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Besides, I told myself, it was still rather early to determine on which curule chairs the tarns of power might alight. - (Raiders of Gor, Chapter 11, Sentence #403)

Moreover, I regarded them as presumably in my best interest. But, by abstaining, my intentions and allegiances might perhaps remain usefully ambiguous. The abstention, it seemed to me, might well give me a wider eventual latitude of action. Besides, I told myself, it was still rather early to determine on which curule chairs the tarns of power might alight. As I thought it would, the group of proposals set before the council by Samos passed overwhelmingly. There were some abstentions, and some nays, perhaps from those who feared the power of one or another of the Ubars, but the decision on the whole was clear, a devastating of the claims of the Ubars and the, in effect, enthronement of the Council of Captains as sovereign in the city. The council met late that night, and much business was conducted. - (Raiders of Gor)