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| 14 | 132 | "It is View more quotes about strange">strange to me," I said, "that Lord Temmu, who is not a stupid man, should take such things seriously". |
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| 14 | 129 | "Most of the readings are stupid ambiguities and obscure nonsense, things which might be interpreted in several ways, one of which is likely, from time to time, to bear some resemblance to something or other which might actually occur, but I take care, naturally, to supply the content now and then, to my advantage". |
| 14 | 130 | "The last one was clever," I said, "the business about the iron dragon, the fear of its flight, and such". |
| 14 | 131 | "It brought you into my hands," said Lord Yamada. |
| 14 | 132 | "It is strange to me," I said, "that Lord Temmu, who is not a stupid man, should take such things seriously". |
| 14 | 133 | "Not at all," he said. |
| 14 | 134 | "If the readings should seem to one uncanny, and fraught with prophetic accuracy, if they should, from time to time, seem to foretell the course of events, even with alarming precision, one might take them seriously". |
| 14 | 135 | "But you are arranging and managing the events which are being foretold," I said. |