inquired Lord Temmu.	10
12	328	"Does the room grow dark?" asked Lord Temmu.	10
12	330	"Would you like more sake?" asked Lord Temmu.	10
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".	10
12	342	"We must save the house of Temmu," said Daichi.	10
12	345	"The yielding will be a small thing," said Lord Temmu.	10
12	352	"We now understand the nature of the yielding in question," said Lord Temmu.	10
12	355	"The extermination of the house of Yamada does not seem feasible," said Lord Temmu.	10
12	360	"It is a small price," said Lord Temmu.	10
12	384	"He has labored on behalf of the rebellious house of Temmu," said another.	10
12	424	You have well served the rebellious house of Temmu and have muchly discomfited the rightful, honorable house of Yamada.	10
13	16	"I see," I said, "that the collar of Lord Temmu has been removed from your pretty neck".	10
13	17	"As was that of Lord Nishida by the servitors of Lord Temmu, Master," she said.	10
13	114	He is an officer in the tarn cavalry in the forces of Lord Temmu, respected, trusted, and relied upon".	10
13	153	Had it not been for the intervention of Priest-Kings or Kurii, or both, I think the remnants of Lord Temmu's land forces would have perished on a beach long ago, rather than appearing, seemingly unaccountably, in the vicinity of Brundisium on continental Gor.	10
13	160	It had often been suspected that he was as well apprised of the appointments, plans, and secrets of the house of Temmu as those of his own.	10
13	169	Lord Temmu, as many in the islands, particularly in times of doubt and uncertainty, would consult the supposed deliverances of severally scattered bones and shells.	10
13	173	Thus, somehow Daichi, presumably a reader of some reputation, and a secret creature of Lord Yamada, had been placed in the house of Temmu.	10
13	180	And Sumomo's role, I anticipated, was largely that of communicating Daichi's information, available from Lord Temmu, to the enemy, by so simple a contrivance as casting missives over the parapet, to be retrieved below.	10
13	366	Aside from your mission to encounter me and see that I was conducted to Tarncamp, you were destined, even from Earth, to be a gift for the shogun, Lord Temmu".	10
13	455	And Lord Temmu, perhaps under the influence of Daichi, seemed to credit at least the possible existence of such a beast.	10
14	43	"Lord Temmu and Daichi, the reader of bones and shells, perhaps were more apprised of various possibilities than I," I said.	10
14	49	"Surely it remains in the service of Lord Temmu," I said.	10
14	50	"I know more of the house of Temmu than its master," said Lord Yamada.	10
14	61	"Lord Temmu did not understand this, nor, apparently, do you.	10
14	76	"Fortunately for Lord Temmu," said General Yamada, "they are confirming that Tarl Cabot, commander of the cavalry, is alive".	10
14	78	"Then," said General Yamada, "I think the holding of Lord Temmu would be destroyed".	10
14	86	They were thus contemplating first the destruction of the holding of Lord Temmu, who betrayed you, and, second, the destruction of my holdings, for presumably having slain you".	10
14	113	"It seems clear," I said, "that you are well apprised of what ensues in the holding of Temmu".	10
14	125	"It was extremely clever of you," I said, "to place the reader, Daichi, in the inner circle of Lord Temmu".	10
14	127	"Years were spent subtly enhancing the reputation of Daichi in the islands, with the result that Lord Temmu must have his services, at whatever cost".	10
14	132	"It is strange to me," I said, "that Lord Temmu, who is not a stupid man, should take such things seriously".	10
16	36	When summoned by Lord Temmu, several days ago, I had arrived at his holding on tarnback.	10
16	41	His presence at the castle of Lord Temmu suggested that he might have arrived by means of his own tarn.	10
16	51	In any event, the tarn on which I had reached the castle of Lord Temmu must not remain in the holding.	10
16	54	I did not think that the messenger tarns held at the castle of Lord Temmu would have been used, as this might have provoked curiosity.	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
16	88	Most of the slaves from the holding of Lord Temmu who had been traded for rice might be anywhere, distributed to daimyos, warriors, and officers, sold, gifted, bartered, put in the fields, put to herding verr and tarsk, perhaps even being held somewhere, in pens or sheds, to be dispersed at a later ...	10
17	24	"You are inquiring if the tarn which carried you to the castle of Lord Temmu is in the vicinity, masking your interest by a reference to the saddle bow.	10
17	28	"It seems likely," I said, "your noble ally, the barbarian, Tyrtaios, reached the castle of Lord Temmu astride a tarn, secretly, by night, and likely, as well, that my tarn, for such beasts are of great worth, if it were practical, would have been acquired.	10
17	123	"It is unusual," he said, "but there are others, bought for fukuros of rice from Lord Temmu, also from across Thassa, who are similarly characterized, whom I have placed amongst my palace women, given to high officers, and such".	10
18	19	"We conjecture," said Tajima, "that you did not desert the holding of Lord Temmu, repudiating your allegiance to that house, but were somehow betrayed into the keeping of the enemy".	10
18	28	"You were betrayed by the house of Temmu," said Pertinax.	10
19	13	It was thus not all that unusual that many of the slaves of the holding of Lord Temmu had been exchanged for rice.	10
19	84	Would you clothe penned tarsk or verr? "I take it," I said, "as there are no Pani here, these slaves are from amongst those bought from Lord Temmu, those sold for rice".	10
19	88	"Lord Yamada received something like one hundred and fifty slaves from the holding of Lord Temmu".	10
19	89	I did recall that, as far as I knew, only one slave had been retained in the holding of Lord Temmu.	10
19	101	I knew most of these girls from Tarncamp, from Shipcamp, from the voyage of the ship of Tersites, from the holding of Lord Temmu.	10
20	15	I had gathered that her lapse had taken place on the outer parapet of the Holding of Temmu, where she had been detected casting a message, beribboned to facilitate its detection and retrieval, as Tajima had later confirmed my earlier speculation, to a confederate below.	10
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.	10
20	108	"I brought the matter," said Tajima, in English, "as I am uncertain of the allegiances of Lord Nishida, to the attention of Lords Okimoto and Temmu.	10
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.	10
20	176	"Perhaps I have been removed from the holding of Temmu for my safety.	10
20	266	Behold, at this table, to your right, is the officer Tajima, Pani, as yourself, and but recently come from the holding of your enemy, Lord Temmu.	10
20	267	The noble Tajima will be more informed than I of recent developments which may have occurred in the holding of Lord Temmu.	10
20	287	I recalled that he had been willing to place Sumomo, in the guise of a contract woman, in the very holding of his mortal enemy, Lord Temmu.	10
20	297	Indeed, Sumomo, in Tarncamp, in Shipcamp, on the great ship, and in the holding of Lord Temmu, though supposedly only a contract woman, had treated him with derision and contempt, rather as might have the daughter of a shogun mocked and scorned the attentions of a lowly armsman.	10
20	343	He chose not to speak of the holding of Temmu.	10
20	384	It is then my hope that the cavalry, in the light of the despicable treatment of their commander, Tarl Cabot, tarnsman, betrayed into the hands of a putative enemy, but an actual friend, the dreadful perfidy of the house of Temmu, the righteousness of my cause, and the wisdom of an alliance, one bot...	10
20	512	"Our new guests, the noble Tajima and the noble Pertinax, must make ready to return to the encampment of tarns," said Lord Yamada, "to convey my felicitations and suggestions to their fellows, but I think it is only fitting, first, to see if there might be some word to be conveyed to the false shogu...	10
20	518	Lord Temmu, on the other hand, was more than willing to attribute credit to such impostures.	10
20	528	"I gather," said Lord Yamada, gravely, "they have not fallen well for the house of Temmu".	10
20	534	"They speak of the tarn cavalry," said Lord Yamada, "and of the house of Temmu.	10
20	535	They warn the house of Temmu of betrayal, of danger".	10
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.	10
21	56	It seemed clear to me that Lord Yamada had arranged with Tatsu to reveal a reading to his political advantage, which would then be relayed to the holding of Temmu, sooner or later, by Tajima and Pertinax.	10
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...	10
21	73	Shortly thereafter the Goreans of the continental coast, particularly that in the vicinity of Brundisium, found strangers in their midst, Pani, these survivors of the major land forces of Lord Temmu.	10
21	84	The devastated forces of Temmu clung to little more than the lofty heights of an ancestral holding.	10
21	85	How then could the dice of men and war, those of Yamada and Temmu, be better balanced, be more evenly weighted? The house of Yamada had seized the land and the sea.	10
21	86	What if the house of Temmu might be capable of seizing the air? What of tarns, unknown on the islands? Might these monsters not level a game, and adjust its odds with a more gracious equity? Possibly.	10
21	87	But how could that defeated remnant of the forces of Temmu, removed to a far coast, return to the war, whose fields lay across the vast, turbulent breadth of Thassa, beyond even the Farther Islands, from whose waters no ship had returned? Let there be then a ship, a great ship, an unusual ship.	10
21	88	Could it, unaided, make its way to that board on which the dice were to be cast, the islands beyond the Farther Islands? If not, is the game not done? And if perchance such a ship, a large ship, a transport for men and tarns, as no other before it had done, might brave the perils of Thassa, what the...	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	110	Unbeknownst to herself she had been detected on the outer parapet of the holding of Temmu by the warrior, Tajima, seemingly communicating with minions of Lord Yamada, waiting below.	10
21	123	As I had heard nothing for days I assumed that Tajima and Pertinax and their cargos had made it safely back to the encampment, and, as well, to the holding of Lord Temmu, where their reports would be doubtless eagerly awaited.	10
21	240	"'It will be difficult to reach the country of Temmu,' said the witless boor, Tajima.	10
21	398	"And then transporting you as though a slave to the holding of Temmu, to be dealt with there as a spy".	10
21	513	"You were observed on the outer parapet of the holding of Temmu," I said, "casting a beribboned paper to someone below, apparently communicating with the enemy.	10
21	515	The use of Daichi to influence Lord Temmu is thought at risk.	10
21	516	You were to be cast from the parapet at a time corresponding to your casting of the note below, but you were extracted from the holding of Lord Temmu, by Tyrtaios, that you be spared this fate, though only, I fear, to endure one more to the liking of the shogun".	10
22	4	"She served you well in the holding of Lord Temmu, at great personal hazard.	10
22	28	As I read the situation, the cavalry is estranged from the house of Temmu, given its betrayal of its commander.	10
22	43	"There is still the coveted holding of Lord Temmu," I said, "it would be difficult to reduce.	10
22	69	Adding in my tarn, secured during my removal from the holding of Temmu, Lord Yamada would have at his disposal only two tarns.	10
23	111	"Perhaps even to the house of Temmu?" said Haruki.	10
23	112	"Yes," I said, "and if to the house of Temmu, perhaps others might transmit them farther thence".	10
23	200	It is days to the holding of Lord Temmu, if that is the destination you have in mind".	10
23	214	"It is clear," I said, "that Lord Yamada has agents in the camp of Lord Temmu".	10
23	216	"Similarly," I said, "Lord Temmu, and his daimyos, Lords Nishida and Okimoto, are highly intelligent men.	10
23	266	Otherwise, given the possibilities of spies, birds could be brought from either holding, that of Temmu or that of Yamada, which might then, with false messages, be released to return to either holding.	10
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".	10
23	277	"And," I said, "the apprehended birds, those captured from the secret cot, which will home to the holding of Lord Temmu".	10
23	294	"Inform the house of Temmu," he said, "of the readying of troops, the summoning of daimyos, warn that the word of Yamada is not to be trusted".	10
23	298	"You might also," said Haruki, "inform the house of Temmu of the projected fate of the beauteous Lady Sumomo.	10
23	307	"I shall convey the projected fate of the Lady Sumomo to the House of Temmu," I said.	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
24	146	What if the cavalry should intervene, on behalf of the house of Temmu?" "Two golden chains," he said, "may perhaps purchase its quiescence".	10
24	163	The House of Temmu betrayed their commander.	10
24	175	"By now," I said, "the holding of Temmu will have been resupplied, its reservoirs replenished, its trails narrowed, its walls strengthened".	10
25	62	I did not doubt but what some might have come from as far away as the holding of Lord Temmu.	10
25	64	He was then to release the bird, and trust that it would home to the message cot of the holding of Temmu.	10
25	65	Lord Temmu would then attempt to find an informant capable of understanding the message.	10
25	273	"He must be in the saddle within Ehn!" Haruki, I thought, wildly, had not failed! The tiny message, fastened to the left foot of the vulo, held in its flight against its belly, half hidden in its plumage, days ago, had made its way to the cot in the holding of Temmu! Suddenly the vast shadow of the ...	10
25	331	It would have been better, I supposed, to go a different direction, and then another, and another, and then, possibly, approach the holding of Temmu, or the tarn encampment, if one wished, from the east, west, or even north.	10
27	105	The contents of that pen might have been rather special, being white-skinned slaves obtained for rice in the north, during the siege of the holding of Lord Temmu.	10
27	126	When I deem the way is safe, some days from now, you may continue on, to the holding of Temmu or, if you prefer, to the nest of the demon birds".	10
27	128	"There is no place for me in the holding of the hated Temmu," he said, "nor in the aerie of demon birds".	10
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.	10
29	420	"I thought we must wait," said Tajima, "to the holding of Temmu, or to the encampment of tarns".	10
30	32	"The shogun marches against the lands of Temmu," said Tajima.	10
30	39	"Let the tarsks of the traitorous rebel, Temmu, the Wicked, cringe in anticipation," said the leader.	10
30	46	In this way we hoped to reach the countryside controlled by Lord Temmu apart from the march of Yamada, but not that far behind it.	10
30	191	"It is well known there are several barbarians, mercenaries, amplifying the forces of Lord Temmu.	10
30	192	He will presumably take you for a deserter, one wise enough to recognize that the cause of Lord Temmu is a lost cause".	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
31	124	I take him to be a deserter, a mercenary fled from the holding of Temmu, one forsaking a doomed cause".	10
31	133	My wallet contained a better trove, but it contained no more than what it bore when I had been drugged long ago in the holding of Temmu.	10
34	10	"It is thought," said Yasushi, "that the bold tarnsman and his fair captive, Sumomo, outdistanced their pursuit and that she is now a prisoner in the holding of Temmu, the Wicked, or somewhere in a nest of demon birds".	10
34	18	"It is speculated the mysterious tarnsman and his prize are afoot?" "Yes," said Kazumitsu, "and doubtless attempting to reach the holding of Temmu, or the camp of the demon birds".	10
34	39	But even if it is so, that these are the four you sought, of what interest or importance would they be, for anyone, a free warrior, zealous for a shogun's rice; a field slave; a foreigner, probably a deserter from the camp of Temmu; and a peasant?" "Why does Yasushi, a march constable, concern himse...	10
35	14	He is marching on the holding of Temmu.	10
35	27	"Nor," I said, "of a barbarian tarnsman, who has taken to the saddle on behalf of Lord Temmu".	10
36	57	You, the foreigner, are presumably a deserter from the holding of Temmu, the Wicked, and might have information of interest pertaining to the forces, dispositions, and appointments of the holding, and the other, even as a guide, or follower, might prove similarly useful".	10
37	68	"The empty saddle, undamaged, uncut, not bloodied, and such, will suggest that Tajima abandoned the tarn, and would try to reach the holding of Temmu or the encampment of tarns on foot.	10
37	71	Too, of course, in any event, one would hope that Lord Temmu would have the common wisdom of attempting to penetrate such camps with spies.	10
37	72	Indeed, these spies, if recognized, might not even be apprehended, but, rather, ignored, that they might return to the holding of Temmu with disconcerting, dire tidings of the might of Lord Yamada's advance".	10
38	138	As soon as I was beyond the palings, I cried out, "Bowmen of Temmu, fire on the first tarsk who emerges from the pen!" I moved back in the darkness with Haruki.	10
38	142	"Fools, there are no bowmen of Temmu in the camp.	10
39	21	"Lord Temmu must be warned".	10
40	65	"Lord Temmu would prize it.	10
41	20	"Too," I said, "considering the size of the camp, the number of fugitives, and the large number of peasants, tradesmen, craftsmen, deserters from the holding of Temmu, and such, in the camp, one might pity the search squads.	10
41	96	There are several deserters in the camp, barbarian mercenaries, fled from the holding of Temmu.	10
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.	10
42	179	"You and Ichiro," I said, "must have arranged some means of returning to the holding of Temmu or the encampment of tarns, surely not on foot".	10
42	188	This was the authorized entrance and departure point in the camp, utilized by a variegated traffic of peasant venders, itinerant craftsmen, peddlers, merchants, recruits, deserters from the forces of Lord Temmu, and others.	10
44	1	Yamada Advances We stood on the outer parapet of the holding of Temmu, high above the valley below.	10
44	3	"We have the assurance of the tarn cavalry, that it will fly on behalf of our house?" said Lord Temmu, gazing over the parapet.	10
44	5	"Yet he advances," said Lord Temmu.	10
44	10	"Would that I had a skilled and honest reader of bones and shells," said Lord Temmu.	10
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.	10
44	13	"True," said Lord Temmu.	10
44	14	The reader, Daichi, had disappeared from the holding of Temmu, I had learned, shortly after the discovery of Sumomo's espionage.	10
44	18	We thought them safer there, from war, and, in the case of Nezumi, from the dark justice of Lord Temmu.	10
44	19	If she were housed in the holding of Temmu, it seemed likely that she, even with cropped hair and in the garment of a field slave, would be recognized as the former Sumomo, and dealt with accordingly.	10
44	20	"Daichi," said Lord Temmu, "was a fine reader.	10
44	26	"He betrayed the bones and shells," said Lord Temmu.	10
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.	10
44	37	"Perhaps he is a fool," said Lord Temmu.	10
44	47	"Please do not do so," said Lord Temmu.	10
44	59	"Lord Yamada is a fool," said Lord Temmu.	10
44	102	Indeed, it was not clear that Nezumi was in a much better way should she come to the attention of Lord Temmu, as she might then be decollared and cast to the rocks at the foot of the outer parapet of his holding.	10
44	143	"The cavalry is aflight," said Lord Temmu, with satisfaction.	10
44	155	"On those of madness," said Lord Temmu.	10
44	157	"No," said Lord Temmu.	10
44	159	"That I might be slain for treachery, if all did not proceed as planned?" "You may command from here, by the summit, by flags and signal horns," said Lord Temmu.	10
44	181	"Victory is upon our banners," said Lord Temmu.	10
44	182	"Hail to Lord Temmu, Shogun of the Islands!" cried an officer.	10
44	185	"Let the drums pound," said Lord Temmu.	10
44	190	Lord Temmu seized the glass of the Builders, and peered through it.	10
44	194	Lord Temmu handed the glass to his daimyo.	10
44	206	"It approaches, does it not?" said Lord Temmu.	10
44	214	"Speak," said Lord Temmu.	10
44	267	"I will never surrender the ancestral holding," said Lord Temmu.	10
44	273	"Even a sword worth a dozen swords," said Lord Temmu, "is useless against a thousand swords".	10
44	278	"Where is Nodachi?" said Lord Temmu.	10
44	289	"Did you dare to look upon the thing in the sky?" asked Lord Temmu.	10
44	293	"We must attempt to die well," said Lord Temmu.	10
44	295	"Surely you know what we face?" said Lord Temmu.	10
44	298	"Daichi referred to such a thing," said Lord Temmu.	10
44	300	"You are skeptical?" said Lord Temmu.	10
44	302	"But you have seen it," said Lord Temmu.	10
44	306	"It has come from its cave," said Lord Temmu.	10
44	309	"Yamada," said Lord Temmu.	10
44	310	"What do you think it is?" I asked Lord Temmu.	10
44	313	"It is the iron dragon," said Lord Temmu.	10
44	339	"Beware the iron dragon," said Lord Temmu.	10
44	345	"What of us here?" asked Lord Temmu.	10
44	350	"I see," said Lord Temmu.	10
45	17	"As far as I know," said Tajima, "it has not flown since the attack on the holding of Lord Temmu".	10
45	75	The forces of Yamada were to be ranged against those of Temmu".	10
45	76	"Yamada's forces are mighty," said Pertinax, "those of Temmu weak".	10
45	77	"To balance the matter," I said, "foreign mercenaries, and, more importantly, tarns, hitherto unknown in the islands, were to be supplied to Temmu".	10
45	88	"Sometimes, from various things, I am sure that Kurii favor Temmu, even from Tarncamp, and, at other times, from various things, particularly here, in the islands, it seems clear they favor Yamada".	10
45	110	"Then Kurii favor Temmu," said Pertinax.	10
45	137	"Even with the emergence of the iron dragon," said Tajima, "the tarn cavalry is of great value to Lord Temmu".	10
45	140	"When the garrison of the holding of Temmu was on the brink of starvation," said Tajima, "slaves were sold cheaply, for rice".	10
45	150	"She would be a favorite of Lord Temmu," I said.	10
45	177	"In the holding," I said, "Lord Nishida informed Lord Temmu that Nodachi had departed the holding, to seek Lord Yamada".	10
46	14	It was estimated, given the hardships of the early spring, the rigors of the first siege, the threat of the second siege, the overwhelming superiority in numbers enjoyed by Lord Yamada, and the fearful advent of the iron dragon in the skies over the holding of Temmu, that better than two hundred mer...	10
46	308	"And the holding of Temmu still stands?" asked the magician.	10
47	8	"I am in touch with the negotiations being pretended in the holding of Temmu," he said.	10
47	10	The pretended negotiations, obviously not in good faith, were a transparent ruse to buy time, but for what? Temmu has no army rushing to his rescue.	10
47	28	"Do you think, swordsman," asked Lord Yamada, "that the fool Temmu, the wicked, will surrender his holding?" "No," said Nodachi.	10
47	40	"Do you think that Temmu will destroy the holding, rather than surrender it?" asked Lord Yamada.	10
47	45	"As it seems the holding is to be destroyed, in either case," said Lord Yamada, "either by the breath of the iron dragon or the torches of Temmu, one may as well be done with it, and free the iron dragon".	10
47	91	"I saw it," I said, "at the holding of Temmu".	10
47	117	"Besides, with the fall of the house of Temmu, I might well recover them, and surely much more".	10
48	45	"And in what way, and to what end, great lord," I said, "are we to discuss the cavalry?" "You understand, of course," he said, "from the demonstration in the vicinity of the holding of Temmu, that the cavalry cannot meet the iron dragon.	10
48	113	The forces of Temmu are trapped in the holding, and the holding will be destroyed".	10
53	64	"He thinks the dragon will destroy the holding of Temmu," said Pertinax.	10
54	7	For example, little was known at that time other than the fact that the door to the chamber of the Kurii was secured and that the iron dragon had flown north, presumably on its mission to deal out destruction to the holding of Temmu.	10
54	86	"We shall fly north," I said, "and greet the garrison of the holding of Temmu, and then we shall be about our business".	10
54	89	"How long will it take to reach the holding of Temmu?" asked Pertinax.	10
54	133	"When the dragon attacked the holding of Temmu, a wall was shattered," said Tajima.	10
54	172	"There, in the distance," said Pertinax, "it is the holding of Temmu!" "Below," I said, "is the south siege camp, that to the south of the holding".	10
54	184	To be sure, in the present instance, siege towers were impractical, given the height and steepness of the escarpment surmounted by the holding of Temmu.	10
54	212	* * * Following the benign display of the dragon over the vast, southern camp, which we took, from its location, its proximity to the northern road, facilitating communications with, and the movement of supplies from, Yamada's heartland, to be the headquarters of the besieging forces, we moved, in a...	10
54	215	Its purpose had been little more than to convince the house of Temmu that the dragon was dangerous, powerful, irresistible, and flew for Yamada.	10
54	217	The shogun, Temmu, and his daimyos, Lords Nishida and Okimoto, predictably, had refused to evacuate the holding.	10
54	222	Lord Temmu would destroy the holding before allowing it to fall into the hands of Lord Yamada.	10
54	243	"And who," asked Tajima, "would sue a dragon for mercy?" "Perhaps Lord Temmu will engage the cavalry," said Pertinax.	10
54	244	"The cavalry is no longer a minion of the house of Temmu," I said.	10
54	256	"By now the forces of Temmu should be alarmed or resigned, and those of Yamada reassured and inspirited".	10
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".	10
54	272	"Now," I said, "the third circle is complete, and it is the house of Temmu which the dragon has examined and not harmed.	10
54	288	"What he knows," I said, "is likely to be little different from what is known by thousands of others, namely, that the iron dragon favored the house of Temmu, and then disappeared, perhaps to return to its mysterious realm of origin".	10
56	46	"I fear the men of Temmu march south," she said.	10
57	42	The iron dragon, it seemed, had withdrawn from the cause of Yamada and espoused that of the house of Temmu.	10
57	56	Later he, and his colleague, took flight, it was rumored to pledge their swords to the house of Temmu, to which house they had seemingly been long devoted, and in whose interest they had labored secretly.	10
57	60	Lady Kameko feared, but did not know, that contingents of Lord Temmu were advancing south.	10
57	63	Whereas the forces at the disposal of Lord Temmu were small compared to those which had maintained the siege in the north, the variables involved in the equations of war had changed dramatically.	10
57	65	Who would choose to hold ground or counterattack under a sky in which might suddenly appear the stern, beating wings of fate's implement, a gigantic dragon sprung alive from legend and myth, capable of palpable arson and destruction, appearing in a world where the canvas over one's head might burst ...	10
57	69	Lord Temmu had some two thousand warriors.	10
57	70	As nearly as I could estimate the matter, from the outside, so to speak, the house of Temmu, altogether, could muster something in the neighborhood of thirty-five hundred men.	10
57	72	The role of the cavalry in all this was not clear, and it had remained a substantially independent force since the betrayal of its commander to the house of Temmu's foe, Lord Yamada.	10
57	76	It remained unclear at this point, of course, whether or not Lord Temmu would seize the tempo of war and invest troops in consolidating his advantage, and, if so, in what numbers.	10
57	170	"Suppose," I said, "the holding of Temmu had been overrun.	10
57	200	"We could give her to an Ashigaru, when the men of Temmu arrive at the palace," said Tajima.	10
57	225	"Why would it fly for the house of Temmu?" asked Lady Kameko.	10
57	266	"Surely the men of Yamada," I said, "as well as those of Temmu, not to mention a common practice across the sea, do this all the time".	10
58	13	"Doubtless," said Nodachi, "here and there, under prize officers, but not enough to hold back Lord Temmu, should he choose to march".	10
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.	10
58	234	It seemed Kurii, or some Kurii, might have favored Lord Temmu, as I had been brought within his compass on a northern beach long ago, in a ship departed from a steel world.	10
59	58	"I fear the men of Temmu may march south," I said.	10
59	63	It was my surmise that the wager betwixt Kurii and Priest-Kings, if it existed, would not be considered resolved until either the house of Yamada or that of Temmu would be crushed into a nullity.	10
59	69	"If the men of Lord Temmu have been on the road for days," I said.	10
60	142	"Men pour in!" Visitors; A Plan is Formed It was not the men of Temmu who first burst through the gate, overcoming guards, but some thirty or forty soldiers, mostly officers, many of whom still wore the livery of the shogun.	10
60	147	"A thousand men of the holding of Temmu are less than an Ahn away," said Lord Akio.	10
60	149	Lord Temmu would be thrifty in his commitment of troops.	10
60	180	"If troops of Temmu are at hand, as you say," said Lord Yamada, "it would be a prize but briefly held".	10
60	182	"You have an arrangement with the house of Temmu," said Lord Yamada.	10
60	186	"A gift for Lord Temmu," said Lord Akio.	10
60	340	"He is in league with the house of Temmu.	10
60	341	The forces of Temmu, a thousand or more, are nigh".	10
60	348	"The men of Temmu are nigh, great lord," said Kazumitsu.	10
60	376	"The troops of Lord Temmu are nigh".	10
60	389	"Where is the noble warrior, Tajima, of the house of Temmu, of the service of Lord Nishida, of the cavalry of Tarl Cabot, tarnsman?" cried Arashi.	10
60	397	"The men of Temmu march," said Arashi.	10
60	433	"The men of Temmu march.	10
60	456	But their quality will be unknown to the forces of Temmu.	10
60	463	Lord Temmu has committed only a portion of his forces south.	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
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.	10
61	1	How Matters Turned Out; I Look Eastward It was a bright morning, with a pleasant wind, and I stood on the heavy planks of the great wharf, that at the foot of the long trail which led upward, within its walls, to the holding of Temmu, far above, almost obscured by clouds.	10
61	4	It had then returned to its native port in the lands of Temmu.	10
61	15	Then he looked down at the large, shaggy, sinuous beast by my side, Ramar, the lame sleen, brought from the camp of tarns, some one hundred and twenty pasangs north of the holding of Temmu.	10
61	33	The shadow of the iron dragon had fallen on neither the lands of Yamada nor those of Temmu.	10
61	53	"I urged Lord Temmu to commit more troops to the south," said Lord Okimoto.	10
61	55	To the best of my knowledge, Lord Temmu could not have brought four thousand men south, even with deserters and recruits, let alone five thousand.	10