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| 9 | 248 | At the View more quotes about same">same time a guardsman seized her from behind by the upper arms. |
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| 9 | 245 | I gather that this may have been to compensate, before the crowd, for the selection of the Lady Fulvia, to indicate that in spite of the Lady Fulvia's concerns and protests, how very few women, actually, all in all, were being selected. |
| 9 | 246 | Talena seemed then prepared to dismiss another woman, for she had her hand half lifted, as though, with the customary small gesture, to do so, when one of her counselors, a Cosian, near her, in the uniform of a high captain, bent quickly toward her, his eyes glinting on the female in question, she standing before the Ubara, the robes of the penitent about her ankles. |
| 9 | 247 | I saw the female stiffen, suddenly, almost in disbelief. |
| 9 | 248 | At the same time a guardsman seized her from behind by the upper arms. |
| 9 | 249 | She moved a little bit but found herself helpless in his grasp. |
| 9 | 250 | Then, as she gasped, her arms were pulled back a little, rather behind her, this accentuating her figure. |
| 9 | 251 | "You are chosen," said Talena. |