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| 10 | 168 | In a View more quotes about moment">moment it became clear to me that Pertinax would not seize his apparent opportunity. |
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| 10 | 165 | Tajima seemed wholly at ease, even disgusted, certainly indolent. |
| 10 | 166 | There was insult emblazoned in his very posture. |
| 10 | 167 | I trusted that Pertinax would not act. |
| 10 | 168 | In a moment it became clear to me that Pertinax would not seize his apparent opportunity. |
| 10 | 169 | I smiled to myself, and, suddenly, almost inaudibly, I moved my foot, quickly, in the dirt. |
| 10 | 170 | Instantly Tajima had whirled about, his sword ready to fend a blow. |
| 10 | 171 | His action was so quick that I, familiar with the reflexes of warriors, which often spell the difference between life and death, must admire it, and Pertinax, startled, gasped, his blade still haplessly lowered. |