she pulled the elaborate pin holding her hair in a bundle and her mane fell in graceful black waves down her shoulders , setting off the lighter shades of her kimono . he opened the gate followed after him as he pulled his gun out of his coat pocket . not exactly , he turned from her and pretended to look out the window when he was really just looking at the grain in the wood around the window . `` she is our fair amelia 's cousin . `` see , lad , that 's why he 's king and i 'm not . 