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| 59 | 273 | But no straight View more quotes about thrust">thrust would follow that feint, for in the instant his blade was occupied in this subterfuge, lowered, threatening, the arm extended, I did not move to defend but struck over the lowered blade, striking to the right wrist. |
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| 59 | 270 | He looked at me, wildly. |
| 59 | 271 | "Kill me!" he commanded. |
| 59 | 272 | It had followed his low feint, for which I had been waiting, used against both Tajima and Pertinax, intended to bring the opponent's blade down, thus opening the way to a straight thrust over the momentarily descended blade. |
| 59 | 273 | But no straight thrust would follow that feint, for in the instant his blade was occupied in this subterfuge, lowered, threatening, the arm extended, I did not move to defend but struck over the lowered blade, striking to the right wrist. |
| 59 | 274 | In that hand he would never hold another sword. |
| 59 | 275 | He had spared Tajima and Pertinax, neither a match for his skills. |
| 59 | 276 | I would spare him. |