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| 25 | 148 | Did they not View more quotes about know">know that she was a free woman, even the daughter of the shogun? They snarled and urged her forward, and brandished their glaives, impatiently, which movements could not be seen by the criminal, but were doubtless sensed. |
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| 25 | 145 | Sumomo had moved a bit out, onto the board. |
| 25 | 146 | The two Ashigaru spoke to her, abruptly, derisively. |
| 25 | 147 | How dared they do this? She was not a slave, who must endure whatever abuse free persons choose to visit upon her. |
| 25 | 148 | Did they not know that she was a free woman, even the daughter of the shogun? They snarled and urged her forward, and brandished their glaives, impatiently, which movements could not be seen by the criminal, but were doubtless sensed. |
| 25 | 149 | Then a blade prodded her in the back, sharply, rudely, and she half stumbled ahead, helpless, and blind within the folds of the cloth thrice encircling her eyes. |
| 25 | 150 | "She is falling!" said a man. |
| 25 | 151 | "No!" said another. |