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I sensed that those others in the vicinity, too, felt a deference, a respect, a recognition, a salute, a propriety of some such sort was in order. - (Swordsmen of Gor, Chapter 19, Sentence #100)

"It will be dark soon," said one of the Ashigaru. "May I speak to the men?" I inquired of Nodachi. Whereas he held no office to my knowledge, nor any instituted authority, as far as I knew, I felt the inquiry, the question, was appropriate. I sensed that those others in the vicinity, too, felt a deference, a respect, a recognition, a salute, a propriety of some such sort was in order. His consent or approval seemed important to me, somehow, and to the others. Some men are not officers, or daimyos, or shoguns, but are such that officers, daimyos, shoguns, or such, in their presence, would not hesitate to be the first to bow. I sensed the awe in which this man was held, an awe to which I, not even of the Pani, was acutely sensitive. - (Swordsmen of Gor)