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| 10 | 8 | View more quotes about lord">Lord Nishida's countenance was refined, even delicate, but refined and delicate in the way a light, carefully edged weapon is refined and delicate, as, for example, the shorter of the two blades beside him. |
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| 10 | 5 | He sat cross-legged, within his pavilion, on a low, flat platform of lacquered wood, some twelve feet square. |
| 10 | 6 | Beside him, one on each side, lay two swords, one short, one long, each with a large, slightly curved hilt, wrapped in silk, and a curved blade. |
| 10 | 7 | The longer of the two swords was not unlike that carried by Tajima, thrust in his belt, edge uppermost. |
| 10 | 8 | Lord Nishida's countenance was refined, even delicate, but refined and delicate in the way a light, carefully edged weapon is refined and delicate, as, for example, the shorter of the two blades beside him. |
| 10 | 9 | "I trust that your journey hither was pleasant, and uneventful," said Lord Nishida. |
| 10 | 10 | "Yes," I said. |
| 10 | 11 | It would have been considerably less pleasant for the girls, of course, as they had been bound, and hooded, and led on leashes, for much of the journey. |