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| 16 | 270 | "If the View more quotes about commander">commander of an army had fallen," said Lord Nishida, "would that not be an ideal time to attack?" "Surely," I said, and shuddered. |
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| 16 | 267 | One stands close to one's self. |
| 16 | 268 | How can the eye see itself, and even in water, or burnished plates, or bright mirrors, it sees but an image of itself, and who knows what lies behind it? "Tarnsmen," said Lord Nishida, "have been recruited from better than two dozen cities". |
| 16 | 269 | "I do not understand," I said. |
| 16 | 270 | "If the commander of an army had fallen," said Lord Nishida, "would that not be an ideal time to attack?" "Surely," I said, and shuddered. |
| 16 | 271 | At that moment, from high above, I heard the war horn of Ichiro, signaling the alarm, and then the signal to mount. |
| 16 | 272 | In the distance, far off, coming from the south, it seemed a cloud had formed, obscure, uncertain, at first, and then swift and dark, and then, in a moment or two, it seemed the cloud might be a flight of insects, a dark swarm, a plague of predators. |
| 16 | 273 | I did not wait, but raced toward the cavalry. |