When Philip appeared, Quijada told Jeromín to dismount and make proper obeisance to his king.
They were there in hopes their presence would intimidate her into botching her responses, her proper obeisances.
"So since we aren't going to extend proper obeisance to him on our own, it's clearly his duty to extract it from us any way he can, instead."
Over bowls of lukewarm sviss (the local mead), which Hoggle-Fitz had served, along with food, he made proper obeisance to the princess.
Then, with firm gestures, she led the delegation to the airlock, standing to one side as each made proper obeisance to Helva's column.
He said in a barely audible voice, "I have no idea of the proper obeisance to make.
You will show proper obeisance to the great leader, Colonel Baraka, and to the customs and sensibilities of our people.
We made the proper obeisances and left the throne room.
I give you the proper obeisance.
Of course it was normal for Ihcm to display proper, and dignified, obeisance to their masters.