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| 21 | 169 | "He has his View more quotes about hands">hands full these days with Cos and his troubles in the valley of the Vosk". |
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| 21 | 166 | "There is a party in Vonda which wishes war," said Barus, "but, as I understand it, there is little sympathy elsewhere in the confederation for conflict with Ar". |
| 21 | 167 | "But what of Marlenus of Ar, her Ubar?" asked one of the men. |
| 21 | 168 | "He does not need trouble with the confederation," said Barus. |
| 21 | 169 | "He has his hands full these days with Cos and his troubles in the valley of the Vosk". |
| 21 | 170 | There was a reference to the rivalry of Ar and Cos for the markets and resources of the broad regions drained by the Vosk. |
| 21 | 171 | Both states desired to extend their hegemony into these areas. |
| 21 | 172 | Small cities and towns, usually ruggedly independent, even belligerently so, along the river, such as Ven and Turmus, found themselves, to their discomfort, half coerced by armed might, half enticed with alliances and treaties, embroiled in the struggles of major powers. |