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| 27 | 29 | The column, as a View more quotes about whole">whole, I conjectured, is separated from this column, a shorter column, on the trail, which must be the vanguard. |
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| 27 | 26 | A column was indeed approaching. |
| 27 | 27 | Before it were carried the narrow, vertical banners of Lord Temmu. |
| 27 | 28 | The order of march seemed ragged. |
| 27 | 29 | The column, as a whole, I conjectured, is separated from this column, a shorter column, on the trail, which must be the vanguard. |
| 27 | 30 | I turned the glass on the village, and its road. |
| 27 | 31 | The thatched roofs swirled into focus, and the darkness on the road resolved itself into tiny figures, and several hand-drawn carts. |
| 27 | 32 | Among these figures I made out what seemed to be a coffle, of some eight or ten figures, being moved northwest, toward the mountains. |