| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 50 |
"Fifty guardsmen will see to that". |
10 |
| 18 | 121 |
I knew that when I entered the palace my presence would be inexplicable to the guardsmen and that I would not long be able to pass myself off as a herald of Pa-Kur, certainly not when it became clear that it was my intention to depart with Marlenus. |
10 |
| 18 | 124 |
Surely I was now beneath the Central Cylinder, and the embattled Marlenus and his men were somewhere above me, sealed off by the guardsmen of Ar. |
10 |
| 18 | 146 |
There was another shout from within, and several more guardsmen rushed to the opening. |
10 |
| 18 | 153 |
Some fifteen tarns were feeding on the remains of a dozen or so guardsmen, detaching and devouring limbs. |
10 |
| 18 | 155 |
There were no living guardsmen in sight. |
10 |
| 18 | 158 |
When I reached that portion of the stairwell adjoining the upper floors, devoted to the private use of the Ubar, I saw some twenty or thirty guardsmen, behind them a barricade of tile and tarn wire which they had erected. |
10 |
| 18 | 161 |
Some of the guardsmen had undoubtedly fought below with the tarns. |
10 |
| 18 | 176 |
Slowly I climbed the remainder of the stairs until I came to the barricade which had been erected by the guardsmen. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 23 |
I respected the quiet, efficient guardsmen of Tharna, and I had already encountered her skilled warriors in a field far from the city. |
10 |
| 19 | 38 |
Armed only with ore and the picks that chip the ore from the walls we stormed into the quarters of Whip Slaves and guardsmen, who had scarcely time to seize their weapons. |
10 |
| 19 | 54 |
No! We climbed to the second mine! How terrible those moments for the guards and Whip Slaves, to suddenly see, unchained and irresistible, the avalanche of wrath and vengeance that broke in upon them! Dice and cards and game boards and drinking goblets scattered to the rocky floors of the guard cham... |
10 |
| 19 | 55 |
Cell after cell was emptied of its wretched chained occupants, only to be refilled with shackled guardsmen and Whip Slaves, men who knew that the least sign of resistance would bring only a swift and bloody death. |
10 |
| 19 | 83 |
We will be sought by all the soldiers and guardsmen Tharna can set upon our trail. |
10 |
| 20 | 1 |
The Invisible Barrier In my hand I held a sword, taken from one of the guardsmen in the mines. |
10 |
| 21 | 9 |
One or two guardsmen eyed me curiously. |
10 |
| 21 | 18 |
"Tal," I said to two guardsmen who crouched at the side of a fire, playing Stones, a guessing game in which one person must guess whether the number of stones held in the fist of another is odd or even. |
10 |
| 21 | 173 |
"Shall I call the guardsmen?" he asked. |
10 |
| 21 | 175 |
"Don't call the guardsmen," said Targo, who was now sweating. |
10 |
| 23 | 105 |
Not only slaves of the city raised the banner of defiance but men of low caste, whose brothers or friends had been sent to the mines or used in the Amusements, now dared at last to seize the instruments of their trade and turn on guardsmen and soldiers. |
10 |
| 23 | 179 |
"Guardsmen," I said, drawing my sword. |
10 |
| 23 | 188 |
On the other hand I did not believe the guardsmen would cast their weapons from the wall. |
10 |
| 24 | 100 |
"The soldiers and guardsmen of Tharna are pledged to the Tatrix, but the Tatrix they defend is a traitress. |
10 |
| 24 | 110 |
"The soldiers of Tharna and her guardsmen will forsake the false Tatrix and serve the true Tatrix," I said. |
10 |
| 25 | 63 |
There were three men on the roof, two guardsmen and the man with the wrist straps, who had served as the master of the dungeons of Tharna. |
10 |
| 25 | 65 |
The two guardsmen were fixing a carrying basket to the harness of a large brown-plumaged tarn. |
10 |
| 25 | 94 |
Her voice spoke to the two guardsmen. |
10 |
| 25 | 138 |
Then as if with one voice soldiers, guardsmen and rebels lifted their weapons and saluted Lara as true Tatrix of Tharna. |
10 |
| 25 | 142 |
She looked once more at the rebels and soldiers and guardsmen and Lara with a loathing I could sense behind the impassive mask, and then that metal image turned once more upon me. |
10 |
| 26 | 131 |
The beacon fires are set upon her walls, and I can hear the cry of distant guardsmen that all is well in Tharna. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 89 |
The remaining two guardsmen, who had no crossbows, simultaneously whipped out their swords. |
10 |
| 18 | 91 |
I shielded myself from the flight of the Paravaci quiva by rushing towards the two guardsmen. |
10 |
| 19 | 9 |
"The streets will be searched," puffed Harold, "—immediately—by all the guardsmen and men-at-arms in the city". |
10 |
| 20 | 1 |
The Keep "By now," said Harold, "guardsmen will have searched the roofs, so it should be safe to proceed across them to our destination". |
10 |
| 20 | 61 |
Now I could see several more guardsmen rushing toward the bridge. |
10 |
| 20 | 73 |
Then there was a horrified cry as one rope was cut and the flooring of the bridge suddenly pitched, throwing several of the guardsmen to the ground below. |
10 |
| 20 | 75 |
I struck again and the other rope burst from my stroke and the bridge swung rapidly back against the wall of the building opposite with a clatter of sticks and cries, knocking the remaining, clinging guardsmen from it, dropping them like wood senseless to the foot of the wall. |
10 |
| 21 | 153 |
Dina and myself attracted little attention from guardsmen or men-at-arms. |
10 |
| 21 | 156 |
Once two guardsmen came to the shop, searching it as I expect most other structures in the city were searched. |
10 |
| 21 | 276 |
"My name," he said, "is Harold—of the Tuchuks!" There was now screaming on the walls, the rushing of guardsmen toward the wagon. |
10 |
| 22 | 8 |
The city was largely without leadership, though here and there brave Turians had gathered guardsmen and men-at-arms and determined civilians and sealed off streets, forming fortresses within the city against the invaders. |
10 |
| 22 | 9 |
The compound of the House of Saphrar, however, had not fallen, protected by its numerous guardsmen and its high walls, nor had the tower elsewhere that sheltered the tarn cots and warriors of Ha-Keel, the mercenary from Port Kar. |
10 |
| 24 | 66 |
Ha-Keel had, we estimated, most of a thousand tarnsmen still with him, plus many Turian guardsmen. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 |
Guardsmen did not detain him, for he wore on his forehead the mark of the black dagger. |
10 |
| 10 | 1 |
To the Pens We had soon passed through the two doors, the first being locked behind us by one of the white-gowned women, the second by the two guardsmen. |
10 |
| 13 | 5 |
It seemed she had vanished from the central cylinder, in those portions of it devoted to the private quarters of the Administrator and his family and closer associates, almost under the very noses of Taurentian guardsmen. |
10 |
| 13 | 221 |
And, instead of racing, many were discussing the case of the daughter of the Hinrabian Administrator, speculating on her whereabouts, arguing about how the abduction, if abduction it was, could possibly have taken place within earshot of dozens of Taurentian guardsmen. |
10 |
| 23 | 72 |
The door burst open and five men entered, Cernus, wild-eyed, suddenly haggard, and behind him Philemon, of the Caste of Scribes, the man who had commanded the fifty tarnsmen who had ridden against me in the Stadium of Tarns, and two Taurentian guardsmen. |
10 |
| 23 | 75 |
"Kill him!" cried Cernus to the man who had ridden against me, a Taurentian, and to the other two Taurentians, guardsmen. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 412 |
Twice I was passed by pairs of guardsmen, in white robes with red sashes, bearing red-sheathed scimitars, the police of Tor. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 832 |
Perhaps, discovering she was free, unbranded, her captor would angrily rectify that omission and soon return her, stripped, bound and helpless, to the very bridge from which she had been captured, that guardsmen might find her there and remand her into custody, that she might become then a despised ... |
10 |
| 18 | 110 |
She was free only a few hours, however, for, as an unescorted free woman, guardsmen swiftly went to her protection, prepared to help her safely home. |
10 |
| 18 | 114 |
The free woman, then, as the guardsmen looked away, tore down her robes to the shoulder, revealing the collar, which bore, of course, the name of her master. |
10 |
| 18 | 126 |
Once, when a tarnsman snapped by, pursued by guardsmen, mounted, too, on tarns, she had torn the veils from her face and, boldly, supplicatingly, had lifted her robes, revealing her left thigh to the hip. |
10 |
| 20 | 8 |
Four guardsmen, too, were there. |
10 |
| 20 | 10 |
They were handsome guardsmen, and I was a slave girl. |
10 |
| 21 | 67 |
I saw guardsmen hurrying by, with shields and spears. |
10 |
| 21 | 105 |
I saw more guardsmen. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 67 |
The girl tried to step forward but the shafts of two spears, wielded by her flanking guardsmen, barred her way. |
10 |
| 2 | 176 |
The girl watched, horrified, as one of the guardsmen took the clothing and, piece by piece, threw it into a wide copper bowl of burning coals. |
10 |
| 3 | 244 |
Behind him were two guardsmen, with whips. |
10 |
| 3 | 1328 |
She had been the slave who had followed me earlier in the day, who had bitten at my sleeve near the puppet theater, whom I had saved from a beating by the guardsmen under the aegis of the officer of the fair's merchant staff. |
10 |
| 4 | 313 |
"Kill him! Kill him!" Guardsmen at the stage's edge, with shields, buffeted back a man who, with drawn knife, had tried to climb to the level where sat the table of the game. |
10 |
| 4 | 329 |
Guardsmen, with spear butts and cruel shield rims, forced back two more men from the stage's edge. |
10 |
| 5 | 125 |
Other guardsmen appeared. |
10 |
| 5 | 140 |
"Yes," said one of the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 5 | 145 |
"He will not get past us," said one of the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 6 | 436 |
"A girl, and four guardsmen?" I asked. |
10 |
| 6 | 468 |
"She will summon her guardsmen," I said, "and you will be finished". |
10 |
| 6 | 471 |
She will pull away from her guardsmen to be first to the quarry". |
10 |
| 6 | 573 |
In the distance I could see the four guardsmen, moving swiftly, trying to catch up with the girl who had broken away from them in the rash vanity of her hunt, desiring to be first upon the prize. |
10 |
| 6 | 578 |
In a few moments the four guardsmen, distraught, reined up beside my furs. |
10 |
| 9 | 135 |
That it had been accomplished by men, with simple tools, said much for the determination of the Kurii, and the rigors imposed upon its laborers by their guardsmen. |
10 |
| 9 | 140 |
Some four guardsmen came to her, running. |
10 |
| 9 | 323 |
Then she said to guardsmen who stood about. |
10 |
| 10 | 307 |
"You are pinned with the wall on one side, the guardsmen who may be swiftly marshaled on the other". |
10 |
| 10 | 348 |
Hurrying toward us we could now see some forty or fifty guardsmen, weapons at the ready. |
10 |
| 10 | 372 |
"Kill him!" I heard the chief of those guardsmen say. |
10 |
| 10 | 383 |
The guardsmen broke and fled. |
10 |
| 11 | 5 |
Several guardsmen, too, their discipline broken, had sought supplies and fled south. |
10 |
| 11 | 47 |
The men and guardsmen who had been at the wall's center, in the buildings there, and west along the wall, including the hunters at that termination of the structure, learning the breaking of the wall and the freeing and arming of many laborers, had for the most part fled. |
10 |
| 11 | 222 |
"Captured guardsmen and hunters," I said, "released, given supplies, have also taken their way south". |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 8 |
Two guardsmen, passing me, lifted their lanterns. |
10 |
| 3 | 65 |
I was more alert to the fact that, moments before, two guardsmen had passed. |
10 |
| 3 | 66 |
The rounds of guardsmen are generally randomized, usually by the tossing of coins, different combinations corresponding to different schedulings. |
10 |
| 3 | 67 |
One of the most practical strategies for those who would avoid guardsmen, of course, is to follow them in their rounds. |
10 |
| 3 | 155 |
They would wait, thus, for the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 4 | 6 |
"It was thought she would be soon picked up, by guardsmen, or the crew of the Palms of Schendi". |
10 |
| 4 | 16 |
The praetor handed a sheet of paper to one of his guardsmen. |
10 |
| 4 | 52 |
"We shall send two guardsmen to investigate," said the praetor. |
10 |
| 4 | 56 |
The praetor dispatched a pair of guardsmen, who moved swiftly toward the Rim canal. |
10 |
| 4 | 114 |
"It was not guardsmen," said a guardsman. |
10 |
| 4 | 123 |
One of the guardsmen opened her mouth, not gently, and retrieved the coin, a rather large one, a tarsk bit. |
10 |
| 4 | 196 |
The praetor turned to two guardsmen. |
10 |
| 4 | 199 |
Two guardsmen left immediately. |
10 |
| 4 | 236 |
Then two guardsmen held the fellow by the arms. |
10 |
| 4 | 237 |
"He is strong," said one of the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 4 | 256 |
"Is the binding fiber on their wrists from their original bonds, as you found them?" asked the praetor of one of the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 4 | 354 |
Guardsmen, I was certain, would examine such possibilities systematically. |
10 |
| 4 | 583 |
The praetor made a small sign to one of the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 4 | 660 |
"Bring an ankle rack," said Ulafi to one of the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 4 | 686 |
Ulafi handed the scimitar to one of the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 4 | 914 |
It was the blonde who had taken her garment as she had lain trussed with Turgus of Port Kar, while awaiting the arrival of the guardsmen who would take them into custody. |
10 |
| 5 | 284 |
"When we decided to enlist the aid of guardsmen, and inquire into the reports of citizens," said Ulafi, "we had the general alarm rung. |
10 |
| 8 | 191 |
"Call guardsmen!" I heard. |
10 |
| 15 | 287 |
Another five or six were guardsmen of Schendi. |
10 |
| 15 | 306 |
"You are an officer of Schendi," I said to the man in charge of the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 15 | 334 |
He then lifted his hand to Msaliti and withdrew, taking his guardsmen with him. |
10 |
| 18 | 139 |
When I was near Bila Huruma I was to draw the dagger, slay Shaba and then, by prearranged plan, be immediately apprehended by askari guardsmen, to be placed under arrest. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 49 |
This entrance was protected by two guardsmen, armed with spears and swords. |
10 |
| 22 | 477 |
I did not think Brandon would care to speak to me, unless he had guardsmen at his back. |
10 |
| 26 | 55 |
"Where are the guardsmen of Vonda?" she asked. |
10 |
| 27 | 218 |
"Are you guardsmen then?" I asked. |
10 |
| 27 | 219 |
I did not think they were guardsmen. |
10 |
| 27 | 220 |
Too, I did not think guardsmen would be likely to arrive before morning. |
10 |
| 28 | 7 |
"Guardsmen will doubtless soon be here". |
10 |
| 28 | 10 |
Yet, doubtless, guardsmen, sooner or later, will arrive here". |
10 |
| 28 | 78 |
Though I did not think the guardsmen would arrive for several Ahn, even if they arrived today, I did not wish to risk encountering them. |
10 |
| 28 | 86 |
"Do you intend to flee the guardsmen?" she asked. |
10 |
| 28 | 89 |
"I will intercede with the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 28 | 109 |
"Surely you will not leave me behind like this, to be found by guardsmen, as a naked, tied slut". |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 11 |
"Where are the guardsmen of Ar's Station?" There were several guardsmen, from each of these towns, in Victoria. |
10 |
| 5 | 20 |
Rather guardsmen had encouraged me to leave the town with alacrity. |
10 |
| 6 | 9 |
Outside the barnlike structure I was stopped by two guardsmen. |
10 |
| 6 | 15 |
This had not been the first time, incidentally, that guardsmen had suggested that I leave a town. |
10 |
| 8 | 10 |
In Victoria I was confident I would encounter no guardsmen who, at the behest of honest folk, might encourage me to take my leave at an early convenience. |
10 |
| 13 | 41 |
"There are some guardsmen from Ar's Station in Victoria," I said. |
10 |
| 13 | 54 |
"Did the guardsmen of Ar's Station find the topaz?" she asked. |
10 |
| 18 | 1 |
I Make the Acquaintance of Guardsmen from Port Cos; I do not Take Action Against Miss Henderson; She is a Free Woman I hung in the ropes. |
10 |
| 18 | 7 |
When I had emerged from the tavern of Tasdron I had been suddenly surrounded by guardsmen in the livery of Port Cos. |
10 |
| 18 | 11 |
"Is this he?" had asked the leader of the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 18 | 13 |
"You are under arrest," had said the leader of the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 18 | 15 |
"Vagrancy," said the leader of the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 18 | 23 |
Then she had turned to the leader of the guardsmen of Port Cos. |
10 |
| 18 | 27 |
"Bring them both to our headquarters," had said the leader of the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 18 | 55 |
"The guardsmen from Ar's Station, also in Victoria searching for the topaz, are offering only six silver tarsks". |
10 |
| 18 | 56 |
"Cut him down," said the leader of the guardsmen to one of his men. |
10 |
| 18 | 58 |
"He is strong," said the leader of the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 18 | 62 |
"You may go," said the leader of the guardsmen to me. |
10 |
| 18 | 71 |
"Do not leave her behind," said the leader of the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 18 | 75 |
"Those in your situation before," said the leader of the guardsmen, "stripped such women and took them, bound, to the market, where they sold them". |
10 |
| 18 | 78 |
I then left the small headquarters of the guardsmen of Port Cos, in Victoria. |
10 |
| 19 | 27 |
"Where are the guardsmen, to apprehend him?" puffed the portly fellow, who wore the caste colors of the merchants, white and gold. |
10 |
| 19 | 28 |
"There are no guardsmen in Victoria," I said. |
10 |
| 19 | 40 |
"You have had difficulties with guardsmen?" he asked. |
10 |
| 19 | 41 |
"I had some difficulties with guardsmen in Tancred's Landing and Fina," I admitted. |
10 |
| 21 | 85 |
"There are even those who say there should be guardsmen in Victoria, and that you should be chief among them," she said. |
10 |
| 21 | 109 |
"Glyco stays with the guardsmen of Port Cos, near the wharves". |
10 |
| 22 | 10 |
"Where are the guardsmen of Port Cos?" I asked. |
10 |
| 22 | 93 |
But what, I asked myself, if she were, in her secret heart, as Alison, in Ar, and Peggy, in Victoria, both themselves surely slaves, had claimed, a true slave? If she were she had made a great fool of me, in pretending to be free, in being often displeasing, in daring to sell Lola, in attempting to ... |
10 |
| 22 | 262 |
"I gather you once stood high among the guardsmen of Port Cos," I said. |
10 |
| 23 | 53 |
There are many guardsmen in Victoria, both of Port Cos and Ar's Station, who search for the bearer of the topaz". |
10 |
| 25 | 76 |
"Yet guardsmen of these two places have been for weeks in Victoria and have made no effort to seek one another out". |
10 |
| 25 | 92 |
"If either Aemilianus or Callisthenes should be felled in my tavern, I think the incident would be unlikely to escape the attention of their allied guardsmen". |
10 |
| 27 | 32 |
It would have been he who would have, to protect himself during the search of the tavern of Cleanthes, by the guardsmen of Ar's Station, placed the topaz in my pouch. |
10 |
| 27 | 69 |
"The guardsmen of Port Cos, who, too, searched your house, and the gardens, upon the informings of the Lady Beverly, who turned against you, were no more successful". |
10 |
| 28 | 10 |
"I sought out Aemilianus, Captain of the Guardsmen of Ar's Station," she said. |
10 |
| 33 | 113 |
Also, the barracks for the guardsmen of the chain are at that point. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 62 |
Too, they had not been knotted by trained warriors or guardsmen. |
10 |
| 15 | 79 |
Yet they were neither warriors nor guardsmen; they had not used binding fiber; and I was strong. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 159 |
On what sort of world was this that I found myself! I had not known a woman could be so aroused! Again I looked at Drusus Rencius, and the others, guardsmen of Corcyrus. |
10 |
| 8 | 148 |
They are occasionally rounded up, guardsmen appearing at opposite ends of an alley, trapping them, and collared. |
10 |
| 9 | 34 |
"I think guardsmen will soon issue forth to disperse it," said Susan. |
10 |
| 9 | 65 |
"Tonight," said Ligurious, "I will give her to guardsmen. |
10 |
| 9 | 84 |
"Those will be guardsmen," said Ligurious, "issuing forth to disperse the rabble". |
10 |
| 9 | 86 |
I could see a double line of guardsmen, with shields and spears, exiting through the gates. |
10 |
| 9 | 147 |
"Before selected guardsmen. |
10 |
| 9 | 189 |
But tonight she would dance naked for guardsmen. |
10 |
| 10 | 199 |
"Are these streets not supposed to be patrolled by guardsmen?" I asked. |
10 |
| 10 | 200 |
"Most of the guardsmen," said Drusus Rencius, "have been sent to the west, to the front". |
10 |
| 11 | 13 |
"This was not done to me by guardsmen, Mistress," she said. |
10 |
| 11 | 30 |
He, with guardsmen, with lanterns, had met Drusus Rencius and I at the small postern gate in the east wall of the palace grounds, that through which we had returned. |
10 |
| 12 | 80 |
It took ten guardsmen to move those beams. |
10 |
| 14 | 114 |
Two guardsmen, with a lantern, passed. |
10 |
| 14 | 198 |
I saw a lantern approaching, held by one of two guardsmen. |
10 |
| 14 | 202 |
The lantern of the guardsmen had then passed. |
10 |
| 15 | 8 |
Once there had been stakes and wire; another time there had been a deep ditch; each time there had been guardsmen with sleen. |
10 |
| 15 | 9 |
The sleen, I had little doubt, had been able to detect my approach, and had led the guardsmen to my vicinity. |
10 |
| 30 | 145 |
I could not leave the city and, if I remained within it, it seemed obvious that I must be apprehended, if not by the sleen then by free citizens, probably guardsmen. |
10 |
| 30 | 153 |
By morning guardsmen would be alerted to be on the lookout for me. |
10 |
| 30 | 156 |
This is supposedly to make it easier for them to flee from guardsmen. |
10 |
| 30 | 157 |
On the other hand the guardsmen usually ignore them. |
10 |
| 30 | 160 |
I had little doubt but what they might set upon me and bind me, and turn me over to guardsmen, hoping for some small reward. |
10 |
| 33 | 595 |
Two guardsmen moved swiftly to Ligurious. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 695 |
Sometimes, in some cities, discovered, these fair pranksters are turned over to guardsmen, to be led in public shame bound and naked through the city, under explanatory placards, and then taken back to their homes. |
10 |
| 1 | 1061 |
"Captain," said one of two guardsmen standing before our table. |
10 |
| 1 | 1066 |
"Is it the sleen for her, Captain?" asked he who was first of the two guardsmen, he who had just spoken. |
10 |
| 1 | 1092 |
"Take her below," said Samos to he who was first of the two guardsmen. |
10 |
| 1 | 1102 |
"Yes, Captain," said he who was first of the two guardsmen. |
10 |
| 1 | 1107 |
Then the two guardsmen pulled her about and conducted her from our presence. |
10 |
| 6 | 24 |
This facilitates, in any possible dispute or uncertainty as to their status or condition, a clear determination in the matter, by anyone, of course, but in particular by guardsmen or magistrates, or otherwise duly authorized authorities. |
10 |
| 6 | 86 |
Indeed, in some cities an unveiled free woman is susceptible to being taken into custody by guardsmen, then to be veiled, by force if necessary, and publicly conducted back to her home. |
10 |
| 6 | 163 |
Indeed, no sooner had I settled one than it seemed that a thousand creditors, guardsmen at their backs, descended upon me, like jards upon an unwatched roast. |
10 |
| 16 | 969 |
Belnar glanced about himself, to some of the guardsmen at the side of the hall. |
10 |
| 18 | 298 |
"Summon all guardsmen. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 88 |
So, too, did two soldiers, guardsmen of Samnium. |
10 |
| 6 | 115 |
He did not have a dozen guardsmen at his back, for instance. |
10 |
| 6 | 172 |
"Shall I summon guardsmen from down the road?" he asked. |
10 |
| 6 | 187 |
"Shall I summon guardsmen?" he asked. |
10 |
| 6 | 199 |
Where are you going?" "To fetch guardsmen," he said. |
10 |
| 9 | 188 |
That time we had narrowly missed tangling with guardsmen. |
10 |
| 21 | 318 |
"Those are palace guardsmen, aren't they?" asked Hurtha. |
10 |
| 21 | 320 |
"They are, at least, of the same sort as the palace guardsmen". |
10 |
| 23 | 86 |
I looked about myself, noting the distance to the nearest guardsmen. |
10 |
| 23 | 116 |
"But the guardsmen are dispersing people now". |
10 |
| 23 | 134 |
"The guardsmen hold out some," he said. |
10 |
| 25 | 1437 |
Too, it could make it simple for guardsmen, acting on complaints, to bring her in for identification and questioning, these details doubtless, in her case, to be followed by a hearing and sentencing, an almost inevitable reduction to bondage and then perhaps, initially, while her disposition is bein... |
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| 26 | 805 |
You may consider what you will say to guardsmen, to explain your presence here. |
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| 29 | 67 |
"City guardsmen?" I asked. |
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| 2 | 213 |
This place, for most practical purposes, lacked guardsmen, though doubtless it kept a burly fellow or two on hand to deal with possible emergencies. |
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| 12 | 188 |
These instructions pertained to the supply of information on various topics, matters pertaining to supplies within the city, the condition of the gates and walls, and which were the weaker and less defended points, the numbers of the active garrison, civilian and military, the relative distributions... |
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| 12 | 205 |
"Perhaps guardsmen had noted my appearance frequently on the wall, at the same time and place. |
10 |
| 12 | 228 |
"This time the papers hidden in my basket pertained to the defenses at the great gate, the posting of guardsmen, the arrangement of their watches, and such. |
10 |
| 20 | 412 |
In orderly fashion, unchallenged, the numerous soldiers, guardsmen, armed oarsmen and such who had lined the inner side of the piers, facing the inner harbor, withdrew to the fifteen waiting ships. |
10 |
| 21 | 38 |
We were informed of it by the good Marsias, and his fellow guardsmen. |
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| 21 | 1090 |
Sometimes slaves so clad are used as decoys, as in supposedly rich caravans, actually manned by guardsmen disguised as merchants, hoping to lure in bandits, or as substitutes for free women, as when it is thought important to divert pursuits or disguise the whereabouts or movements of free women, su... |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 321 |
There were still guardsmen of Ar, native guardsmen of Ar, in the city, but their numbers had been considerably reduced and they were generally assigned duties of low responsibility. |
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| 8 | 323 |
Putting Cosians in the uniforms of guardsmen of Ar, of course, did suggest that they were, at least in one sense or another, guardsmen of Ar. |
10 |
| 14 | 6 |
"Guardsmen! Guardsmen!" Men cried out with anger, but drew back. |
10 |
| 1 | 2 |
She struggled in the net, dropped from the ceiling, then held about her by guardsmen sprung from concealment at the sides of the room. |
10 |
| 1 | 6 |
The guardsmen, four of them, held the net. |
10 |
| 1 | 32 |
"Bring me my clothing!" she wept to the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 1 | 139 |
They were followed by four guardsmen, in single file. |
10 |
| 1 | 141 |
The third of the three guardsmen carried a burden on his right shoulder. |
10 |
| 1 | 220 |
I could no longer see any sign of the fellow who had been in the room, the magistrates, or the guardsmen, with their shapely prisoner. |
10 |
| 3 | 73 |
A visitor whose permit had expired was the object of the search of guardsmen. |
10 |
| 3 | 74 |
Too, guardsmen might, at their option, request the presentation of either ostraka or permits. |
10 |
| 3 | 289 |
Guardsmen and magistrates, I had noted, had been in immediate attendance. |
10 |
| 3 | 1043 |
Too, I had some concept of the forces of Ar in the city, now mostly guardsmen. |
10 |
| 4 | 60 |
Some, I had heard, had been turned back even by guardsmen of Ar, outside the city. |
10 |
| 6 | 1 |
The Public Boards Marcus and I turned to the street for a moment, to watch a company of guardsmen, at quick march, hasten by, their bootlike sandals, coming high on the calf, resounding on the stones. |
10 |
| 6 | 4 |
I looked after the retreating guardsmen. |
10 |
| 7 | 19 |
There had even been sporadic mutinies of small contingents of guardsmen, determined to hold their posts, but these for the most part dissipated when it became clear that the orders were from the Central Cylinder itself. |
10 |
| 7 | 498 |
They will presumably be soon reduced in numbers, perhaps to handfuls of guardsmen subject to Cosian officers, if not completely disbanded and scattered. |
10 |
| 8 | 324 |
Surely, at least, they were guardsmen in Ar. |
10 |
| 8 | 338 |
Some, of course, remained in the city, perhaps hoping to hire into the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 8 | 356 |
The carrying of weapons, and even their possession, was now illegal for citizens of Ar, exceptions being made for guardsmen and such. |
10 |
| 8 | 420 |
The palanquin, too, was surrounded by guardsmen, either of Ar or Cos. |
10 |
| 8 | 943 |
Perhaps there is then a role for the lonely fellows on the wall, for the border guards, for the garrisons of far-flung outposts, for the guardsmen in the city treading their lonely rounds. |
10 |
| 8 | 999 |
Indeed, there were no guardsmen on the walls themselves. |
10 |
| 8 | 1005 |
"Continue your work for peace!" called the guardsmen to those on the wall. |
10 |
| 9 | 7 |
Talena, with certain aides and counselors, and guardsmen and scribes, was on a dais, it mounted on the surface of the platform, a few feet away, rather to its left, as one would face it. |
10 |
| 9 | 21 |
"Rejoice, rather, that you have been found suitable, that you have been honored by having been chosen!" The woman then, conducted by another fellow, with an armband, signifying the auxiliary guardsmen, the first fellow, a uniformed guardsman, returning to the group on the platform, was conducted dow... |
10 |
| 9 | 57 |
Auxiliary guardsmen do not wear helmets. |
10 |
| 9 | 59 |
This fitted in well with the motley garbs of auxiliary guardsmen who, on the whole, had little in common except that they were not of Ar. |
10 |
| 9 | 60 |
Regular guardsmen of Ar were, as I have suggested, fellows of Ar under Cosian command, or, often, Cosians, in the uniform of Ar. |
10 |
| 9 | 62 |
Some mercenaries, it might be mentioned, had been transferred into the auxiliary guardsmen. |
10 |
| 9 | 64 |
A good deal of the sensitive work in Ar, work which might possibly produce resentment, or even enflame resistance, was accorded to auxiliary guardsmen. |
10 |
| 9 | 86 |
At a gesture from one of the guardsmen on the platform another woman in a white robe came forward, leaving the long line behind her, one extending across the platform to the small ramp on the other side, down the ramp, across the far side of the Plaza of Tarns, and thence down Gate Street, where I c... |
10 |
| 9 | 202 |
Some women who had failed to report to the great theater were brought later that evening to the Stadium of Tarns by guardsmen, both regulars and auxiliaries. |
10 |
| 9 | 445 |
"I am not yet legally embonded!" "Thus," cried Talena, "will you learn to kneel before free persons!" Claudia struggled, but, in a moment, her small strength, that of a mere female, availing her nothing, by two guardsmen, was forced to her knees. |
10 |
| 9 | 469 |
The other two guardsmen, one holding each arm, retained their merciless grip on the Hinrabian. |
10 |
| 9 | 616 |
"Ludmilla, Lady of Ar!" Guardsmen looked at one another. |
10 |
| 9 | 620 |
The guardsmen relaxed. |
10 |
| 9 | 648 |
An additional security in which the women were held, aside from the coffling and guardsmen, auxiliary and regular, was the fact that they were barefoot and clad only in the robes of penitents. |
10 |
| 10 | 18 |
Marcus and I, with the armbands of auxiliary guardsmen, saluted a Cosian officer whom we passed. |
10 |
| 11 | 3 |
"My shop, my wares, ruined!" "Aii," said another of the guardsmen with the officer. |
10 |
| 11 | 26 |
"They are not tax collectors," said one of the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 11 | 53 |
"There appears to be only one mark on the body of each of these fellows," said one of the guardsmen, who had been examining the bodies. |
10 |
| 11 | 54 |
"Warriors," said another of the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 11 | 59 |
"Surely there is little doubt about the matter," said another of the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 11 | 69 |
"Ar takes vengeance," said one of the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 11 | 90 |
"As you say, Captain," said one of the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 11 | 98 |
Three guardsmen then went into the back of the shop, and one climbed the ladder to the second floor. |
10 |
| 11 | 167 |
He was restrained by two guardsmen. |
10 |
| 11 | 173 |
"I have found hammers, and nails," said the other of the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 11 | 175 |
"Is this where free men of Ar belong," asked the captain, "at the feet of Cos?" "Get off your knees!" said one of the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 11 | 188 |
"I am sure that was not there when we entered, Captain," said one of the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 11 | 339 |
The officer's men, the guardsmen, looked at one another. |
10 |
| 12 | 221 |
I recalled how quietly she had lain in the box, that her veil had been disarranged when first the guardsmen, and Marcus and myself, had looked upon her. |
10 |
| 12 | 351 |
As we were not in the officer's chain of command, he in charge of the guardsmen of Ar whom we had earlier encountered, I did not think he would be likely to follow up the matter of the girl's disposition. |
10 |
| 12 | 359 |
Even though such sights were not rare in Ar, in the past months, a free woman, leashed, in the custody of guardsmen or auxiliaries, presumably having been appropriated for levies, or perhaps merely having been subjected to irrevocable, unappealable seizure at an officer's whim, yet men turned to reg... |
10 |
| 14 | 14 |
"Guardsmen!" I repeated, angrily, and forced myself forward. |
10 |
| 14 | 27 |
"Greetings, and welcome, noble guardsmen of Cos!" said she, delightedly. |
10 |
| 14 | 58 |
"You do not dare touch me now! There are guardsmen of Cos present! I am safe!" Inwardly I smiled, wondering what her attitude might be, had she found herself anywhere but where she was, and in the presence of the power of Cos, in the form of Marcus and myself. |
10 |
| 14 | 500 |
"There are warriors and guardsmen in the city," said a man, "who are not veterans of the delta". |
10 |
| 16 | 7 |
"Careless," said Marcus, "that these fellows, not even guardsmen, should so boldly, so publicly, conduct their prisoner in this area, where hostility toward Cos might be rampant". |
10 |
| 16 | 10 |
"I demand to be freed!" "Silence, despicable sleen!" shouted one of the guardsmen, cuffing the prisoner, who reacted as though he might have been struck with great force. |
10 |
| 16 | 64 |
"Does it seem to you that there are secret guardsmen about?" I asked Marcus. |
10 |
| 16 | 108 |
"They will inform guardsmen, they will return with reinforcements". |
10 |
| 16 | 298 |
"Yes," I said, and, in a few moments, in a sheltered place, between buildings, we had resumed our customary guise, that of auxiliary guardsmen, police in the pay of Cos. |
10 |
| 17 | 54 |
"If you be free, dear lady," said the fellow, "report me to guardsmen for my effrontery, that I may be flogged for daring to address you, but if you be my Litsia, remove your hood and veil". |
10 |
| 18 | 3 |
We had been walking about for some time after the show, even past the time of curfew the constraints of which, because of our affixed armbands, as auxiliary guardsmen, we had not the least difficulty in circumventing. |
10 |
| 18 | 7 |
If notes were to be later compared at some headquarters, as I did not expect they would be, some officers might have been astonished to learn how many sets of auxiliary guardsmen and diverse missions had been afoot that night. |
10 |
| 18 | 67 |
"We do not come on the business of guardsmen". |
10 |
| 18 | 141 |
"Shall I tell him that two guardsmen are asking after him?" asked the fellow. |
10 |
| 18 | 146 |
"There are two fellows calling for him, who do not wish him to know they are guardsmen, one of whom is his friend, and one of whom is not, and both of whom are armed, and seem ready to unsheath their weapons at a moment's notice, if not earlier". |
10 |
| 18 | 268 |
"By changing my name that gives the local guardsmen on Show Street an excuse for taking my bribes with a good conscience". |
10 |
| 21 | 38 |
They would not have seemed to fit in well with our guise as auxiliary guardsmen. |
10 |
| 22 | 128 |
Too, he had reminded me that some folks, in particular, guardsmen, often disapproved of interfering with such a girl in the pursuit of her duties. |
10 |
| 22 | 344 |
Actually I was not armed today, as I was not in uniform, not wearing, that is, the armband of the auxiliary guardsman, and I did not want to be stopped by guardsmen, line or auxiliary, as being in possible violation of the injunction against unauthorized weapons in the city, that injunction which pl... |
10 |
| 22 | 353 |
"It will surely be of interest to guardsmen," I said. |
10 |
| 22 | 361 |
"Do you not think guardsmen will be interested in that?" I asked. |
10 |
| 23 | 276 |
"And if they did notice these differences," said Boots, "one might plausibly suppose they would not hasten to bring them to the attention of the guardsmen". |
10 |
| 24 | 124 |
Clothing, for a free woman, functions as police and guardsmen, walls or barriers, shelter and shielding. |
10 |
| 24 | 288 |
Both Marcus and I, of course, as we usually did, wore our armbands, signifying our status as auxiliary guardsmen. |
10 |
| 26 | 11 |
I had requested that they dismiss their attendant guardsmen, which they had done. |
10 |
| 26 | 58 |
Who knows who they are, or which of them is watching you at any given time? Whom can I trust? It is hard to leave without an escort of a company of guardsmen. |
10 |
| 26 | 431 |
Without her robes, her veils, the prestige of her position, guardsmen about her, the ceremonies and symbols of office, and such, she seemed small, slight, lovely, and beautifully curved, and much the same as any other woman, a delight to behold, a sweetness to put on her knees, a joy and softness de... |
10 |
| 26 | 583 |
Even now guardsmen may be turning Ar upside down, looking for me". |
10 |
| 27 | 639 |
"Guardsmen will turn Ar upside down for you!" she said. |
10 |
| 27 | 1131 |
"Tomorrow," I said, "guardsmen will come to free you of your bonds, and return you to the Central Cylinder. |
10 |
| 28 | 64 |
Guardsmen in the Metellan district, as now in Ar, generally, went in pairs. |
10 |
| 28 | 151 |
"I was seen by guardsmen". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 25 |
Sometimes when men are to enter the garden, suddenly, or with little notice, such as guardsmen, say, in the line of duty, as in inspections or searches, a bar is rung, and we must find our body veils, and kneel, head down, and cover ourselves with them. |
10 |
| 24 | 34 |
A line of guardsmen hurried across the terrace. |
10 |
| 24 | 88 |
Too, tarnsmen and guardsmen from about the city had doubtless rendezvoused at that point by now. |
10 |
| 24 | 223 |
Surely there must be! I was sure, too, there would be numerous guardsmen, spearmen, bowmen. |
10 |
| 24 | 324 |
Surely guardsmen of the city must have formed by now. |
10 |
| 24 | 326 |
The guardsmen, the warriors, either, would surely far outnumber the intruders. |
10 |
| 24 | 358 |
I waited, expectantly, to see fleeing intruders, or triumphant guardsmen, stream onto the terrace. |
10 |
| 24 | 468 |
Almost at the same time a line of guardsmen appeared far to my left, emerging from one of the buildings. |
10 |
| 24 | 472 |
In what seemed a breath later I saw guardsmen of Treve, swords drawn, burst onto the terrace, come, too, doubtless from the bridge. |
10 |
| 24 | 477 |
Guardsmen of Treve raced across the terrace, from the left, trying to cut off the retreat of the intruders. |
10 |
| 24 | 971 |
Gone would be the protection of the law, of guardsmen, of the shared Home Stone. |
10 |
| 43 | 11 |
As we had not later encountered the watch, or guardsmen, I conjectured that our present district or quarter must be a poor one, one far from affluent areas, perhaps even a dangerous one, one on which the city might not care to waste its forces. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 348 |
"Summon guardsmen!" "He is clever," said Laura. |
10 |
| 13 | 349 |
"Here the guardsmen may take him for a defender. |
10 |
| 13 | 362 |
"Call guardsmen!" screamed the woman in the net, holding to its mesh. |
10 |
| 13 | 363 |
"There are no guardsmen to call," said Laura. |
10 |
| 13 | 389 |
"Free me! Free me! Call guardsmen!" cried the woman in the net. |
10 |
| 16 | 805 |
She saw two men pass, guardsmen, or such, helmeted, armed, in matching tunics, and many in the crowd drew back, sullenly, to let them pass. |
10 |
| 16 | 926 |
Ellen supposed that Targo and Barzak might have been in the vicinity during the scene with the guardsmen, but, doubtless wisely, wishing to avoid further unpleasantness, if not actual danger, did not step forward and identify themselves. |
10 |
| 16 | 940 |
In better districts, and on the great boulevards and such, high lamps, usually hung from poles, are usually lit after dark by employees of the city, sometimes by guardsmen. |
10 |
| 17 | 945 |
Once, later, she heard the measured tread of a group of men behind her, probably guardsmen. |
10 |
| 17 | 985 |
Turning about Ellen saw two guardsmen sauntering by. |
10 |
| 18 | 638 |
For example, she was sent to different shops and places of business, and professional activity, but each time, of course, with some ostensible, public purpose, usually connected, at least officially, with her master's interests or work, a purpose which might be ascertained, for example, by guardsmen... |
10 |
| 18 | 646 |
There were several slaves similarly engaged, perhaps two dozen, here and there, about the small pools, and, as there were no guardsmen in the vicinity, these were quite vocal, gossiping, chatting delightedly, exchanging small secrets, playing, splashing water, and so on. |
10 |
| 18 | 820 |
Ellen looked about, and made certain no guardsmen were present. |
10 |
| 19 | 45 |
"Guardsmen, on the bridges! They may be coming here!" "Why?" asked Selius Arconious. |
10 |
| 19 | 66 |
"Ah, Masters, welcome!" said Portus, as he opened the interior door, through which burst several guardsmen, their helmets bearing the yellow crest, their weapons at the ready. |
10 |
| 22 | 590 |
I might be apprehended by guardsmen. |
10 |
| 24 | 708 |
She did see, this frightening her, and she quickly put down her head, the scribe who had interviewed her in the exhibition cage, and three guardsmen, with him, not one but three, all approaching. |
10 |
| 24 | 720 |
One of the guardsmen undid the halter, behind her back, and pulled it away. |
10 |
| 24 | 721 |
One of the other two guardsmen whistled softly. |
10 |
| 24 | 736 |
One of the guardsmen, then, crouching beside her, bending her leg, lifting it by the ankle, pressing it closely against her body, so closely she whimpered, undid the bells. |
10 |
| 24 | 774 |
There was laughter, from the scribe, and from one of the guardsmen, and from the two whip masters who had now come forth from the area of preparation. |
10 |
| 24 | 838 |
"Whip!" The whip of the exterior whip master was handed to the scribe, who gave it to one of the attending guardsmen. |
10 |
| 24 | 839 |
Of the other two guardsmen one took Ellen's wrists and drew them forward, holding them, and the other took her ankles, and, holding them tightly, drew them back, this extending her legs. |
10 |
| 24 | 858 |
The scribe distributed some of the coins to the attending guardsmen. |
10 |
| 25 | 1053 |
Surely he must be a sought man, surely guardsmen would enter the tiers at any moment and put hands upon him. |
10 |
| 26 | 626 |
And guardsmen might even now be seeking the mysterious stranger, the seemingly lowly fellow, who had had coins from the mint at Jad. |
10 |
| 26 | 657 |
Two others, too, wore the garb of guardsmen. |
10 |
| 26 | 814 |
"Some of our men, clad as Cosian guardsmen," said Fel Doron, "will raise a cry that the suspect tarnster has been seen. |
10 |
| 26 | 921 |
She had no difficulty in locating the bound guardsmen. |
10 |
| 26 | 1030 |
Two of the guardsmen must have heard the sounds, too, for they were struggling to free themselves. |
10 |
| 26 | 1031 |
Quickly then Ellen hurried from the declivity concealing the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 26 | 1445 |
"You pleased the guardsmen, I take it," he said. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 180 |
When foreign tarnsmen, intent on plying chain luck, descend to acquire this seemingly vulnerable trove of loveliness, they are surprised, for numerous guardsmen emerge suddenly from concealed pits and encircle them. |
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| 31 | 33 |
She is then pulled by the hair to a kneeling position, and bound, mercilessly, and then, to the rejoicing, exultant shrieks of her nobler sisters, who find revels and festival in such things, she is pulled to her feet and driven, spit upon and jeered, muchly switched, to waiting guardsmen. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 582 |
Such hoods are sometimes used in the abduction of free women, in order that they may be unable to call attention to their plight, perhaps while being transported through the streets and beyond the gates of their city, doubtless often within yards of guardsmen. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 640 |
Looking up, frenziedly, I saw some other mercenaries, several, rushing toward the perimeter, and, some hundreds of yards away, guardsmen of Ar, regulars, hastening to the perimeter. |
10 |
| 3 | 1074 |
How dared he, and I a free woman! Where were guardsmen that I might summon? Surely that was not such a kiss as might be given to a free woman! Might it not have been more appropriately imposed upon a paga girl or a brothel slut, fastened down for a man's pleasure? But I was strangely, inexplicably, ... |
10 |
| 6 | 32 |
One is familiar with the haughtiness, the arrogance, the pride, of the typical free woman, defended by guardsmen, ringed by the walls of her city, well-veiled, well-robed, secure in her status, unassailable in station, ensconced in society's regard, but there is another pride, too, little spoken of,... |
10 |
| 9 | 19 |
"No! To the weapon room!" The Pani were still armed, and officers, and various guardsmen. |
10 |
| 21 | 190 |
I think they remained amidships not only to better monitor the fevers of the day, less accessible from the stem castle or stern castle, but to dispatch their guardsmen in case of need, perhaps to quell some disorder, or batten down hatches, keeping many below decks. |
10 |
| 24 | 300 |
Cast flowers and sprinkled perfumes, drummers and flautists, preceded her chair, borne by mighty slaves, flanked by liveried guardsmen. |
10 |
| 28 | 282 |
What a weakling and fool I was! I wondered if she should be freed? Did I hate her so much? Were her soft lips not made to be pressed to the feet of a master? I laughed, and the two Pani guardsmen regarded me, puzzled. |
10 |
| 29 | 33 |
I broke through the crowd, I think a moment before the four Pani guardsmen would have been rushed, and the first of the three gates swung open. |
10 |
| 35 | 2 |
The sea end of the pier had now been cleared by guardsmen, that the ship might be attended to, but the land end of the pier, and the adjacent waterfront, even to the warehouses, and the streets leading up to the city, were still swarming with people, men, and women, and boys. |
10 |
| 35 | 15 |
What would be its registry, its port of origin, who would be its master, what would be its business, its cargo? We waited behind the line of guardsmen, while the port's delegates approached the ship. |
10 |
| 35 | 63 |
The guardsmen had rather followed Demetrion's party, for which, I gathered, they had been waiting, and this permitted the stranger and myself, and the crowd, generally, to proceed several yards further down the pier. |
10 |
| 35 | 64 |
The guardsmen did, however, maintain an open space about the gangway. |
10 |
| 35 | 117 |
To my surprise, the stranger left my side, and slipped, unprevented, between the guardsmen, retrieved the sack, assured himself, it seemed, of its weight, which was apparently impressive, and climbed up the gangplank. |
10 |
| 36 | 164 |
He looked about, at the tables, at the goods, the swarming crowd, some idlers, some guardsmen, and listened, for a time, to the murmur of bargainings. |
10 |
| 36 | 179 |
I saw two in the yellow of the Builders, and several in the blue of the Scribes, some assisting Merchants; the guardsmen, as they were on duty, were in red. |
10 |
| 36 | 337 |
"What is going on here?" inquired Demetrion, harbor master of the port of Brundisium, followed by two guardsmen. |
10 |
| 36 | 353 |
The two guardsmen looked at one another. |
10 |
| 36 | 361 |
The two guardsmen now withdrew. |
10 |
| 37 | 709 |
Actually I did not have too much concern along these lines, as the night lamps would be lit, and, given the warehouse, the exiting Merchants, and such, there would be a number of guardsmen about, private guards, city guards, and guards in the employ of the harbor administration. |
10 |
| 37 | 722 |
To dally was to invite the intervention of guardsmen, impatient for the conclusion of their day's duty. |
10 |
| 37 | 729 |
I did see a pair of guardsmen at the land end of the wharf, and a number of Pani were taking up stations near the now-closed warehouse. |
10 |
| 37 | 746 |
"I would rather have you free," I said, "so that you can scream, and run for guardsmen". |
10 |
| 37 | 761 |
People of means commonly do not frequent the streets at night, and, when they do, they often hire a lantern bearer and a pair of guardsmen to attend them. |
10 |
| 37 | 885 |
Too, I suspect there must be guardsmen about. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 29 |
"The drums of guardsmen," said Daphne. |
10 |
| 6 | 32 |
I gathered she had had dealings with guardsmen before. |
10 |
| 6 | 64 |
The soldiers, or guardsmen, despite the fire, were pulling down hangings, and prying loose panels from the wall. |
10 |
| 7 | 487 |
"Sometimes guardsmen do so," said another, uneasily. |
10 |
| 8 | 1829 |
Here and there women, unattended, grace the bridges in their promenades, while below a troop of guardsmen may tread with care. |
10 |
| 9 | 25 |
My hopes of obtaining a handsome, rich master, from amongst the clients of the gambling house, had perished, as had the house, in the furious, vengeful fire, set by guardsmen. |
10 |
| 9 | 145 |
I had, some days ago, when out of the gambling house on an errand, barefoot, in my short, purple tunic, with its lettering on the back, seen a seemingly free woman, in lovely robes and veils, seized and stripped by guardsmen. |
10 |
| 10 | 617 |
In the streets it would surely be noted, watched, followed, called to the attention of guardsmen, and so on. |
10 |
| 11 | 9 |
Patrols of guardsmen were more frequently about, of late. |
10 |
| 11 | 91 |
"There are the extra guardsmen," I said, "the additional patrols, the uneasiness, the early closure of some stalls, some markets, the curfew". |
10 |
| 11 | 141 |
"Too, some thieves, some well known, in broad daylight, even within view of the praetor's platform, pushing aside a grating, rushed from a sewer, to be shortly apprehended by rings of spear-bearing guardsmen. |
10 |
| 11 | 147 |
"Guardsmen, with lanterns, have surely traversed the sewers," I said. |
10 |
| 11 | 176 |
Guardsmen, and others, were about, and the beast was wounded, cut, and slashed time and time again. |
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| 11 | 198 |
We saw two guardsmen some yards away. |
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| 11 | 199 |
"Ho, kajirae," called one of the guardsmen. |
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| 11 | 213 |
"Approach," called one of the guardsmen. |
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| 11 | 215 |
We were then standing before the guardsmen. |
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| 11 | 220 |
"What is in your mouth?" asked one of the guardsmen of Antiope. |
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| 11 | 244 |
We were then about a corner, and out of the sight of the guardsmen. |
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| 11 | 248 |
To be sure, we had been delayed by the guardsmen. |
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| 12 | 127 |
The crowd parted a bit, as four guardsmen, summoned, I gathered, pressed through the gathering. |
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| 12 | 130 |
Guardsmen were motioning to the crowd, to disperse. |
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| 13 | 35 |
More than once I had been regarded by guardsmen. |
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| 13 | 38 |
What had been folded in the mat by the guardsmen on Clive had not been a whole human being. |
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| 14 | 153 |
"There are guardsmen," I said. |
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| 15 | 2 |
Shortly the guardsmen, with their lantern, had passed. |
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| 15 | 3 |
There were not many guardsmen about, after curfew, but this was the second pair I had encountered, on the way to the market of Cestias. |
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| 15 | 10 |
Too, I thought of surrendering myself to the guardsmen, and accepting the consequences, whatever they might be, for violating the curfew. |
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| 15 | 17 |
Why had I done that? I knew what I was to do, elude guardsmen, and go to the market of Cestias, near the praetor's platform near the coin stalls. |
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| 15 | 119 |
I remembered that, days ago, some thieves, fleeing, had emerged from a sewer in the vicinity of the praetor's platform, and had been apprehended by guardsmen. |
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| 15 | 135 |
Was I to stay here all night? I then became afraid, even though it was the middle of the night, that I might be apprehended in the market, in the morning, when guardsmen, at the praetor's signal, opened the market to the stallsmen, merchants, and dealers. |
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| 15 | 221 |
Then there had been word of the seemingly rash flight of the thieves, seemingly so inexplicable, emerging in daylight in the market of Cestias, in the vicinity of the very platform of a praetor, with guardsmen aplenty about, amongst the vendors and stalls. |
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| 15 | 344 |
How humble, and hopeful, she is, at the feet of her master! Once, but only once, we were in the vicinity of guardsmen, two, one with a lantern. |
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| 15 | 345 |
The beast would not know they were guardsmen, but he must have heard their footsteps, and voices, two voices, male voices. |
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| 15 | 348 |
The guardsmen passed. |
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| 15 | 349 |
I thought the guardsmen were fortunate that they had not discovered us. |
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| 15 | 359 |
Shortly after dawn the lantern on its pole at the edge of the market of Cestias would be extinguished, and, a bit later, the market pennon would be hoisted to the height of the pole, above the lantern arm, after which, at the praetor's signal, guardsmen would open the market. |
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| 22 | 77 |
It is even possible gangs of ruffians are about, seeking refuge in the wilderness from the guardsmen of a dozen cities". |
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| 52 | 201 |
You may remember that the expedition was still short of guardsmen when it reached Venna". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 191 |
I heard guardsmen call the watch, that all was well. |
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| 26 | 23 |
"No, noble one!" He summoned other guardsmen to assist him. |
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| 38 | 4 |
A pair of Pani guardsmen remained with the guard fire, by the gate. |
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| 38 | 5 |
Another pair of Pani guardsmen, one with a torch, at intervals, patrolled the pen's perimeter. |
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| 61 | 1024 |
"This man has been recently sought," said a Pani guardsmen, armed with a glaive, as were two others behind him. |
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| 61 | 1027 |
"He was to have been cast from the outer parapet," said one of the guardsmen. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 270 |
"Guardsmen?" inquired one of the men. |
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| 20 | 104 |
But how would she dare risk the wearing of the robes of the free? What of guardsmen?" "She is not a slave," said Lita. |
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| 24 | 145 |
It would be recognized, and you would be returned to this house by guardsmen or others, and left bound, helpless, by the drawbridge and gate". |
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| 24 | 153 |
"There are warriors here," I said, "guardsmen?" "In a way," he said. |
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| 29 | 36 |
They were guardsmen. |
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| 30 | 125 |
"Guardsmen may be alerted". |
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| 30 | 133 |
"Guardsmen will be looking for a yellow tunic. |
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| 30 | 429 |
It was too conspicuous, and guardsmen might well have been instructed to watch for a slave so clad. |
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| 32 | 5 |
There were few, if any, guardsmen about. |
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| 35 | 180 |
"Hiding in a doorway," she exclaimed, "hoping to avoid detection! I should bind you, hand and foot, and leave you for the rounds of guardsmen!" A slave is not permitted to resist her securing. |
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| 51 | 102 |
She is detained, to her misery, by guardsmen. |
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| 51 | 289 |
Similarly, on Gor, the excitements and glories of biology, even in the case of free women, have never been denounced as shameful nor treated as crimes, inviting the intervention of guardsmen. |
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| 52 | 64 |
Lady Bina, in any event, as there was no sign of public concern or agitation at her removal from the House of a Hundred Corridors, as exhortations, alarms, proclamations, offers of rewards for her return or information leading to her return, and such, were not being broadcast throughout the city and... |
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| 61 | 510 |
"Dare not obstruct the path of a free woman, not so much as brushing her sleeve, lest I summon the guardsmen of Ar and have you remanded to the nearest pole of impalement! Aside, all of you, now! I have business here! Stand aside, aside!" Men moved aside, even officers, lest her robes be touched. |
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| 61 | 746 |
"These fellows about," she said, "do not appear to be regulars, not members of the common forces of Ar, not soldiers, not guardsmen". |
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| 62 | 28 |
How many free women, I wondered, could match the slave in beauty? How many would dare to walk and stand, and move, as a slave, with such casual, unconscious ease, such assurance and womanly grace, the grace of a woman who knows herself so special and prized that she is collared and owned? Did they s... |
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| 65 | 204 |
"Guardsmen of Ar," it called, "prepare to do justice to those who would endanger the great road. |
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| 65 | 223 |
In the meantime, keep the circle closed!" "It will be done, Commander!" answered the second voice, that which had been supposedly associated with road patrols, with guardsmen of Ar, and the supposed guards of the caravanserai itself. |
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| 65 | 239 |
"I am convinced," she said, "Sleen-of-Mintar fellows, Guardsmen, guards, and others, whosoever they may be, out there in the darkness, that this evening's business is founded on a misunderstanding. |
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| 65 | 263 |
"It is open," called the voice from the left, which had supposedly been associated with the guardsmen of Ar, and caravanserai guards. |
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| 68 | 300 |
I saw they were guardsmen. |
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| 68 | 305 |
"May I see your slave?" said one of the guardsmen. |
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| 68 | 315 |
I looked up at the guardsmen, subtly, furtively, that I might the better comprehend their intent and attitude. |
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| 68 | 318 |
When one of the guardsmen glanced down at me, I lowered my head, quickly, humbly. |
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| 68 | 325 |
The guardsmen then proceeded on their way. |
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| 68 | 362 |
"Guardsmen are about," called Kurik. |
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| 68 | 363 |
"Would you prefer to fall into the hands of guardsmen?" Then, emerging from the darkness, there came a small figure, approaching us, its hands clasped behind the back of its head. |
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| 68 | 384 |
"We will leave her here, bound hand and foot, for guardsmen," he said. |
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| 68 | 388 |
If she were taken afoot, the guardsmen might well hamstring her, before returning her to her master, for sleen feed". |
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| 68 | 427 |
"I see the lamp of guardsmen, afar," said Kurik. |
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| 68 | 449 |
Happily the lamp of the guardsmen was far behind. |
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| 68 | 517 |
At that point the two guardsmen, one with the guardsman's lamp, arrived. |
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| 68 | 521 |
"I thought so," said one of the guardsmen. |
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| 68 | 524 |
The guardsmen then continued on their way. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 124 |
"look, lout, where you are going!" "Move to the side!" "I am here!" "Go about!" "I will not!" "Do so!" "Impede my way, will you?" "Watch your purse!" "Sheath your dagger!" "Beware!" "He has a club!" "They are drunk!" "Peace, peace in the streets!" "Call guardsmen!" "Guardsmen, guardsmen!" I heard a ... |
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| 6 | 39 |
"Surely there are guardsmen," said a man. |
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| 7 | 154 |
Guardsmen were about. |
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| 7 | 195 |
Guardsmen may have her description. |
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| 10 | 89 |
Sometimes she may be remanded to guardsmen and held for a public trial, on charges of conduct unbecoming to, and offensive to, free women. |
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| 11 | 55 |
As scavengers flee from the killing beast come to reclaim his prize, as urts speed from the path of the stalking larl, as bandits hasten to elude nearing, searching, avenging guardsmen, so the thieves, brigands, rowdies, miscreants, cheats, liars, cowards, and criminals of Port Kar, men without a Ho... |
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| 11 | 190 |
One notes vigilant guardsmen. |
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| 18 | 96 |
But why should he do that, unless it was important to keep that identity secret? And why should it be kept secret, if the matter was all clear, lawful, and honorable, that of bringing a slave back to her proper chains? Why not have recourse to guardsmen? And would it not be improbable to put two sil... |
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| 18 | 168 |
Then, threatened by taverner's men, armed with clubs and staves, amidst calls for guardsmen, he departed the tavern". |
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| 23 | 22 |
What had become of me? I had not attempted to run, or escape, but how could I prove that? Would Ho-Tosk, or his men, or guardsmen, believe my story of abduction and interrogation? I felt oddly, cumbersomely, uncomfortably clothed. |
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| 23 | 48 |
Two guardsmen were standing near me, over me, seemingly puzzled. |
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| 23 | 125 |
Instantly the attitudes of her companion, and the two guardsmen, changed toward me. |
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| 23 | 131 |
I drew up my jeans and followed the two guardsmen, heeling them. |
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| 24 | 72 |
Some days ago I had been brought by two guardsmen to the House of Samos, of Port Kar, First Captain of the Council of Captains, and First Slaver of Port Kar. |
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| 24 | 90 |
"She was picked up, collarless, by guardsmen this morning, on the edge of the Canal of the Sea Sleen," said the fellow to my right. |
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| 24 | 161 |
It would not do would it, to have you cry out, being borne away, or scream on the delta wall, before being cast down to tharlarion? What if you were to cry out secrets, or deeds, or mysteries, which are no concern of guardsmen? What if you were found on the delta wall, in the darkness, bound and gag... |
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| 27 | 194 |
"Guardsmen rarely patrol this area," he said. |
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| 33 | 12 |
Too, if I were alone, guardsmen might have summoned me to them for a collar check, as is often done, following which my hopes of reaching the Golden Chain would have been considerably diminished. |
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| 34 | 3 |
How different I was now from the filthy, disheveled, exhausted, naked, hungry slave, braceleted and leashed, who had been yesterday delivered by guardsmen to the portal of the Golden Chain! "Much occurred," I said. |
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| 34 | 40 |
"After you were abandoned, unable to speak," he said, "you were picked up by guardsmen, delivered to Samos, First Slaver of Port Kar, and, subsequently, sold in one of his outlets". |
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| 37 | 145 |
"We will conduct her to guardsmen and you can claim her later". |
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| 37 | 151 |
"I am sure there is a guard boat with guardsmen about," said Florian. |
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| 37 | 156 |
And, normally, guardsmen, where practical, as here, are afoot. |
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| 37 | 164 |
"Perhaps one of the guardsmen can read," said Florian. |
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| 37 | 173 |
"Guardsmen are often overburdened, and do not wish to be taxed with unnecessary, onerous duties," said Florian. |
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| 37 | 180 |
"Noble guardsmen," said Dorna, "these two noble masters have been of great assistance to me. |
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| 37 | 219 |
"Do you seek to bribe guardsmen of Port Kar?" asked a man in the boat, bearded, with a silver slash on his helmet. |
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| 40 | 321 |
But where might a tunicked, marked, collared slave hide? Perhaps she had already been picked up by guardsmen and taken to the Golden Chain, there to serve as bait for her master, Pa-Kur, of the Assassins. |
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| 42 | 132 |
"Guardsmen!" said Florian. |
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| 46 | 117 |
"Should guardsmen not be summoned?" I asked. |
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| 47 | 385 |
"Now secure, now honored, now cherished by her ally, Lurius of Jad, she need no longer fear recognition and seizure, the relentless pursuit of bounty hunters, the chains of guardsmen, the justice of Ar, the wrath of Marlenus, tortures and impalement". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 167 |
"I shall not inform guardsmen. |
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| 18 | 169 |
"Secret guardsmen," said Sakim. |
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| 19 | 138 |
"Guardsmen," whispered Clitus. |
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| 19 | 140 |
"Guardsmen of the fair?" I asked. |
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| 19 | 206 |
"But the guardsmen, or soldiers, were seeking Aktis," said Clitus. |
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| 20 | 32 |
"The Aktis for whom guardsmen search?" asked a man. |
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| 20 | 57 |
"Next," cried Aktis, "will it be you who hears axes on the gate? Will it be your fields which will smoke to the sky, your homes which will be consumed in flame, your blood upon the hearth?" "Summon guardsmen!" cried a man. |
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| 22 | 104 |
"Have you heard other news of possible interest?" "There was a meeting of peasants outside the fairgrounds," said Sakim, "which was disrupted and ended by guardsmen". |
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| 22 | 106 |
"And our Aktis, one of our oarsmen, is the subject of a search by guardsmen," said Sakim, "that having to do with the possession of a forbidden weapon". |
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| 27 | 137 |
"I shall inform guardsmen!" she said. |
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| 37 | 21 |
Thurnock would not carry his bow, of course, as Sybaris was a stronghold of Cos on Thera, and the weapon laws of Cos forbade bows to any but authorized personnel, guardsmen, guards of officials, and such. |
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