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I hoped that they would not return, and, should they return, it seemed their approach, as before, given the terrain, could be detected in time to clear the harbor. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 25, Sentence #19)

To my disappointment, the islands' Peasantry had not responded, stirred by Aktis' pleadings, flooding to the ruins of Nicosia to organize for a common, redoubtable defense of their lives, property, and land. Only four had come, including the last, Xanthos, of the village of Seleukos. I had dispatched the Dorna to the Cove of Harpalos, which location was to be favored because of its congenial harbor authorities, no friends of Cos; its proximity to Sybaris, the apparent headquarters of the corsairs; and its precincts having been previously, fruitlessly, searched by the corsairs. I hoped that they would not return, and, should they return, it seemed their approach, as before, given the terrain, could be detected in time to clear the harbor. I had left two men at Nicosia to receive reports from our dispersed spies, and redirect their future reports to the Cove of Harpalos. "I have come here," I said, "thinking about the corsair fleet. Will it be here? If not, where is it? Did it return here after an unsuccessful pursuit of the three merchantmen of Brundisium, or go elsewhere? Is it still at sea? Might it not return here? Might not this be its new base?" "The first fleet, disguised as merchantmen, lay to in the harbor at Sybaris," said Thurnock. - (Avengers of Gor)