” She continued.“In Japan itself the most often used type of rope for this is a loose laid, three strand jute rope. This rope is referred to as �...Asanawa” that’s usually translated as “hemp rope”, the word ‘asa’ as hemp, and ‘nawa’ as rope. This is really just a generic form of the word hemp referring to a whole range of natural fiber ropes rather than a particular plant. In recent history a range of rope types have been used for Kinbaku. In Japan though a traditional Nawashi, ‘rope master’, or. Bette was quiet. ‘Have a good time?’ I asked. ‘Wow, did I ever! I did things tonight I had only read about. How about you?’ ‘I don’t know,’ I said slowly. ‘Maybe Carol’s right. Maybe I am getting a little long in the tooth for this sort of thing.’ ‘I don’t believe that for a minute,’ Bette said loyally. ‘I think you’re just tired. Besides, you had a funny run of luck. None of your partners — except for Carol, of course — were beauty queens.’ ‘What do you know about my partners? I thought that. ”I stepped into the box, not feeling particularly optimistic. Franco had given her a pointer or two and he’d spotted her sinker tell so she wouldn’t give away that pitch.For the next three outs, she threw nothing but curveballs, sinkers and changeups. Not a single fastball. Rather than let her pitch what she wanted; Franco was now signaling the pitches. He mixed them up in an order I couldn’t guess. It seemed like she threw her sinker a little higher; more enticing. Her pitches were slightly. The Germans milled about, sent out two-man search teams, yelled and carried on for an hour or so and then settled back to nervous watching. I still did not know which tent held the captives, if any, but I got lucky and found them with some help. A nearby guard stepped behind the tree where I was hiding to relive himself, and I swung down behind him while he was shaking it. I held his head to the tree, showed him my big bayonet, and urged him to be still. He understood, his eyes wide, never.