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| 12 | 178 | View more quotes about lord">Lord Temmu and I sat facing one another. |
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| 12 | 175 | Why, I wondered, were Lords Nishida and Okimoto not present? And why would, say, a contract woman be present. |
| 12 | 176 | The two Ashigaru whom I had followed into the castle now stood behind me, one on each side. |
| 12 | 177 | I would have preferred that they had retired to the side of the room. |
| 12 | 178 | Lord Temmu and I sat facing one another. |
| 12 | 179 | I was not sure, at first, whether I should speak first, or Lord Temmu. |
| 12 | 180 | Then I recalled that it would be more appropriate for the shogun to be addressed. |
| 12 | 181 | Does not he who is less in status bow first? Indeed, does not the lesser officer, by word or gesture, first acknowledge the presence of the senior, or higher, officer? "Greetings, Lord," I said. |