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"It is now abandoned, is it not?" "It is not now in use," he said, "though it is occasionally reopened when there is an overflow of folks from Torvaldsland, come for the fair". - (Players of Gor, Chapter 4, Sentence #168)

"Yes, Mistress," I said, and returned to where I had knelt before. "Do you know where lies the old inn of Ragnar, on the old west road?" he asked. "Yes," she said. "It is now abandoned, is it not?" "It is not now in use," he said, "though it is occasionally reopened when there is an overflow of folks from Torvaldsland, come for the fair". Some two years ago the merchants and builders had opened the road of Cyprianus, named for the engineer in charge of the project, which led to the fairs rather from the southwest. This had considerably reduced the traffic on the road of Clearchus, now to its north, which had approached the fairs in such a way as to favor the traffic from the northwest, with the result that several of the establishments on the road of Clearchus had been abandoned or relocated. One advantage of the more southern route is that it passes through less rough terrain, terrain which provides less cover for highwaymen. - (Players of Gor)