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| 8 | 400 | From the yard of a View more quotes about dark">dark building, behind the wharves, through a double wooden gate, wide enough to exit a wagon, a scribe, in his blue work tunic, carrying a tablet, had emerged. |
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| 8 | 397 | "Ho!" I said, suddenly, softly. |
| 8 | 398 | "May I see?" she said. |
| 8 | 399 | "Remain on your knees," I said. |
| 8 | 400 | From the yard of a dark building, behind the wharves, through a double wooden gate, wide enough to exit a wagon, a scribe, in his blue work tunic, carrying a tablet, had emerged. |
| 8 | 401 | As I had expected, for I had seen this before, he was followed by a coffle of stripped slaves, fastened together by the neck on a single rope. |
| 8 | 402 | Their hands were tied together behind their back, and they were blindfolded. |
| 8 | 403 | The coffle would be halted outside the building, where it would wait, until it was met by an officer from one of the ships. |