| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | 166 | It View more quotes about seemed">seemed that now, with the failure of the coup of Henrius Sevarius, and the diminishment of the power of the other Ubars, she might well do so. |
| 11 | 167 | The council, I expected, itself composed of captains, men much like myself, would provide a political structure within which my ambitions and projects might well prosper. |
| 11 | 168 | Nominally beneath its aegis, I might, for all practical purposes, be free to augment my house as I saw fit, the House of Bosk, of Port Kar. |
| 11 | 169 | I, for one, would champion the council. |
| 11 | 170 | I expected that there would be support for this position, both from men like myself, self-seeking men, wise in political realities, and from the inevitable and useful fools, abundant even in Port Kar, hoping simply for a saner and more efficient governance of their city. |
| 11 | 171 | It seemed the interests of wise men and fools lay for once conjoined. |
| 11 | 172 | I turned and faced the captains. |