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| 1 | 13 | There were four of us at the wall at this View more quotes about time">time, myself, lean Lord Nishida, Nishida of Nara, who had commanded at Tarncamp, ponderous Lord Okimoto, Okimoto of Asuka, who had commanded at Shipcamp, and sandy haired Pertinax, once of Earth, student of Nodachi, swordsman. |
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| 1 | 10 | "The days will now grow longer," had said Lord Nishida. |
| 1 | 11 | "It will become more difficult to supply the holding," I had said. |
| 1 | 12 | "Very much so," had said Lord Nishida, looking over the parapet. |
| 1 | 13 | There were four of us at the wall at this time, myself, lean Lord Nishida, Nishida of Nara, who had commanded at Tarncamp, ponderous Lord Okimoto, Okimoto of Asuka, who had commanded at Shipcamp, and sandy haired Pertinax, once of Earth, student of Nodachi, swordsman. |
| 1 | 14 | Both Lords Nishida and Okimoto were daimyos of the shogun, Lord Temmu, master of Temmu's fortress, now for several months under siege. |
| 1 | 15 | "I should return to the cavalry," I said. |
| 1 | 16 | "What there is left of it," said Pertinax, bitterly. |