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Book 30. (45 results) Mariners of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
31	14	Were they not vulnerable, outside the walls? Might there not be bandits? Might not the fleet of Lord Yamada appear, unexpectedly, or might not forces be landed from it, somewhere in the vicinity, which might raid the ship? Indeed, did not soldiers of Lord Yamada even now camp within sight of our wal...	10
16	1	The Warning Ship; The Small Boats; Assassins; The Fleet of Lord Yamada I let the glass of the Builders, in its sling, drop to my hip.	10
16	44	"And who is this shogun?" "The great lord, Yamada, our enemy," said Lord Okimoto.	10
16	78	"The demon, Yamada," he hissed.	10
16	151	"The demon Yamada has violated the truce of the warning ship, which should be but a warning".	10
16	172	We shall administer a rebuke to the demon, Lord Yamada".	10
16	218	I wondered, too, if his apparent hatred for this Lord Yamada, and his indignation, certainly not misplaced, at the misuse of a warning ship, might not have colored, if not obscured, his judgment.	10
16	300	"It is the fleet of Lord Yamada," said Lord Okimoto.	10
16	340	The pursuing fleet of Lord Yamada had soon fallen behind.	10
16	358	"Because," said he, "I think the fleet of Lord Yamada will fear to follow".	10
17	38	Did they know that war had been done on this very deck, now sanded and smoothed clean? Did they know of the fleet of Lord Yamada? Did they understand that these waters, so glasslike, so serene, might be fraught with peril? I supposed not.	10
17	215	"At least," I said, "we are no longer pursued by the fleet of Lord Yamada".	10
17	248	"If you were the admiral of the fleet of Lord Yamada," said Cabot, "and you outnumbered your enemy ten or more to one, would you not press on, hoping to bring about an engagement, even if weeks later?" "Yes," I said, "I would press on".	10
19	19	My conversation with Tarl Cabot, alluded to earlier, having to do with the fleet of Lord Yamada, and such, had occurred on the third day of the fifth week past the fourth passage hand.	10
19	79	There was no sign of the fleet of Lord Yamada.	10
21	260	"The green column," said Lord Nishida, "might indicate that an area is safe to approach, even though it might lie in the territory of Lord Yamada, no enemy being about, or that a passage has been cleared, or a castle may be approached, or such, and thus one might have green without red, but it would...	10
23	99	"Perhaps one such as Lord Yamada?" I said.	10
24	19	We had seen no sign of the fleet of Lord Yamada.	10
24	23	Treasure in hand, from the Vine Sea, what more was to be gained on a dangerous shore, at the World's End? The orientation of the great ship, bow to sea, would allow it, should the fleet of Lord Yamada be sighted, to slip its moorings and escape the cove, to the security of the open sea.	10
24	289	Perhaps she might even be given to Lord Yamada, among other gifts, in a petition for peace, or mercy, or as a token of esteem or good will.	10
25	26	It remained, at least until now, despite the woes of the war, secure and inviolable, one stubborn, mighty, obdurate impediment to the designs of Lord Yamada, shogun, as it was said, at least by his minions, of the Twelve Islands.	10
25	35	We had seen nothing of the fleet of Lord Yamada.	10
25	42	To be sure, it had been a small thing, compared with the ships at the disposal of Lord Yamada.	10
25	68	Doubtless some of these were intended to locate and ascertain the numbers and dispositions of Lord Yamada's forces in the vicinity, but others were apparently of a much subtler nature, some to instigate apprehension which might spread naturally to the enemy, with appeals to fear and superstition, an...	10
25	71	If nothing else, the ambush and fighting in the defile and at the beach would make that clear to the generals of Lord Yamada.	10
25	83	The taxes of Lord Yamada were high, the agricultural confiscations were large, to feed his army, often leaving starvation in their wake.	10
25	85	The rule of Lord Yamada was one of iron.	10
28	86	For example, I was much afraid that the sorry return of the exploratory force, and the possible imminence of the forces of Lord Yamada, might further increase apprehension amongst the men, hasten the formation of reckless resolves, and lead to some rash action.	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
28	275	The force of Lord Yamada, or his generals, was in place.	10
29	30	Why then might it not return? Too, who knew if the fleet of Lord Yamada might not soon appear on the horizon, and close the mouth of the cove, closing the door to escape and precluding the eventual exploitation of the hitherto garnered riches? I continued to press through the crowd, trying to reach ...	10
30	159	I did not know if Lord Yamada, or his generals, contemplated addressing the castle, or had come largely to destroy villages, and fields.	10
32	92	"It is the fleet of Lord Yamada," said a man.	10
35	38	The fleet of Lord Yamada was approaching the cove, when the great ship slipped away".	10
35	39	"You think," I said, "it may be a prize, taken by the ships of Lord Yamada's admiral?" "I think it unlikely," he said, "quite improbable, but, in any event, caution is advised".	10
35	41	"It was not in the cove when the fleet of Lord Yamada made its appearance," he said.	10
35	44	"But one wonders why Lord Yamada, rich with resources, with many ashigaru, with many ships, with many villages and rice fields, with his war well in hand, on the brink of victory, would send a single ship to Brundisium, or even, say, to Kasra or Telnus".	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	14	One supposed that Lord Yamada, in his less-straitened circumstances, would be less motivated to seek foreign goods, but, too, one supposed, if he were once apprised of tarns, as presumably he soon would be, and might now be, he would be eager to supply himself with so valuable a military arm.	10
36	90	It is suspected that he was kept informed by some individual in a high place, perhaps a well-placed spy, some individual secretly in the service of Lord Yamada.	10
36	92	One supposes he was given a letter of safe conduct by means of which he would make contact with, and be received by, the forces of Lord Yamada, those in the vicinity of the castle".	10
36	98	"And such a possibility," said the captain, "would not be likely to be overlooked by Lord Yamada, or his advisors".	10
36	213	"There would be the danger, as well," said the captain, "that the ship might fall prize to the fleet of Lord Yamada".	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	419	He is respected by a hundred minor daimyos, and important in significant diplomacies, maintaining precarious neutralities amongst those who might lean to Lord Yamada, and perhaps, eventually, he might prove significant in the enlistment of allies".	10

Book 33. (455 results) Rebels of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
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
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	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
12	239	Such a strategy I had often thought might have been designed by Lord Yamada himself, and now, for the first time, it struck me, like a fist, that it may well have been designed by Lord Yamada himself.	10
14	1	The Balcony; My Conversation with Lord Yamada "There!" said Lord Yamada, pointing.	10
14	33	"A difficult shot," said Lord Yamada, "but, if successful, it might have purchased little time, and brought about the end of the house of Yamada".	10
20	1	Supper in the Palace of Lord Yamada "My thanks, noble lord," said Pertinax to Lord Yamada.	10
20	6	"Such trinkets, such trifles," said Lord Yamada, "are but tiny tokens of my esteem, and of the wealth of the House of Yamada.	10
20	540	"The bones and shells speak of danger to the house of Yamada, of an avenger, a dark figure, one approaching, a lost son, a son of the very blood of the house of Yamada, one who returns, one on whose left shoulder is borne the sign of the lotus".	10
20	541	"There are no sons of the blood of the house of Yamada," said Lord Yamada, drawing from his sash the companion sword.	10
20	550	"And you shall not again!" said Lord Yamada, and the companion sword, with a movement of Lord Yamada's wide sleeve, entered the reader's heart, and then, as easily, with another motion of that sleeve, withdrew.	10
21	58	On the other hand, the reading proclaimed by Tatsu spoke rather of danger to the house of Yamada and of some mysterious figure, supposedly of the very blood of Yamada, referred to as the "avenger".	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	117	It may also be recalled that Lord Yamada, before Tajima and Pertinax departed for their rendezvous with Ichiro, offered each a woman, who might be kept as their own, and, also, that Tajima, to my surprise, and presumably to that of Lord Yamada, expressed a concern as to the comfort of slaves, on wha...	10
37	70	On the other hand, given the intensity and extensiveness of searchings, the broadcast alertings of villages, and such, which would presumably be anticipated, it would be quite possible that he would be captured, and, if captured, would be brought to Lord Yamada, not back at the palace, but here, whe...	10
42	109	Would it not be a triumph for him, a delightful vengeance on Lord Yamada, and a lovely sop to his vanity, to organize similar suppers, even feasts, for his daimyos, officers, and retainers, feasts served by lovely but lowly barbarian slaves, indeed the very same who served the supper of Lord Yamada,...	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
48	1	We Have Tea with Lord Yamada "We have as yet," said Lord Yamada, "not discovered the whereabouts of the tarns which brought you south".	10
57	71	This might, of course, be supplemented by deserters from the house of Yamada, new recruitings of Ashigaru from the northern villages, and, possibly, the pledges of hitherto uncommitted daimyos, and even, possibly, those of daimyos who, in the light of recent developments, might withdraw their suppor...	10
60	334	"Yamada, of the house of Yamada, great lord," said the officer.	10
61	161	"The beast, Yamada, has no tarns!" The two tarns which had been at the disposal of Lord Yamada were no longer available to the shogun.	10
1	36	No further excursions in force had been risked against the enemy, the forces of the shogun, Lord Yamada, which had soon invested the holding, even to blockading the wharves below, denying access to the sea.	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	52	Accordingly, despite the undetected, and precipitous attack of Yamada's strike force, several tarns and their riders, vastly outnumbered and unable to offer an effective resistance, comprehending the hopelessness of their situation, had taken flight, making good their escape.	10
1	55	I learned later of the nature of the attack, the silent, signaling smoke arrows coordinating the four prongs of the attack, from four passes, the following blasts of conch horns, and the rolling of drums, the streaming into the valley of armed men, the small, narrow, rectangular banners of Lord Yama...	10
1	137	"I fear," said Lord Nishida, "many of our fields have fallen into the hands of the forces of Lord Yamada".	10
1	273	"The splendid officer, fearful Tyrtaios, so wise in council, so adept with the sword," said Lord Nishida, "has departed the holding, and placed his cunning and skills at the service of great Yamada".	10
1	305	Lord Yamada had not used it, at least as yet, in that capacity, presumably because he was interested in taking the holding, not destroying it.	10
1	370	The patrols and kill squads of Lord Yamada were said to be both efficient and zealous, as they wished to retain their heads.	10
1	374	"Lord Yamada must have the majority of his land forces, thousands, committed to the siege".	10
1	377	"Shogun Yamada has little to fear of such things, as he rules soilsmen, fishermen, craftsmen, buyers and sellers, wary subordinates, even daimyos, with the rod of terror," said Lord Nishida.	10
1	427	"If we attack behind the lines of Lord Yamada," I said, "if we threaten treasured assets, palaces and warehouses, and cut the lines of his supply, the siege, if not lifted, might be imperiled.	10
1	430	Too, even for a shogun of the power of Lord Yamada, it is demanding and expensive to maintain large numbers of men in the field, to supply and support them, and impractical, if not hazardous, to attempt to do so without sufficient resources".	10
1	441	"Fields are few and distant, and many are held by archers and Ashigaru of Lord Yamada," said Lord Nishida.	10
2	17	The new Pani, as it turned out, were cohorts of Lord Yamada, and served as scouts and guides for the converging raiders.	10
2	44	I assumed that the patrols and kill squads of Lord Yamada would be in the vicinity.	10
2	54	I took it to be the campfire of a Yamada patrol.	10
2	58	May a track in the snow not be a long, lingering arrow, one pointing to its unseen target? I must now be near the first encampment, that decimated weeks ago by the forces of Lord Yamada.	10
2	102	Neither of us were here when the Ashigaru of Yamada, with glaives and torches, streamed forth from the mountains.	10
2	113	I was reasonably confident that I would find, somewhere about the camp, somewhere in the snow and darkness, probably at its periphery, a contingent of the men of great Yamada, Shogun of the Islands.	10
3	3	The small fire could have been lit by Yamada Ashigaru, to lure in rescuers.	10
3	8	Any, however, of those contingents of Lord Yamada likely to be in the mountains, his patrols and kill squads, would know of tarns, from the raid on the first encampment or reports of the raid, and they, marking the descent of a tarn and its rider, would know that an enemy was in their midst.	10
4	97	Lord Yamada is patient.	10
4	183	"Hail Yamada, Shogun of the Islands," said the voice.	10
4	241	"Do not draw your sword! You can manage the winged monster! Lord Yamada can use men such as you.	10
6	1	The Dais "I bring you words of conciliation, of forgiveness, and joy from your lord, Lord Yamada, Shogun of the Islands," said Tyrtaios.	10
6	6	With him, behind him, and about, not on the dais, were some officers and several Ashigaru of Lord Yamada.	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	17	But when the soldiers of Lord Yamada, with the first light, with fixed banners and brandished glaives, crying out, swarmed to the shore, they found the beach empty.	10
6	27	Might they not, too, perhaps by the recruitment of mercenaries, assuming the requisite voyage could be made, manage to achieve a military balance with the numerically larger forces of Lord Yamada? Perhaps, particularly if a new arm were incorporated into their arsenal, an unprecedented arm, unpreced...	10
6	41	"I bear, on behalf of my lord, and yours, Lord Yamada, Shogun of the Islands," said Tyrtaios, "welcome, merciful words, words of exoneration, and clemency".	10
6	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	46	"It is the word of my lord, and yours, Lord Yamada, Shogun of the Islands," said Tyrtaios, "that peace, amity, harmony, and love, be between us, fully and forever".	10
6	63	"The patience of Lord Yamada is known to be prodigious, but it is not inexhaustible.	10
6	64	Accordingly, my lord, and yours, Lord Yamada, Shogun of the Islands, is willing, under certain conditions, to grant full amnesty to all rebels".	10
6	70	He generally did not wish to speak publicly, and perhaps particularly not now, as several men of Yamada had accompanied Tyrtaios to the holding.	10
6	92	"We attend the words of noble Tyrtaios," said Lord Nishida, "words spoken on behalf of his lord, noble Yamada, claimant to the islands".	10
6	96	"Lord Yamada knows the affection I bear toward my former fellows, and my desire for their well-being.	10
6	99	I withdrew from your service only under the most powerful of moral incentives, my recognition of the righteousness of the cause of Lord Yamada, Shogun of the Islands.	10
6	104	Lord Yamada is not Shogun of the Islands though he may pronounce himself such.	10
6	106	Too, Lord Yamada is not our lord.	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	108	"You are rebels," said Tyrtaios, "for you have arrayed yourselves against Lord Yamada.	10
6	129	In the last days, thanks to the compassion and generosity of my gracious lord, Lord Yamada, you have been permitted to trade some goods for food".	10
6	132	I did not understand this indulgence on the part of Lord Yamada.	10
6	134	I was curious as to what goods General Yamada was willing to accept, and why, in exchange, apparently, for supplies, presumably in limited quantities.	10
6	141	"It is requested only that you live in peace and harmony with your lord, Lord Yamada, Shogun of the Islands".	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	156	Bring gifts to the pavilion of your lord, great Yamada, Shogun of the Islands".	10
6	157	"You would have us descend from the fortress, defenseless, unarmed, amongst hostile forces, as alleged rebels and traitors, humbly bringing supplicatory gifts, and place ourselves at the mercy of Lord Yamada?" "As friends, and allies," said Tyrtaios.	10
6	159	"Lord Yamada is kind, forgiving, and compassionate," said Tyrtaios.	10
6	162	"You may trust Lord Yamada," said Tyrtaios.	10
6	163	"The trustworthiness of Lord Yamada is legendary in the islands," said Lord Nishida.	10
6	166	With him had come certain officers of General Yamada, presumably to monitor the proceedings and, later, to report upon them to the shogun, and several Ashigaru.	10
6	173	This was largely the result of two factors, the number of fields and farms now denied to us by the Ashigaru of Yamada, and the reduction of supplies, the thinning of flocks and the depletion of resources, at those villages still accessible to us.	10
6	181	"The generosity of Lord Yamada is noted," said Lord Nishida.	10
6	190	I supposed Tyrtaios' claim might have been based on rational conjecture, but I supposed, as well, and more plausibly, that communication, of some sort, existed between the holding and the pavilion of Lord Yamada, far below in the plain.	10
6	194	"I warn you," said Tyrtaios, "the patience of Lord Yamada is not inexhaustible".	10
6	202	"We thank great Yamada for his patience," said Lord Temmu.	10
6	224	"I am offended," said Lord Okimoto to Tyrtaios, "that Lord Yamada would send one such as you to convey his words, a traitor and miscreant.	10
6	248	I glanced at some of the officers of Lord Yamada who had accompanied Tyrtaios to the holding.	10
6	262	Tyrtaios and his party, officers and Ashigaru of General Yamada, then turned about, to take their leave.	10
7	5	After Tyrtaios and the officers and Ashigaru of Yamada who had accompanied him had withdrawn from the holding, I had made my way to the indoor housing area for slaves, and, to my surprise, found it empty.	10
7	122	"Lord Yamada is generous," I said.	10
7	155	"Were I Lord Yamada," I said, "I would bide my time, letting hunger do my fighting".	10
7	156	"Despite the asseverations of our friend, Tyrtaios," he said, "Lord Yamada is not a patient man".	10
7	160	"The house of Yamada and that of Temmu have been enemies for years," he said.	10
7	161	"I suspect," I said, "General Yamada has confederates within the holding".	10
7	176	"Lord Yamada," he said, "seems to be well apprised of conditions within the holding".	10
7	225	In the midst of the Ashigaru of Lord Yamada we would have disappeared like water into sand".	10
8	1	Lord Yamada is Supplying the Holding; He is Unaware of This.	10
8	5	We were well to the south of the investing forces of Lord Yamada.	10
8	8	In the fields little love was lost where the house of Yamada was concerned.	10
8	11	The warehouses in which I was particularly interested were the small, concealed warehouses, scattered about, whose location was apparently unknown even to many of the high officers in the command of General Yamada.	10
8	14	A concern for such measures was apparently a characteristic of General Yamada.	10
8	15	The other warehouses, large, sturdy structures, on the gates of which were emblazoned the insignia of the house of Yamada, might be left for later, and perhaps for the torch.	10
8	19	"Disguised as a half-blind sutler," he said, "I, together with others, peddlers, camp followers, and such, infiltrated the camp of Yamada.	10
8	22	"The morale of the men of Yamada is high," he said.	10
8	24	Great Yamada delays, to make more certain of the incapacity of the garrison to defend itself".	10
8	39	Thus, I thought, even though there be spies in the holding, it would now be difficult, and, hopefully, impossible, for them to communicate with General Yamada.	10
8	42	And men did not come and go between the holding and the camp of General Yamada.	10
8	85	As yet, I did not think the pavilion of Yamada was aware of our activities.	10
9	5	Too, somehow, over the last two or three days, rumors had circulated in the camp of Yamada, rumors which, I supposed, only Pani would take seriously, but rumors which, indeed, they might take seriously.	10
9	6	As it was learned later, Lord Yamada, sitting cross-legged in his pavilion, being served tea by his contract women, listening to reports, was incredulous.	10
9	13	Moments later, crying out with fear, awed by what they had seen, they hurried back, down the trail, about the wharves, and to the plain, so far below the lofty walls of the holding, on which stood the pavilion of Lord Yamada.	10
9	16	Lord Yamada was not pleased.	10
9	42	* * * I supposed that after the months of the siege, the inactivity, the waiting, the watching, the routine patrols, the endless drills, and such, the eagerness, the unruliness, the excitement, the greed of hundreds of the men of General Yamada, rushing as they could up the steep trail from the whar...	10
9	86	In moments the remnants of the tarn cavalry, limited now to fifty-one mounts, was streaking through the clouds over the holding, making its way, in formation, though without tarn drum, to the encampment of Yamada, to fire as many tents as possible.	10
9	90	What is behind him, and what does it mean? Too, I assumed General Yamada, from what I had learned of this mighty adversary, would more likely be at the front of his troops than in the rear.	10
9	117	"Yes!" It had originally been hoped that a major land battle with the forces of Lord Yamada, a battle decisive for the outcome of the war, might have been brought about, a battle which might turn profitably on the unexpected appearance of the tarn cavalry, a military arm new to the islands.	10
9	124	The exploratory force had failed to rouse the countryside against Lord Yamada and had been unable to set the stage for a major confrontation in which the surprise of the tarn cavalry might be decisive.	10
10	31	By now I was sure the investing forces of General Yamada were beginning to feel the straits of hunger.	10
10	33	General Yamada's lines of encirclement, ample to resist and turn back any likely sallying forth from the holding, were numerous, thick, and deep.	10
10	37	There was no dearth of food in the several territories claimed by Lord Yamada as we had determined, in supplying the holding by air.	10
10	40	Our work was often marked by hundreds of birds alighting on the spilled stores, who would soon compete with returning draymen, who would gather what rice they could and carry it away to their villages, where it might be concealed from the tax collectors of Lord Yamada.	10
10	43	Even a will of the might of that of Lord Yamada would be unable, indefinitely, to hold thousands of starving men in place.	10
10	79	Indeed, I did not doubt but what many of the peasants watching from the fields were no more enamored of the policies and practices of Lord Yamada than the fellows who scouted and spied for us.	10
10	103	At the same time the draymen, whom we had taken as peasantry, uttering the cry "Yamada," rushed toward the wagons, each bearing a dagger.	10
10	110	"Cleverly done, great Yamada," I thought.	10
10	117	This descent, I hoped, would be marked by the men of Yamada's projected ambush, adding to their frustration.	10
10	123	"Lord Yamada," I said, "is clever".	10
10	137	"It is my understanding," I said, "that the major forces of General Yamada are committed to the siege".	10
10	146	Yamada rules by force and terror".	10
10	148	"Only those loyal to Yamada may carry weapons," said Torgus, "his soldiers, his officers, his police".	10
10	154	The peasantry may prove loyal to Yamada, if only through fear".	10
10	165	Yamada's perimeters of defense are lengthy, and his reserves, if he does not fear the peasantry, may well be minimal and scattered".	10
10	227	"Let us then suppose," I said, "that fourteen or fifteen hundred men were committed to the ambush, and that this would deplete an already restricted home guard, and that these men are far from Yamada's major holdings, and are all afoot".	10
10	238	"Perhaps as they hurry south to defend the holdings of Yamada, we will see them below, on the road, on our return," said Lysander.	10
11	23	"I must raise the flag at the castle," he said, "on the closing of the courtyard gates, to signal the beginning of the cavalry attack on the camp of Lord Yamada.	10
11	114	Certainly Lord Yamada is distraught.	10
11	121	Only small contingents of Yamada's forces are about.	10
11	125	To the north of the holding, Yamada's Ashigaru leave the villages, and make their way south.	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	155	"Many Ashigaru of Lord Yamada, after the siege was lifted, were fallen upon by peasants".	10
11	159	"Do you think Lord Yamada will welcome them?" asked Tajima.	10
11	174	"Lord Yamada outnumbers us grievously," said Tajima.	10
11	176	It was estimated that Lord Yamada had at least three times this many in regular troops, and might, if it seemed needed, impress as many again from amongst the peasantry.	10
11	229	"An emissary from the palace of Lord Yamada, Tyrtaios, the mercenary, has come again to the dais," said Tajima.	10
11	232	"Is he, or Lord Yamada, mad? The siege is lifted.	10
11	234	General Yamada turns his attention to his homeland, circumspect and watchful over his possessions.	10
11	241	"Lord Yamada," said Tajima, "has had read for him the bones and shells, and in these troubled days of strange things and darkness, fears that the iron dragon will awaken, and if awaken, will spread its wings and fly".	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
11	247	"Why should this worry Lord Yamada?" "Who knows what will occur should the iron dragon spread its wings?" asked Tajima.	10
11	264	"It is reasonably clear, is it not," asked Tajima, "that Lord Yamada has sources of information originating from within the holding?" "Perfectly clear," I said.	10
11	274	"That was necessary to prevent signals or messages being transmitted to the camp of Yamada, which would have betrayed our plan.	10
11	277	"This is not merely, perhaps unwisely, to restore a lost privilege," I said, "but to arouse the suspicions of Lord Yamada pertaining to his informants.	10
12	112	"We are alone," said Lord Yamada.	10
12	198	Obviously this had come somehow to his attention, probably from the reconnaissance of scouts now that the forces of Yamada had been substantially withdrawn from the fields to the north.	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	233	"Lord Yamada," I said, "doubtless fears its flight".	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	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	270	"And Lord Yamada fears the flight of the iron dragon might prove disastrous to both houses?" I said.	10
12	320	"To whomsoever is appointed to the command of the cavalry," I said, "I would recommend a continuation of the raids on the heartland of Lord Yamada, abetted with judicious skirmishes and attacks of small scale.	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	325	"I fear," said Daichi, "that Lord Yamada has been angered".	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	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
12	347	Lord Yamada wants only peace.	10
12	355	"The extermination of the house of Yamada does not seem feasible," said Lord Temmu.	10
12	358	"Lord Yamada," said Daichi, "was not pleased to withdraw, to retreat to protect his holdings, his goods, and fields.	10
12	393	"This is the prisoner, the rebel, Tarl Cabot, enemy to the rightful house of Yamada, Shogun of the Islands, delivered to us by the noble Tyrtaios, devoted, trusted mercenary?" "Yes, Lord," said a voice.	10
12	404	I did not know where I was but it was clear I was somewhere in a territory controlled by the forces of Lord Yamada.	10
12	424	You have well served the rebellious house of Temmu and have muchly discomfited the rightful, honorable house of Yamada.	10
12	425	Yamada, Shogun of the Islands, has not been pleased.	10
12	435	"Lord Yamada," he said, "intends to see the prisoner".	10
12	459	* * * "We are alone," had said Lord Yamada.	10
13	19	"Perhaps," she said, "Lord Yamada does not collar his women".	10
13	144	"How is it," she asked, "that Master is in the palace of General Yamada?" "It seems," I said, "at the request of the general".	10
13	150	I had been very impressed with General Yamada, much as one might be impressed when one has entered a cave and, turning about, finds that one is now under the scrutiny of a charming, watchful larl crouched at the entrance.	10
13	151	Lord Yamada was clearly a great leader, a superb tactician, and an astute strategist.	10
13	155	Lord Yamada was a pleasant man but he could also nail enemies to the decks of ships and mount heads on posts for pasangs along a road.	10
13	168	The plot of Lord Yamada had now become reasonably clear.	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	174	Once ensconced, it would be a simple matter for his readings, thanks to forewarnings, collusions, and arrangements issuing from the house of Yamada, to appear alarmingly accurate.	10
13	176	Thus, given the legerdemain of ambiguity and obscurity, abetted by occasional, reassuring nuggets of augured gold, it would be possible to convince a gullible patron to pursue courses of action which were less to his advantage than to that of another, in this case, Lord Yamada.	10
13	430	"You are the slave of Lord Yamada," I said.	10
13	436	I myself, based on my earlier conversation with the shogun, was well aware of plans imparted to me, but, in the case of a Lord Yamada there may be plans unspoken, plans behind other plans, or different plans altogether.	10
13	456	Lord Yamada, on the other hand, I suspected, despite his alleged fear of its awakening, presumably manufactured for diplomatic reasons, would view such claims as preposterous, spun from no more than the fumes of benighted superstition.	10
13	505	"All windows in the palace, Master," said the girl whom I had ordered to the bars, "are similarly barred, even those in the private quarters of Lord Yamada himself".	10
13	509	Perhaps, I thought, Lord Yamada has a point in these bars.	10
13	511	Might they not also serve to protect? In any event, I seemed to be no more a prisoner than Lord Yamada himself.	10
14	13	"I understand this," said Lord Yamada.	10
14	18	"They will not," Lord Yamada assured me.	10
14	21	"Bring a long glass," said Lord Yamada, and a servitor hurried from the balcony.	10
14	22	"The rider," said Lord Yamada, "may be so equipped, with what you call a glass of the Builders?" "Almost certainly," I said.	10
14	26	"Excellent," said Lord Yamada.	10
14	31	"It is a representative of our friends," said Lord Yamada, "the cohorts of our guest, Tarl Cabot, tarnsman, come to investigate, come to ascertain his health and well-being".	10
14	35	"We cannot protect ourselves from the lightning of the sky," said Lord Yamada.	10
14	40	"I did not expect honor and appointment," I said to Lord Yamada, "when I was delivered to you".	10
14	41	"You expected to bear the brunt of a shogun's wrath," said Lord Yamada, "exquisitely expressed over weeks with cords and irons, with needles and clamps, with flaming splinters, perhaps culminating eventually in the horror of the straw jacket?" "I did not know what to expect," I said.	10
14	42	"Perhaps that was just as well," smiled Lord Yamada.	10
14	44	"And yet," said Lord Yamada, "they willingly supplied you to me".	10
14	46	"I did not expect you to forget it," said Lord Yamada.	10
14	50	"I know more of the house of Temmu than its master," said Lord Yamada.	10
14	54	"But one based on a faulty intelligence," said Lord Yamada, "an intelligence which, if I am not mistaken, you share".	10
14	58	"I know something of men, of war, and leadership," said Lord Yamada.	10
14	73	Lord Yamada lifted it, peering through it.	10
14	74	"They are confirming the matter," said Lord Yamada.	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	80	"Yes," said Lord Yamada, "as I wish to possess it".	10
14	81	"It is strange," I said, "that tarnsmen would so scout the palace of General Yamada, here, this night.	10
14	82	What would be the likelihood that they might catch sight of me here, in this place, at this time?" "The likelihood was quite high," said General Yamada.	10
14	94	"What if," I asked, "the cavalry had accepted a new commander?" "Do not even think of it," said Lord Yamada.	10
14	97	"Do you know them?" asked Lord Yamada.	10
14	99	"Do not fire," Lord Yamada cautioned his bowmen.	10
14	103	I returned the long glass to Lord Yamada, who handed it to the servitor who had brought it to the balcony.	10
14	112	"We shall be allies, and great friends," said Lord Yamada.	10
14	122	"He is certainly highly placed," said Lord Yamada.	10
14	124	"Oh?" said Lord Yamada.	10
14	126	"It took time," said General Yamada.	10
14	131	"It brought you into my hands," said Lord Yamada.	10
14	138	"You said," said Lord Yamada, "you were sure of two".	10
14	144	"Let us then not speak of them," said Lord Yamada.	10
14	146	"You said," said Lord Yamada, "you were sure of two".	10
14	155	"I am sorry to hear she was evident," said Lord Yamada, coldly.	10
14	160	"She was clumsy," said Lord Yamada, "to permit herself to be discovered in such a compromising act".	10
14	162	"But now, no longer," said Lord Yamada, quietly.	10
14	170	"She is not a contract woman," said Lord Yamada.	10
14	176	"Who knows what the bones and shells may say," said Lord Yamada.	10
15	1	Lord Akio "You do not mind that you are denied weapons?" asked Lord Akio, a daimyo of Lord Yamada.	10
15	2	It was my understanding that Lord Yamada's daimyos, despite their own lands and holdings, were expected to attend on the shogun several months of each year.	10
16	1	What Occurred on the Fifth Level of the Palace "This wing of the palace," said the Ashigaru, "is closed to all save Lord Yamada and selected servitors".	10
16	38	I had little doubt that Tyrtaios, into whose hands I had been given, to be later delivered to Lord Yamada, was familiar with the reins and saddle of a tarn.	10
16	47	I calculated I had been sedated for some eight days, but did not know how or when I had been brought to the regions controlled by General Yamada.	10
16	56	I did not now know Sumomo's whereabouts, but had gathered that Lord Yamada, displeased with her, would arrange, by means of the contrived readings of Daichi, that she be brought somewhere into his regions, perhaps to the palace, to be dealt with as a failed spy.	10
16	57	All in all then, it seemed to be most likely, despite the time involved, that I had been placed on my own tarn and that that tarn, by a lead, would have been conducted by Tyrtaios to whatever point General Yamada might have designated.	10
16	58	I had, however, heard no tarn cries over the past few days and so conjectured that if one or more tarns were at the disposal of Lord Yamada, they were not housed in the immediate vicinity.	10
16	76	"Lord Yamada, and some others," I said.	10
16	80	"It is doubtless that portion of the palace which houses the higher women of Lord Yamada, his wives, concubines and contract women," I said.	10
16	82	I had already ascertained, of course, from the Pani slaves who were regularly sent to attend me, that the private quarters of Lord Yamada's higher women was located on the third level of the palace.	10
16	85	Two trusted servitors were then informed of the falling of the lot, that, in the case of an emergency, Lord Yamada might be expeditiously informed.	10
17	1	The Archery Court "Lord Yamada," I said, "cares to speak with me?" I had been conducted by an Ashigaru to the shogun's archery court.	10
17	17	Lord Yamada was dressed in a long, white exercise smock, with short, white sleeves.	10
17	35	"Yes," said Lord Yamada.	10
17	41	Lord Yamada lifted the grip of the bow, with arrow to the string, slowly carefully, above his head, and then slowly, carefully, evenly, considering the target, paralleling it to that objective, lowered it gracefully.	10
17	99	Five more times I observed General Yamada pierce the target, the arrows then clustered together, within what would have been the size of a fist.	10
17	142	The Ashigaru who had withdrawn the arrows from the post to which the target was affixed had now brought them back to Lord Yamada, and placed them in the stand which reposed to the shogun's right.	10
18	27	"General Yamada".	10
18	30	"That you are here, and alive," said Tajima, "indicates that Lord Yamada has designs on the cavalry".	10
18	43	"Will you now pledge your sword to the house of Yamada?" "He would pay well," I said.	10
18	44	"You would then serve the house of Yamada?" said Pertinax.	10
18	62	"We can threaten the destruction of the holdings of Lord Yamada," said Pertinax.	10
18	64	"Lord Yamada will not risk me free and in command of the cavalry.	10
18	74	He is Yamada, and far from a fool".	10
18	76	"He is Yamada," I said.	10
18	83	"Lord Yamada is a gracious and generous host".	10
18	88	"Lord Yamada selects his daimyos with care," I said.	10
18	91	Tajima and Pertinax, allow me to introduce Lord Akio, a daimyo of Lord Yamada".	10
19	23	"Lord Yamada thought that you might find the presence of slaves more pleasing".	10
19	30	"Lord Yamada is sensitive to your uneasiness," he said.	10
19	88	"Lord Yamada received something like one hundred and fifty slaves from the holding of Lord Temmu".	10
19	109	"Three of you, by the beneficence of Lord Yamada, Shogun of the Islands, are to be extraordinarily privileged, are to be permitted, following appropriate ablutions and garmenting, to serve in the palace".	10
20	2	"It is nothing," said Lord Yamada.	10
20	10	Tajima sat to the immediate right of Lord Yamada, as seemed fitting, as he was not only a high officer but Pani.	10
20	14	I had gathered, earlier, from Lord Yamada that, in his view, she had failed him, even to the point of placing certain plans in jeopardy.	10
20	19	I suspected that the matter might not be as serious as Lord Yamada feared, and might require little more than some rearrangement of his plans, the ensconcement of a new spy, a fresh, suitable revelation for Daichi to find in his bones and shells, and such, but, as I knew the shogun, his displeasure ...	10
20	23	This evening Lord Yamada bestowed on her all the attention, interest, friendliness, and kindness of a loving father.	10
20	30	Lord Yamada, I was sure, had taken great pains to dispel them.	10
20	49	"They have their pleasantries," said Lord Yamada.	10
20	51	"Men will have it so," said Lord Yamada.	10
20	53	"If you were not present, one might see all of their bodies," said Lord Yamada.	10
20	69	"But garmenture might be changed," said Lord Yamada.	10
20	72	"They are marked, of course," said Lord Yamada.	10
20	74	"They are there," said Lord Yamada.	10
20	79	"The collar is visible, and fastened on the slave's neck," said Lord Yamada.	10
20	84	"The collar, of course," said Lord Yamada, "does not make the slave".	10
20	87	"A most excellent practice," said Lord Yamada.	10
20	89	"I think I shall institute it in my domains," said Lord Yamada.	10
20	91	"I thought, beloved daughter," said Lord Yamada, "our guests would be pleased to see them so".	10
20	93	"Tarl Cabot, tarnsman," said Lord Yamada, "are you not pleased to see women in collars?" "Yes," I said.	10
20	95	"Slave collars," said Lord Yamada.	10
20	103	"Sumomo," I said, "as you now realize, is a daughter of Lord Yamada.	10
20	107	In this act she, unbeknownst to herself, compromised her value as Yamada's agent".	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	129	"Lord Yamada is not indulgent where failure is concerned," I said.	10
20	136	"What is going on?" inquired Lord Yamada, pleasantly, from his end of the table.	10
20	138	"The small chestnuts are excellent," said Lord Yamada.	10
20	247	"You asked her a question, beloved daughter," said Lord Yamada.	10
20	258	I rose to my feet and went to stand to the left of the seated Lord Yamada.	10
20	265	"Lord Yamada is thoughtful, and more than generous," I said, "but I speak to him of another matter.	10
20	269	"You suppose," said Lord Yamada, "he might be reluctant to speak openly of such matters at this point?" "Yes," I said, "even with your chain of gold now about his neck".	10
20	270	"I understand," said Lord Yamada, softly.	10
20	272	"Sumomo," said Lord Yamada.	10
20	286	"Better to let the young people banter amongst themselves," said Lord Yamada.	10
20	291	"He is our guest," remonstrated Lord Yamada, dismayed.	10
20	309	"There are golden suls," said Lord Yamada, "with butter and cream, from our own dairy".	10
20	334	"What occurred, beloved daughter?" inquired Lord Yamada, solicitously.	10
20	345	"Great lord," I said to Lord Yamada, "I fear the beauty of your daughter, the aroma of the garden, the joy of the evening, the sparkle of sake, the light of the moons, the babble of the water, rendered my officer not himself, but stumbling and incoherent".	10
20	346	"He is young," smiled Lord Yamada.	10
20	359	"A father is proud," said Lord Yamada, "to be the father of so beautiful and dangerously fascinating a daughter".	10
20	366	"Perhaps another time," said Lord Yamada, pleasantly.	10
20	379	"Light lanterns," said Lord Yamada, and attending Ashigaru lit a number of dangling lanterns.	10
20	382	"Two of our honored guests," said Lord Yamada, "following my arrangements, designed to make clear my trustworthiness and good will, will soon leave, to rendezvous somewhere with one or more compatriots, following which they will return to the encampment of the cavalry.	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	503	Lord Yamada addressed himself to the kitchen master.	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	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
20	516	This, I assumed was, Tatsu, Lord Yamada's reader.	10
20	517	Lord Yamada, I was sure, placed no more confidence in the ceremonial litter of bones and shells than I, or Tajima, or Pertinax.	10
20	520	"Attend," said Lord Yamada.	10
20	526	Tatsu then turned, hastily, still on his knees, to face Lord Yamada; his face seemed strained, even frightened.	10
20	528	"I gather," said Lord Yamada, gravely, "they have not fallen well for the house of Temmu".	10
20	530	"You cannot read them?" said Lord Yamada, angrily.	10
20	534	"They speak of the tarn cavalry," said Lord Yamada, "and of the house of Temmu.	10
20	536	"No, great lord," said Tatsu, trembling, "they speak of the house of Yamada, and of danger".	10
20	537	Lord Yamada rose up from behind the table, his hand on the hilt of his companion sword, and strode angrily to Tatsu.	10
20	545	"You lie!" said Lord Yamada.	10
20	555	It had been moving swiftly toward Lord Yamada.	10
20	561	Lord Yamada glared at the assailant's body.	10
20	563	"Perhaps less safe than before," said Lord Yamada, "as we cannot question this man".	10
20	566	"We shall never know," said Lord Yamada.	10
20	572	"How is it that you, alone of all," asked Lord Yamada, "noted this peril?" "When there is nothing to see," said Pertinax, "that is the time to look closely.	10
20	574	"A teacher?" said Lord Yamada.	10
20	576	"You will have another chain of gold," said Lord Yamada.	10
20	579	"We are quit?" asked Lord Yamada.	10
20	581	"And thus," said Lord Yamada, quietly, "you keep your head".	10
20	588	"He is not the avenger," said another, looking at Lord Yamada.	10
20	589	"No," said Lord Yamada.	10
20	592	"No," said Lord Yamada.	10
20	596	"I bear it on my own left shoulder," said Lord Yamada.	10
20	598	"Go to the graves of my sons," said Lord Yamada.	10
20	601	"She is delicate," said Lord Yamada.	10
20	604	"Noble guests," said Lord Yamada, addressing Tajima and Pertinax, "please forgive this unexpected intrusion.	10
20	608	Take now your chains of gold and assure your compatriots of the cavalry that as much or more awaits them when they take to the saddle in the name of Yamada, Shogun of the Islands".	10
20	610	"You will be expected at the gates," said Lord Yamada.	10
20	620	"Wait," said Lord Yamada.	10
20	629	"Lord Yamada is most generous," said Tajima.	10
20	630	"I am shogun," said Lord Yamada.	10
20	646	"How did the assailant enter the garden?" asked Lord Yamada.	10
20	648	"There must then have been one or more confederates," said Lord Yamada.	10
21	1	What Occurred in the Garden of Lord Yamada The Night Singers were now in the fields.	10
21	45	"Lord Yamada," I said, "has many wives, and many women".	10
21	47	"When sons are born to the house of Yamada they are killed," I said.	10
21	49	"From whence does Lord Yamada obtain his women?" I asked.	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	66	Perhaps there was, somehow, somewhere, an avenger, one even of the blood of Yamada himself.	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	72	But in the morning the advancing forces of Lord Yamada had discovered only the debris and ashes of a deserted camp.	10
21	81	First, how might the dice be balanced; how might they be more equally weighted? The forces of Yamada were large and disciplined, both on the land and sea.	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	94	Did this mean that the Kurii favored the house of Yamada? Perhaps it was there to monitor matters, and little more.	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	112	Tyrtaios, however, presumably at the behest of an angered Lord Yamada, had extracted her from the holding on tarnback before this sentence could be emplaced.	10
21	114	In actuality, Lord Yamada, fearing his plans had been jeopardized by her clumsiness, had had her recalled not for her protection or for a new employment, suitable to her beauty and intelligence, but because he wished to visit his disappointment and displeasure upon her, in a most grievous manner, me...	10
21	118	Acceding to this concern Lord Yamada authorized a requisition of two blankets.	10
21	121	Whereas I had little love for the vain, smug, supercilious Sumomo I certainly would have had no wish for her to be put to some prolonged, horrid death, of the sort which might be contrived by Lord Yamada's torturers and executioners.	10
21	124	I had little doubt that Lord Yamada seethed with rage at the abduction of Sumomo.	10
21	127	On the other hand, in his relationship with me, Lord Yamada was his usual charming self, and gave not the least indication of concern.	10
21	158	"I am Sumomo," she said, "daughter of Lord Yamada, Shogun of the Islands".	10
21	242	The patrols of Yamada abound.	10
21	490	Lord Yamada, who was thoughtful and sensitive, must have been aware of my likely concern in that regard, particularly if I might discover the return of Sumomo.	10
21	499	"This is madness! This is unconscionable! Do you fools not know who I am?" "You are Lady Sumomo, daughter of Lord Yamada, Shogun of the Islands".	10
21	511	"Displeased Lord Yamada, Shogun of the Islands," said the man.	10
22	1	What Occurred During Tea with the Shogun "Great lord," I said to Lord Yamada, "I am come to beg the life of your daughter, Sumomo".	10
22	2	"Have tea," said Lord Yamada, gesturing to one of the four contract women in unobtrusive attendance.	10
22	29	It would be ready to ride for the house of Yamada; yet you hesitate to have it take to the sky on my behalf.	10
22	33	"The generosity of Lord Yamada is not to be denied.	10
22	36	"The other side of the matter," said he, quietly, "is that the disfavor of the House of Yamada is not to be lightly countenanced".	10
22	45	"It has been," said Lord Yamada.	10
22	47	"Perhaps sooner than you suspect," said Lord Yamada.	10
22	64	"They did not return," said Lord Yamada.	10
22	67	Two of the original three were no longer available to Lord Yamada.	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
22	89	"Surely you understand," he said, "that the justice of the house of Yamada cannot be gainsaid".	10
22	91	"I shall mitigate her punishment," said Lord Yamada.	10
22	93	"It shall not be the long death," he said, "but something public, something which will make clear to many, daimyos, warriors, Ashigaru, retainers, many, to all, the justice of the House of Yamada.	10
23	127	"How long have you served Lord Yamada?" I asked.	10
23	135	"And thus," I said, "was to have been strangled, as Lord Yamada has it with his sons".	10
23	141	She came to the attention of Lord Yamada, who included her, for her beauty, amongst his wives".	10
23	159	"It is borne by Lord Yamada himself".	10
23	160	"Such a sign, fraudulent, was borne by the assailant, he who would have set upon Lord Yamada in the dining pavilion".	10
23	163	"It bears the blood of Yamada," he said.	10
23	167	"She gave Lord Yamada daughters," he said, "but, as she was of lowly birth, these daughters were removed from her, and, when of age, contracted".	10
23	173	Lord Yamada chose ten of these by lot, and had them beheaded.	10
23	194	"When do the generals of Lord Yamada march north?" I asked.	10
23	214	"It is clear," I said, "that Lord Yamada has agents in the camp of Lord Temmu".	10
23	217	Accordingly, it seems likely they would have agents in the camp of Lord Yamada".	10
23	243	"Perhaps," said he, "you are not a spy for Lord Yamada".	10
23	263	"Lord Yamada is clever," I said.	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	284	But I will write in another language, which two, I know, in the north, can read, a language which few, if any, in the dominions of Lord Yamada would be likely to know, even recognize.	10
23	287	You must show me the message cot of Lord Yamada".	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	300	"You hate all of the house of Yamada," I said.	10
23	303	"In him is the blood of Yamada, and it may be as dark, as narrow, as implacable, as fierce and cold, as his".	10
23	314	"Lord Yamada has been patient," I said.	10
23	328	"Even Lord Yamada fears the iron dragon," he said.	10
24	1	The Stadium "I trust that you will not interfere," said Lord Yamada, pleasantly.	10
24	15	"Lord Yamada is well known for lenience and mercy," said an officer.	10
24	17	"It was primarily the petition of our guest, Tarl Cabot, tarnsman," said Lord Yamada, "which swayed me".	10
24	20	"Please remain, dear friend," said Lord Yamada.	10
24	29	"I am reminded," said Lord Yamada.	10
24	52	"You need only ask," said Lord Yamada.	10
24	68	"But Lord Yamada has other daughters".	10
24	69	"Several," said Lord Yamada.	10
24	78	Several hundred were in the stands, mostly men of rank, high followers of Lord Yamada's ten daimyos, who had been summoned to the gathering, several with their warriors, Ashigaru, porters, and servants.	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	90	Narrow, rectangular banners, bearing the sign of Yamada, fluttered on the height of the stands.	10
24	98	"Can you see?" inquired Lord Yamada.	10
24	108	"Please remain," said Lord Yamada.	10
24	140	"It will be scarcely worthy of their attendance," said Lord Yamada.	10
24	142	"The day after tomorrow," said Lord Yamada, "the drums and horns of war will sound".	10
24	145	"Perhaps, great lord," I said to Lord Yamada, "such a march might be premature.	10
24	159	"At present," said Lord Yamada, "I am better aware of what transpires in the camp of the demon birds than many in the camp itself".	10
24	171	"If the cavalry does not fly for Yamada," he said, "it will not fly at all".	10
24	174	"I judge it remote, dear friend," said Lord Yamada.	10
24	176	"I have the means with which to reduce it," said Lord Yamada.	10
24	178	"There is always a means of last resort," said Lord Yamada.	10
25	9	"She has not been drugged, dear friend," said Lord Yamada.	10
25	21	"Now she understands," said Lord Yamada.	10
25	23	Lord Yamada, with a gesture, indicated that she was to be taken to the height of the platform of execution.	10
25	29	"She is weak," said Lord Yamada.	10
25	34	"She failed," said Lord Yamada.	10
25	36	"The crowd has come to see the feeding of the eels," said Lord Yamada.	10
25	51	"You will be expected at the feast tonight," said Lord Yamada.	10
25	61	Haruki, as I understood it, some days ago, had been apprehended in, or in the vicinity of, the cot where attendants of Lord Yamada housed his small, swift-flighted, messengers.	10
25	63	Haruki, I gathered, had attempted to reach the cot, where he would attempt to attach my tiny message, in English, to the leg of one of the vulos captured by Yamada's men from the surprised and seized secret cot, remote from the palace, which vulos would doubtless, for identificatory purposes, be ind...	10
25	71	"She will be," said Lord Yamada, "abruptly, rudely, the astringent vial held to her nostrils.	10
25	75	"It will then be time to affix the blindfold and place the board," said Lord Yamada.	10
25	82	"No," said Lord Yamada, "please remain".	10
25	101	"It is part of the game, of the amusement," said Lord Yamada.	10
25	120	"Please remain where you are," said Lord Yamada.	10
25	125	The banners of Yamada fluttered at the height of the small stadium.	10
25	245	On the high walls, encircling the stands, fluttered the narrow, rectangular banners of Lord Yamada, marked with the strange script, vertically aligned, of the Pani syllabary in which, though I could not read the script, were transcribed the phonemes of intelligible Gorean.	10
25	271	I did not doubt but what the brave, displayed, fluttering banners of Lord Yamada had well proclaimed the venue of the afternoon's fearful proceedings.	10
25	327	Surely those of Lord Yamada, Tyrtaios, and, I thought, one other, for he had two tarns at his disposal, might soon be aflight.	10
25	339	The masked Ashigaru, Lord Yamada's secret death squad, the ten who had been waiting at the foot of the platform, and the two who had taken Sumomo to its perilous height, had now departed the stadium.	10
27	3	Hundreds of paddies, like ridged, geometrical lakes, now reflecting the orbs of the moons, dotted the landscape for pasangs about the lands of Lord Yamada.	10
27	107	Presumably they had been gathered together and displayed for us with the supper of Lord Yamada in mind, white slaves who might be of interest to white masters.	10
27	108	By now they might have been scattered about, transferred to any number of pens throughout the domain of Lord Yamada, where their labors might now be applied to the arrangement and care of the liquid meadows from which the shogun hoped to obtain his rice.	10
27	138	"We are not of great interest to Lord Yamada," he said.	10
27	147	"Accordingly," he said, "Lord Yamada, has little to fear, at least at present, from the intervention of the cavalry".	10
27	157	"I trust that the noble one, who is now to the west, and far from the road north, does not intend to shorten his journey by hastening east and joining Lord Yamada's march".	10
27	158	"Lord Yamada," I said, angrily, "will have a start of days".	10
27	166	"When in the stadium the tarnsman made away with Sumomo, Lord Yamada issued orders that Tyrtaios, his servitor, was to be asaddle within Ehn, in pursuit.	10
27	184	"Why do you think Lord Yamada has initiated this campaign?" asked Haruki.	10
27	188	"Lord Yamada is an extremely intelligent man, but also one of infinite caution".	10
27	196	"I think," he said, "Lord Yamada may have received assurances.	10
28	1	In a Yamada Village We Await Nightfall I sat cross-legged in the small hut, across from Haruki, fingering millet into my mouth.	10
28	6	"But this village is clearly subject to Lord Yamada, is it not?" I asked.	10
28	7	I had seen the sign of Yamada, recognized from his banners, carved into the two gate posts.	10
29	1	We Will Depart from a Yamada Village I swung open the small, rickety, slatted gate of the hut, awry on its wooden hinges, and peered within.	10
29	25	This made sense to me, as Haruki might well remember him from the palace of Yamada, on the fateful afternoon and evening of the supper.	10
29	132	I recalled the pathetic hunger of Cecily, Jane, and Saru at the supper of Lord Yamada.	10
29	144	"Yes," she said, "Sumomo, free woman, daughter of Lord Yamada, Shogun of the Islands!" "Slaves," I said, "do not have names, unless it pleases masters to give them one".	10
29	262	"I am Sumomo," she said, "daughter of Yamada, Shogun of the Islands!" "You are no longer Sumomo," I informed her.	10
29	499	It was a beautiful, and touching, ceremony, enacted in the dim light of the lamp, in a small hut on the outskirts of a Yamada village.	10
30	44	We were some fifteen days now from the palace of Lord Yamada.	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