| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 25 | 162 | View more quotes about sumomo">Sumomo cried out, piteously, as a glaive thrust at her back, and she staggered another foot or two out on the board, her head turning, looking wildly, blindly, about. |
| 25 | 163 | I did not doubt but what her garment, in the back, had been rent. |
| 25 | 164 | The prodding had not been gentle. |
| 25 | 165 | She was not a slave! Let her be accorded the dignity due to a free woman! Might a fellow not be slain for such an impertinence on the continent? "Proceed," ordered one of the Ashigaru on the platform. |
| 25 | 166 | "Move, move!" called the other. |
| 25 | 167 | Frightened, uncertainly, Sumomo moved a bit further on the board. |
| 25 | 168 | She had traversed only some third of the board's length, but, for all she knew, her next step could be her last. |