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| 23 | 157 | "But the child bore on his View more quotes about left">left shoulder," I said, "the birthmark, the sign of the lotus". |
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| 23 | 154 | "Life is hard". |
| 23 | 155 | "In the dining pavilion," I said, "there was talk of an avenger, one who might wear upon his left shoulder the sign of the lotus". |
| 23 | 156 | "There are always such rumors," said Haruki, "for years, meaningless rumors, rumors whispered in the darkness, rumors spoken about small fires while the rice boiled, the rumor of a spared son, a lost son, an escaped son, a returning son, one who would seek his father's blood, who would do vengeance on behalf of his slaughtered brothers". |
| 23 | 157 | "But the child bore on his left shoulder," I said, "the birthmark, the sign of the lotus". |
| 23 | 158 | "It is borne by many of the strangled sons," said Haruki. |
| 23 | 159 | "It is borne by Lord Yamada himself". |
| 23 | 160 | "Such a sign, fraudulent, was borne by the assailant, he who would have set upon Lord Yamada in the dining pavilion". |