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| 44 | 101 | The exception here, of View more quotes about course">course, was Nezumi, who, if recognized, might have been remanded to Yamada's executioners for the eel death, or worse. |
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| 44 | 98 | Free women in jeopardy, say, a blade at their throat, rather than accept an honorable death as a free person, as is prescribed, may declare themselves slave, after which they are stripped and bound, and, despised as the slaves they now are, are held for the iron and collar. |
| 44 | 99 | Sometimes, wild and distraught, frantic, in a sacked, burning city, free women will even disguise themselves as slaves, that they may be spared. |
| 44 | 100 | Their ruse discovered, usually by genuine slaves, they are beaten and cast naked to the feet of masters, to be assessed, and, if found suitable, marked and sold. |
| 44 | 101 | The exception here, of course, was Nezumi, who, if recognized, might have been remanded to Yamada's executioners for the eel death, or worse. |
| 44 | 102 | Indeed, it was not clear that Nezumi was in a much better way should she come to the attention of Lord Temmu, as she might then be decollared and cast to the rocks at the foot of the outer parapet of his holding. |
| 44 | 103 | "You are in the presence of free men," I said. |
| 44 | 104 | Swiftly the slaves, in a rustle and jangle of harness, knelt. |