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| 1 | 37 |
My friend in the physical education department drove me a few miles into the mountains and dropped me off. |
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| 4 | 43 |
He pointed back toward the city, which was now several miles in the distance. |
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| 15 | 40 |
I brought the tarn down near the far ranges of Pa-Kur's tents, where his camp ended, seven or eight miles from the city. |
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| 16 | 5 |
The solid pillar would not allow entrance to men on the ground, and approaching tarns would be easily visible for miles before they could reach it. |
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| 5 | 146 |
In the vicinity of the Sardar Mountains I had brought the tarn down on the quiet, flat, gray-metal, disklike surface, some forty feet in diameter, of the ship, some two miles above the surface of Gor. |
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| 20 | 462 |
"Surely you recognize," asked Scormus, curiously, looking up at him, "the Two Spearman variation of the Ubar's Scribe's Defense, developed by Miles of Cos and first used in the tournament at Tor held during the Second Passage Hand of the third year of the Administrator Heraklites?" Neither Cernus no... |
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| 4 | 120 |
"This device," he said, "transmits a signal, which can be picked up by our equipment at a distance of one hundred miles". |
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| 4 | 115 |
The mast is not high, only about thirty-five feet Gorean, but it permits a scanning of the horizon to something over two miles, something like three pasangs. |
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| 1 | 825 |
It takes more than a hundred and fifty years for some of this water to make the underground journey, seeping hundreds of feet at times beneath the dry surface, moving only a few miles a year, to reach the oases. |
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| 16 | 92 |
Ultimately, then, food is brought into the pits, generally in the form of organic debris, from hundreds of sources, many of them hundreds of miles distant; this debris is carried by the fresh-water feeds, through minute faults and fissures, and even porous rock, until it reaches the remains of the a... |
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| 12 | 209 |
Sometimes they are even miles long. |
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| 13 | 14 |
The squeal of a sleen may be heard for ten to twelve miles. |
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| 27 | 104 |
I looked up at the sky, at streaks and curtains of light, mostly yellowish green, hundreds of miles in height. |
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| 27 | 109 |
This silent storm of charged particles, flung from millions of miles across space, raining upon an atmosphere, was very beautiful. |
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| 27 | 186 |
In the lights in the sky, in those shimmering, subtle, shifting streaks and curtains of light, mostly yellowish green, some hundreds of miles in height, clearly portrayed, though it was for a moment only, was the gigantic, hideous visage of a Kur. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 32 | 919 |
'The orange mark upon your thigh will be recognized in the jungle for hundreds of miles around. |
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| 18 | 261 |
He has beaten already the champions of five stables, those of Kliomenes, Policrates, Gordon, Dorto and Miles". |
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| 19 | 286 |
Miles of Vonda, for example, raised hurt as well as tharlarion. |
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| 20 | 102 |
"I shall have a champion who can beat your Jason!" cried Miles of Vonda, from the side of the wall. |
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| 20 | 104 |
"The stables of the Lady Florence of Vonda will await him!" I had beaten the champion of the stables of Miles of Vonda two weeks ago. |
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| 20 | 107 |
This victory had not set well with Miles of Vonda. |
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| 22 | 473 |
I had stood against men such as Gort, of the stables of Miles, and Kaibar, of the stables of Shandu, in the pit of leather and blood. |
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| 22 | 492 |
Even Gort, of the stables of Miles, and Kaibar, of the stables of Shandu, had been unable to best me. |
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| 22 | 632 |
"That was by defeating Gort, of the stables of Miles, was it not?" she asked. |
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| 22 | 635 |
"Miles is one of my rejected suitors," she said. |
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| 25 | 1 |
I Fight Krondar, Slave of Miles of Vonda; Tarnsmen The leather slave hood was pulled from my head. |
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| 25 | 14 |
"Is Gort not the champion of the stables of Miles of Vonda?" "Here," cried one of the referee's men, pointing to me, "is Jason, champion of the stables of the Lady Florence of Vonda!" There was a cheer at this. |
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| 25 | 28 |
I looked to the tiers and there saw the proud and regal figure of Miles of Vonda. |
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| 25 | 36 |
Miles of Vonda gestured to one of the referee's men, and he removed the slave hood from the head of the burly man opposite me, across the sand. |
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| 25 | 39 |
"This," called another of the referee's men, pointing to the burly fellow, whose seconds were now removing the manacles from his wrists, freeing his hands from behind his back, "is Krondar, newly purchased slave to Miles of Vonda, and new champion of his stables!" Krondar struggled, but was held by ... |
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| 25 | 53 |
"Doubtless he has cost Miles of Vonda much," said Barus, rubbing my back. |
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| 25 | 54 |
"Why should Miles of Vonda have purchased such a slave?" I asked. |
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| 25 | 56 |
Miles is not pleased at having had you best Gort, his former champion. |
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| 25 | 66 |
"Beat and mark his face well, Krondar!" called Miles of Vonda to his slave. |
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| 25 | 215 |
I saw that Miles of Vonda had left. |
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| 26 | 89 |
"Today, earlier," I said, "I defeated Krondar, a fighting slave of Ar, purchased by Miles of Vonda". |
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| 27 | 211 |
"You then, too," I asked, "are not brigands?" "Call Miles," said a voice. |
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| 27 | 225 |
One of the men was he who had gone to fetch another man, he called Miles. |
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| 27 | 226 |
This Miles, I assumed, was the tall man. |
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| 27 | 263 |
"You are Miles of Vonda, are you not?" I asked. |
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| 27 | 274 |
"Your slave needs discipline," said Miles of Vonda. |
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| 27 | 284 |
"Why are you here?" I asked Miles of Vonda. |
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| 27 | 289 |
Miles of Vonda, of course, would not be likely to recognize her, for, hitherto, he would have seen her only in the robes of a free woman and heavily and modestly veiled. |
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| 27 | 295 |
"Why do you seek her?" "These are hard times," said Miles of Vonda. |
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| 27 | 302 |
"She is not here," said Miles of Vonda to his men. |
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| 27 | 308 |
"Thank you," said I, "Miles of Vonda". |
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| 27 | 316 |
Miles of Vonda had been one of several unsuccessful suitors for the hand of the proud Lady Florence of Vonda. |
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| 27 | 343 |
"What a fool Miles of Vonda is," she said. |
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| 27 | 385 |
"Did you see how Miles of Vonda looked at me?" she asked. |
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| 27 | 390 |
It had indeed been a frank, bemused scrutiny to which Miles of Vonda had subjected the lofty Lady Florence, the sort of scrutiny commonly reserved for, and accorded to, slaves. |
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| 27 | 399 |
"Miles of Vonda is a fool!" she snapped. |
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| 26 | 1 |
Florence; Miles of Vonda "Florence!" I said. |
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| 26 | 75 |
"Miles of Vonda," she said. |
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| 26 | 85 |
"Not to Miles of Vonda," I smiled. |
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| 26 | 115 |
"I love Miles of Vonda!" "With the love of a free companion?" I asked. |
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| 26 | 137 |
"How is Miles of Vonda?" I asked. |
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| 26 | 178 |
"If it were not for you," she said, "I might never have come into the possession of my master, Miles of Vonda". |
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| 26 | 206 |
Miles of Vonda, angry, stood there, his sword drawn. |
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| 26 | 209 |
Miles of Vonda, sword ready, advanced a step. |
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| 26 | 210 |
"In the tavern," said Miles of Vonda, "was it not you who accosted my slave?" "I spoke with her," I said. |
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| 26 | 220 |
"Will it be necessary to slay you with your sword in your sheath?" inquired Miles of Vonda. |
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| 26 | 227 |
"Draw your weapon," said Miles of Vonda. |
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| 26 | 229 |
One of them had muttered something angrily, when Miles of Vonda had spoken as he had. |
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| 26 | 237 |
"Draw," said Miles of Vonda. |
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| 26 | 238 |
I do not think Miles of Vonda knew the danger he was in. |
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| 26 | 241 |
"It is my hope that I am so," said Miles of Vonda. |
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| 26 | 246 |
"How then, as I am a worker on the docks, could I have had the leisure to develop skills with the blade which might be the match of yours?" Angrily Miles of Vonda thrust his sword back in its sheath. |
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| 26 | 256 |
"I shall not kill you," said Miles of Vonda, irritably. |
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| 26 | 259 |
Miles of Vonda, although he did not know it, had just saved his own life, and that of Krondar, and possibly that of the slave. |
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| 26 | 262 |
"Krondar," said Miles of Vonda, indicating me, "beat him". |
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| 26 | 264 |
"How then," asked Miles of Vonda, looking at me, "is my honor in this matter to be satisfied?" "I do not know," I said. |
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| 26 | 271 |
Miles of Vonda then turned about and, gesturing to Krondar to shoulder the burdens he had been guarding, left, walking down the avenue of Lycurgus, followed by Florence, and then later, a few feet behind, by Krondar, bearing his gear. |
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| 27 | 3 |
I had been thinking of Miles of Vonda and the slave he owned, who had once been the Lady Florence of Vonda. |
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| 27 | 11 |
"So you have followed me, Miles of Vonda," I said. |
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| 27 | 20 |
"You are not Miles of Vonda," I said. |
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| 27 | 122 |
Originally I had taken him to be Miles of Vonda. |
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| 32 | 49 |
I knew her now, of course, as Florence, who was, or had been, the slave of Miles of Vonda. |
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| 32 | 64 |
"My Master, Miles of Vonda, took ship from Victoria, in the Flower of Siba". |
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| 32 | 70 |
Miles of Vonda, in my opinion, had been rash. |
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| 32 | 72 |
She would, doubtless, in turn, have conveyed these reservations to Miles of Vonda. |
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| 11 | 1 |
Miles of Vonda and I Observe Slaves, Utilizing the Screened Balcony Above the Central Slave Quarters "Would you care to join me, my friend, Miles of Vonda?" I asked. |
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| 8 | 135 |
Part of that loot had been Florence, a curvaceous, auburn-haired slave, who had belonged to Miles of Vonda. |
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| 9 | 458 |
"Krondar, the fighting slave," I said, "and Miles, of Vonda". |
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| 10 | 39 |
On the stem castle of the Tuka stood Miles of Vonda, one who was not of the river towns, and one who was almost certain to be unknown to the denizens of the holding. |
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| 10 | 57 |
I had managed to rescue Miles of Vonda and Krondar, his slave, from the dark, wreckage-strewn water. |
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| 10 | 76 |
Miles of Vonda, on the stem castle of the Tuka, and Kliomenes, on the walls of the holding, exchanged signals. |
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| 10 | 84 |
I could not hear the discourse which took place between Kliomenes and Miles of Vonda, but I knew, and well, its nature. |
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| 10 | 114 |
Miles of Vonda had represented us, of course, as being the advance ships of the Voskjard's fleet. |
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| 10 | 121 |
He was waiting on the broad walk, near the iron door leading within the holding, for Miles of Vonda. |
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| 10 | 146 |
Miles of Vonda made ready to disembark. |
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| 10 | 150 |
With their right hands they reached into the baskets of petals, to cast them on the walk, in the path of Miles of Vonda and of the men disembarking from the Tuka. |
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| 10 | 159 |
Miles of Vonda stepped upon the rail of the Tuka and he, and other men, leaped to the walk. |
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| 10 | 162 |
I saw Kliomenes seizing the hand of Miles of Vonda. |
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| 10 | 175 |
Then the sword of Miles of Vonda was at his throat. |
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| 10 | 176 |
"Order your men to throw down their arms!" said Miles of Vonda. |
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| 10 | 182 |
'Throw down your arms," called Miles of Vonda to the pirates on the walk, "or you are dead men". |
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| 11 | 13 |
Miles of Vonda, I saw, could not take his eyes from one slave. |
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| 11 | 19 |
I saw the fists of Miles of Vonda clench. |
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| 11 | 22 |
"You have thus far played a significant and handsome role in our business, Miles of Vonda," I said. |
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| 11 | 24 |
"If I want her," said Miles of Vonda, lightly. |
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| 11 | 29 |
Did Miles of Vonda seek to conceal from me his affection for a mere slave? It was obvious that he cherished that slave. |
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| 11 | 31 |
"It seems that you, too," said Miles of Vonda, looking at me, "find one of these slaves of interest". |
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| 11 | 41 |
"She apparently has a nasty streak in her," said Miles of Vonda. |
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| 11 | 44 |
"Could you whip her?" asked Miles of Vonda. |
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| 11 | 73 |
"How beautiful are slaves," said Miles of Vonda. |
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| 11 | 105 |
"I count eighty-nine," said Miles of Vonda, "including those two, both yours, whom we brought in at the prows of the Tuka and Tina". |
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| 11 | 107 |
"An exquisite lot," said Miles of Vonda. |
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| 11 | 126 |
"Excellent," said Miles of Vonda. |
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| 11 | 129 |
"There is quite a diversity in the garbing of these slaves," remarked Miles of Vonda. |
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| 11 | 133 |
Some, however, had been put in little more than scraps or twists of cloth, or shreds of rags, such as those on the body of the auburn-haired beauty in which Miles of Vonda had seemed to take an interest and on the body of the small, exquisite brunette of whom I had deigned to take note. |
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| 11 | 223 |
Miles of Vonda and I continued to look downward, into the central room of the slave quarters, upon the confined inmates. |
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| 11 | 224 |
"The feast tonight," said Miles of Vonda, "would have been more pleasant, had it been served by these". |
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| 12 | 88 |
These latter girls, such as the auburn-haired beauty in whom Miles of Vonda was interested, and the small brunette in whom I had some interest, were in ignorance as to what their disposition would be. |
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| 13 | 17 |
We had, against the protestations of Miles of Vonda, whom we left in command of the fortress, surrendered ourselves. |
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| 17 | 730 |
She belonged now to Miles of Vonda, who had helped us in our work with the pirates, part of the spoils, as many other slave girls, taken from the holding of Policrates. |
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| 20 | 23 |
Seven men, including myself, were present, Glyco, high merchant of Port Cos; Tasdron, Administrator of Victoria; Aemilianus, leader of the naval forces of Ar upon the Vosk; Calliodorus, captain of the Tais; and my friends, Callimachus and Miles of Vonda, who had brought with him his slave, Florence. |
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| 20 | 26 |
Miles of Vonda had had her trained in these skills. |
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| 20 | 182 |
I turned to Miles of Vonda. |
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| 20 | 244 |
She then rose, to serve Miles of Vonda. |
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| 20 | 249 |
"Thank you for the pastry, Master," said Florence to Miles of Vonda. |
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| 20 | 253 |
But, of course, Miles of Vonda and Tasdron, of Victoria, their masters, had given them food from their plates. |
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| 20 | 288 |
She went then, again, to Miles of Vonda. |
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| 20 | 382 |
"Where is Krondar?" I asked Miles of Vonda. |
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| 20 | 383 |
"On his way to Ar," said Miles. |
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| 20 | 385 |
"He fought well with us," said Miles. |
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| 20 | 392 |
"I gave her to Krondar," said Miles. |
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| 20 | 395 |
"That is certain!" laughed Miles. |
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| 20 | 397 |
"Be silent, Slave," said Miles. |
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| 20 | 403 |
"He intends to purchase fighting slaves," said Miles, "and then free them, and organize matches among free men. |
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| 20 | 405 |
"Free men fight with weapons," said Miles. |
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| 20 | 408 |
"But only as a last resort, only for emergencies," said Miles. |
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| 20 | 411 |
"It is difficult to kill a man with your bare hands," said Miles. |
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| 20 | 416 |
"Oh," said Miles of Vonda. |
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| 20 | 452 |
"What is going on?" asked Miles of Vonda. |
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| 20 | 471 |
"I do not understand this," said Miles of Vonda. |
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| 20 | 505 |
"The cloth on the table and the candle," said Miles of Vonda, "are supposed to suggest to you the place of this meeting of which you spoke". |
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| 20 | 512 |
"Why would one go to such a place?" asked Miles of Vonda. |
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| 20 | 698 |
I saw that Florence, flushed, kneeling behind Miles of Vonda, was biting at the back of his tunic, and putting her hands on his hips. |
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| 20 | 716 |
"Be silent, Slave," said Miles of Vonda. |
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| 20 | 907 |
Florence, in the brief yellow tunic, knelt behind Miles of Vonda, clutching him, her fingers caught in his tunic, her chin on his right shoulder. |
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| 20 | 974 |
I glanced about, to the small, dark-haired slave clutching my arm, to Lola, in the arms of Calliodorus, to Florence, kneeling behind Miles of Vonda, to she who had been Shirley, in her yellow gauze, kneeling to one side, now the slave of Aemilianus. |
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| 20 | 1067 |
"Oh, Master," begged Florence, "please take me home, and use me! Please, my Master, take me home, and use me!" "It has been a pleasant evening," grinned Miles of Vonda, rising to his feet. |
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| 20 | 1121 |
"Very well," said Miles of Vonda, kindly. |
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| 20 | 1125 |
"Thank you, Master," she wept, "thank you!" "Thank you, Master," breathed Florence to Miles of Vonda. |
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| 20 | 1133 |
"Are you not a slave?" asked Miles of Vonda. |
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| 20 | 1135 |
Then, suddenly, laughing, Miles of Vonda jerked open the tunic and tore it down about her lovely, flaring hips. |
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| 20 | 1140 |
I love you!" Miles of Vonda then picked up the lyre, which she had used earlier in entertaining us. |
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| 20 | 1209 |
Miles of Vonda left first, heeled by his curvaceous, auburn-haired beauty, Florence, once, too, of Vonda. |
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| 9 | 30 |
The same human being, if surviving by hunting, would require a territory of several square miles. |
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| 13 | 704 |
'Continue on this street,' he said, 'in the outside lane, at a speed not exceeding twenty-five miles an hour. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 47 | 169 |
suggest a figure of a little over two hundred miles per hour. |
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| 5 | 1 |
Miles of Argentum; Drusus Rencius Speculates on What I Might Bring as a Slave; I Have Obtained Greater Freedoms "The arrogant knave now approaching the throne," said Ligurious, whispering in my ear, "is Miles, an ambassador, and general, from Argentum". |
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| 5 | 25 |
"Miles, Ambassador of Argentum, Miles, General of Argentum!" announced the herald. |
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| 5 | 26 |
The men behind Miles put down the boxes they had brought. |
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| 5 | 28 |
"The throne of Corcyrus," said Ligurious, "greets the ambassador from Argentum, Miles, general of Argentum". |
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| 5 | 29 |
"On behalf of Claudius, Ubar of Argentum," said Miles, "I accept the greetings of Corcyrus". |
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| 5 | 33 |
"Forgive me, noble Ligurious," said Miles. |
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| 5 | 42 |
Miles did not budge, nor flinch, at the foot of the throne. |
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| 5 | 50 |
"Such a dismissal of their contents I expected," said Miles. |
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| 5 | 64 |
"It is fortunate for Corcyrus, and for peace," said Ligurious, "that he with whom we truly have to deal is not Miles, general of Argentum, but with Claudius, her Ubar. |
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| 5 | 68 |
"Corcyrus is not feared by Argentum," said Miles. |
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| 5 | 70 |
"That is true," said Miles. |
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| 5 | 73 |
"I am sure that Claudius, my Ubar, would be relieved to hear that," said Miles. |
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| 5 | 78 |
"It is well known," said Miles, "that the Tatrix of Corcyrus is not interested in men, but only in gold and power". |
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| 5 | 80 |
I did not understand, truly, the remark of Miles of Argentum. |
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| 5 | 88 |
"How is it," inquired Miles, "that the Tatrix of Corcyrus goes unveiled?" "It is custom," said Ligurious. |
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| 5 | 89 |
"From our former messengers and envoys," said Miles, "I gather that the custom is a new one". |
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| 5 | 95 |
"I should think, rather," said Miles, smiling, "that you might fear that her subjects would gaze upon her not with awe and reverence, but interest". |
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| 5 | 97 |
"Yes," said Miles, "wondering, perhaps, what she might look like in a collar". |
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| 5 | 100 |
"Take no offense, Lady," said Miles to me, "for it is high commendation I extend to you. |
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| 5 | 107 |
"Surely Corcyrus needs no more riches," said Miles. |
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| 5 | 129 |
I noted the eyes of Miles of Argentum on Susan. |
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| 5 | 148 |
I wondered if I might become as beautiful, someday, as the women cited by Miles of Argentum as being so superior to me. |
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| 5 | 152 |
"Of course," said Miles of Argentum. |
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| 5 | 157 |
"In suit for the favor of Corcyrus, in deference and tribute to Corcyrus, Claudius, Ubar of Argentum," said Miles of Argentum, "sends this!" He flung open the great chest, and turned it to its side. |
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| 5 | 160 |
"There is nothing in them!" "And that," said Miles of Argentum, "is what Claudius, Ubar of Argentum, sends to Corcyrus!" "Insolence!" cried Ligurious. |
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| 5 | 162 |
Miles put out his hand and his helmet was returned to him. |
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| 5 | 168 |
"Your Tatrix," said Miles, "belongs in a cage, a golden cage". |
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| 5 | 171 |
"Here," said Miles, reaching into a pocket on his belt, "if you of Corcyrus are so eager for the silver of Argentum, I will give you some". |
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| 5 | 179 |
I saw Drusus Rencius restrain one man from rushing upon Miles of Argentum. |
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| 5 | 180 |
In the small retinue of Miles blades, too, had leapt from sheaths. |
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| 5 | 189 |
Miles turned about and, followed by his retinue, left the great hall. |
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| 5 | 195 |
"The ambassador, he, Miles, the general of Argentum," I said, "seemed very firm". |
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| 5 | 205 |
"What did you think of Miles of Argentum?" asked Ligurious. |
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| 5 | 222 |
"Is it true," I asked her, "that you might possibly have experienced feelings of a sexual nature before Miles of Argentum?" "I cannot help myself, Mistress," she said. |
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| 5 | 233 |
"Miles of Argentum is an arrogant knave, isn't he?" I asked Drusus. |
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| 5 | 235 |
I remembered the sight of the silver tarsk from Argentum, in the hand of Miles of Argentum, and the way it had looked, on the soft carpeting of the dais, on one of the broad steps leading up to the throne. |
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| 6 | 82 |
It had been several days now since the return of Miles of Argentum to his city. |
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| 6 | 463 |
Too, Miles of Argentum had speculated that I might bring as much as even a silver tarsk in a market. |
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| 13 | 1 |
The Golden Cage; Miles of Argentum Speaks with Me The great beam cracked, and then splintered, and the doors burst in at the far end of the aisle, leading towards the throne. |
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| 13 | 15 |
"Miles, General of Argentum, Victor over Corcyrus!" announced a soldier. |
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| 13 | 25 |
Miles of Argentum sheathed his sword. |
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| 13 | 36 |
The hand of Miles of Argentum then brushed back my robes, that my whole head and features, to the throat, might be revealed to the crowd. |
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| 13 | 41 |
"Your features," said Miles of Argentum, "are surely well known to hundreds, if not thousands". |
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| 13 | 45 |
"I am Tiffany Collins!" "Bring forth the palace slave called Susan," said Miles of Argentum. |
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| 13 | 53 |
"You are Susan, are you not," inquired Miles of Argentum, "who was as personal serving slave to Sheila, the Tatrix of Corcyrus?" "Yes, Master," she said. |
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| 13 | 55 |
"Is this she who was to you as Mistress?" inquired Miles of Argentum, addressing himself to the terrified slave from Cincinnati at his feet. |
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| 13 | 59 |
"And putting aside such former names and worlds," said Miles, "as whom do you know her here?" Susan began to tremble. |
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| 13 | 60 |
"You know the penalties for a slave who lies," said Miles. |
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| 13 | 65 |
She then, at a sign from Miles, led by the thong, in the grip of a soldier, hurrying, almost running, that she did not place the least stress on the device in her nose, was being conducted rapidly from the room. |
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| 13 | 68 |
Just before the soldier had grasped the thong I had seen her wildly look at Miles of Argentum. |
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| 13 | 79 |
"Call the captain from Ar," said Miles of Argentum. |
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| 13 | 81 |
Then he stood on the dais, almost with Miles of Argentum. |
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| 13 | 84 |
"Drusus Rencius, Captain of Ar, on detached service to the forces of Argentum," said Miles of Argentum. |
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| 13 | 91 |
"Do you know this woman, Captain?" asked Miles, general of Argentum. |
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| 13 | 98 |
"How do you know her?" asked Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 13 | 100 |
"You know her then quite well?" asked Miles. |
10 |
| 13 | 102 |
"Can you identify her?" asked Miles. |
10 |
| 13 | 104 |
"Who is she?" asked Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 13 | 109 |
"Strip her," said Miles of Argentum, "and put her in golden chains, and put her in the golden cage". |
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| 13 | 127 |
They lifted me up, then, at a sign from Miles of Argentum. |
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| 13 | 132 |
"Behold the Tatrix of Corcyrus," called Miles of Argentum, indicating me with a sweeping gesture, "helpless, and in chains!" There was a wild cheer from the crowd, almost a shriek, as though for blood. |
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| 13 | 150 |
"Make way! Clear the way!" called Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 13 | 153 |
"What are you going to do with me?" I asked Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 13 | 160 |
At a sign from Miles of Argentum a soldier picked me up, lightly, in his arms. |
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| 13 | 170 |
"In this cage, Lady Sheila," said Miles of Argentum, "you will be paraded through the streets of Corcyrus, exhibited in our triumph. |
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| 13 | 185 |
Miles of Argentum surveyed me, and the chains, and the cage. |
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| 14 | 1 |
The Camp of Miles of Argentum; Two Men "No," I whimpered. |
10 |
| 14 | 14 |
The crowds cheered Miles of Argentum and his men. |
10 |
| 14 | 22 |
If I did not do so, Miles of Argentum had informed me, simply, I would be beaten like a slave. |
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| 14 | 58 |
The stealth, and the gradualness, which seemed to characterize what was going on, did not suggest the activities of authorized representatives of Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 16 | 7 |
I had been three days the unsuspected guest of the tarnsman from the camp of Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 16 | 198 |
The name had been mentioned, I did recall, on the tarn platform, in the camp of Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 17 | 41 |
And in Corcyrus, and the camp of Miles of Argentum, thousands must have seen me! Muchly did I bemoan my fate. |
10 |
| 21 | 14 |
I was naked again, as I had been, in the camp of Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 23 | 271 |
I did not think that any mysterious men would suddenly appear to free me, as at the camp of Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 29 | 303 |
Even Drusus Rencius, perhaps, or Miles of Argentum, too, men who had actually seen me, I thought, might not recognize me now. |
10 |
| 30 | 566 |
I had been freed from the cage in the camp of Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 30 | 576 |
"Do I not know you?" asked Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 30 | 584 |
"Do you know him?" asked Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 30 | 588 |
"Look here, Drusus," said Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 30 | 591 |
I suspected then that Drusus Rencius had seen me in the crowd but had not drawn me to the attention of Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 30 | 596 |
"Look more closely," said Miles. |
10 |
| 30 | 598 |
"To be sure," said Miles, "this woman has apparently been shorn within the last three or four months". |
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| 30 | 600 |
"Surely you can see the striking resemblance," said Miles. |
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| 30 | 602 |
"To Sheila, the Tatrix of Corcyrus," said Miles. |
10 |
| 30 | 611 |
"Is this Sheila, the Tatrix of Corcyrus?" asked Miles. |
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| 30 | 628 |
"Is it Sheila, the Tatrix of Corcyrus?" asked Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 30 | 631 |
"I see," smiled Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 30 | 640 |
Miles of Argentum regarded me. |
10 |
| 30 | 644 |
"Has she?" asked Miles. |
10 |
| 30 | 646 |
"Come here, Girl," said Miles. |
10 |
| 30 | 653 |
"You may go," said Miles, dismissing me. |
10 |
| 30 | 705 |
Miles of Argentum, for example, knew it. |
10 |
| 30 | 706 |
I thought of Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 31 | 7 |
I knelt naked before Miles of Argentum, before his thronelike chair, on the tiles in his quarters, in Argentum. |
10 |
| 31 | 15 |
This had been done at the expense of Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 31 | 19 |
I did not think Miles of Argentum was particularly interested in feast slaves, per se. |
10 |
| 31 | 343 |
I then, on all fours, brought it, between my teeth, to Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 31 | 346 |
"Does Sheila, the Tatrix of Corcyrus, beg to perform on her leash for Miles, general of Argentum?" he inquired. |
10 |
| 31 | 392 |
"I am completely in the power of Miles of Argentum," I said. |
10 |
| 31 | 506 |
How casually Miles of Argentum had just used me! But I did not object, for I was a slave. |
10 |
| 31 | 512 |
To be sure, the use to which Miles of Argentum had just subjected me, and I was well aware of this, had not been merely casual, a simple convenience use. |
10 |
| 31 | 522 |
I thought of Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 31 | 546 |
But I was frightened of Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 31 | 553 |
So what interest had Miles of Argentum in me? Surely he did not think that I might be the real Sheila. |
10 |
| 31 | 560 |
I reminded myself that Miles of Argentum did not own me. |
10 |
| 31 | 586 |
Miles of Argentum, dressed and shaved, answered the door. |
10 |
| 31 | 598 |
I felt Miles of Argentum, from the back, pressing a tiny key into my collar. |
10 |
| 31 | 629 |
"'I am the property of Miles of Argentum,'" he read. |
10 |
| 31 | 636 |
I wore the collar, then, of Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 31 | 683 |
"It will be a tunic appropriate to the girls of Miles of Argentum," he said. |
10 |
| 31 | 718 |
What a tribute to their attractiveness, and their skills as a slave! How they must compete with one another, I thought, to become the favorite! But how much better, I thought, to be the single slave of one's master, and to learn him, and serve him, with heat and devotion, regularly, day in and day o... |
10 |
| 31 | 791 |
I stood there, shuddering, only just had by Miles of Argentum, my arm now locked helplessly in the tight grasp of the new fellow. |
10 |
| 31 | 792 |
"Sheila," said Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 32 | 11 |
I was now a work slave and pleasure slave owned by Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 32 | 42 |
My tunic, then, the tunic of Miles of Argentum, that brief, trim tunic, of brown, trimmed with yellow, with the plunging neckline, and slit at the sides to the rib cage, was stripped away from me, from the back. |
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| 32 | 66 |
"I wonder how you escaped from the camp of Miles of Argentum," he said. |
10 |
| 32 | 87 |
Similarly, objections will not be encountered by Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 32 | 90 |
In this fashion we expect Miles of Argentum to be satisfied. |
10 |
| 32 | 212 |
It was the slave tunic Miles of Argentum put us all in. |
10 |
| 32 | 270 |
I did so, displaying as well as I could one of the properties of Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 32 | 276 |
"That would seem appropriate," he said, "at least from the point of view of Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 32 | 339 |
"I will see that you safely reach the slave quarters of your master, Miles of Argentum," he said. |
10 |
| 33 | 1 |
The Inquiry; The Outcome of the Inquiry; I am the Slave of Miles of Argentum The dancers had now scurried away with a jangle of bells. |
10 |
| 33 | 7 |
Miles of Argentum was there, and Drusus Rencius, and Ligurious. |
10 |
| 33 | 14 |
I would be produced when Miles of Argentum, my master, wished it. |
10 |
| 33 | 20 |
At this table, too, sat Ligurious, Miles of Argentum and Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 33 | 135 |
"My Ubar," said Miles of Argentum, rising to his feet, "reluctant as I am to agree with the former first minister of Corcyrus, and doubtless one of the finest liars on Gor, I think it not impossible that he may have seen Sheila about in the palace, perhaps on her hands and knees scrubbing tiles in a... |
10 |
| 33 | 137 |
"With your permission, my Ubar," said Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 33 | 151 |
Miles of Argentum gestured to an officer. |
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| 33 | 171 |
"I submit, my Ubar," said Miles of Argentum, "that the woman on your left, she with the shorter hair, is she before whom I appeared in Corcyrus, when I brought, at your request, the scrolls of protest to that city". |
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| 33 | 177 |
"I have witnesses who will identify her," said Miles. |
10 |
| 33 | 183 |
"Please let him speak, noble Claudius," said Miles. |
10 |
| 33 | 192 |
"Is it your intention to jeopardize our friendship, old comrade in arms?" inquired Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 33 | 193 |
"That is no friendship, beloved Miles," said Drusus Rencius, "which can be jeopardized by truth". |
10 |
| 33 | 194 |
"That is the woman whom I saw in Corcyrus when I carried there the scrolls of Argentum," said Miles, pointing to me. |
10 |
| 33 | 198 |
"You grant, then, my case," said Miles. |
10 |
| 33 | 202 |
"The captain from Ar," said Miles, "has apparently taken leave of his senses. |
10 |
| 33 | 208 |
"My second witness," said Miles of Argentum, "is the woman who served her intimately in her own quarters, who bathed her and clothed her, and combed her hair, who was to her as her own personal serving slave, now one of my own slaves, Susan". |
10 |
| 33 | 210 |
How exquisite and beautiful, and well displayed she was, in the trim, tiny tunic that was the uniform of the girls of Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 33 | 214 |
"Is that the woman whom you served in Corcyrus?" Miles asked her, pointing to me. |
10 |
| 33 | 220 |
"Is that the woman whom you served?" asked Miles. |
10 |
| 33 | 223 |
"As this girl is the property of Miles of Argentum," said Claudius to Drusus Rencius, "you may move that her testimony be discounted or be retaken, under torture". |
10 |
| 33 | 225 |
Drusus Rencius looked across the room to Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 33 | 226 |
"I will withdraw her testimony," said Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 33 | 231 |
I saw that Miles of Argentum did not wish to have Susan subjected to judicial torture, perhaps tormented and torn on the rack, even though it might validate her testimony and strengthen his case. |
10 |
| 33 | 250 |
"Do you regard it as likely, Susan," asked Miles of Argentum, "that that woman was the Tatrix of Corcyrus?" "Yes, Master," she said. |
10 |
| 33 | 256 |
"Remain here, Susan," said Miles. |
10 |
| 33 | 258 |
"I call my next witness," said Miles of Argentum, "located in Venna by my men, and brought here, Speusippus of Turia". |
10 |
| 33 | 270 |
"As the reports have it," said Miles, "you were marched naked from the city, before the spears of guards, a sign about your neck, proclaiming you a fraud". |
10 |
| 33 | 273 |
"Is she who was the Tatrix of Corcyrus in this room?" asked Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 33 | 275 |
"Would you point her out for us?" asked Miles. |
10 |
| 33 | 279 |
"Thank you," said Miles. |
10 |
| 33 | 284 |
"It is not my fault if you could not hold a slave," said Miles. |
10 |
| 33 | 288 |
"I took your virginity away!" "Am I to understand," asked Miles of Argentum, "that you are confessing to the rape of a free woman, one who was even a Tatrix?" Speusippus turned white. |
10 |
| 33 | 294 |
"Very well, Speusippus of Turia," said Miles of Argentum, "you may go". |
10 |
| 33 | 311 |
"Let it be noted," said Miles of Argentum, "that the witness unhesitantly identified her as Sheila, the former Tatrix of Corcyrus". |
10 |
| 33 | 314 |
"I call now my fourth witness," said Miles of Argentum, "Ligurious, former first minister of Corcyrus. |
10 |
| 33 | 321 |
"Have you further witnesses, General?" asked Claudius of Miles. |
10 |
| 33 | 322 |
"Yes, noble Claudius," smiled Miles, "one more". |
10 |
| 33 | 324 |
"Drusus Rencius," said Miles. |
10 |
| 33 | 327 |
"Yes," said Miles. |
10 |
| 33 | 329 |
"The same who was on detached service to Argentum, and was engaged in espionage within the walls of Corcyrus?" asked Miles. |
10 |
| 33 | 331 |
"I believe that while you were in Corcyrus," said Miles, "one of your duties was to act as the personal bodyguard of Sheila, the Tatrix of Corcyrus". |
10 |
| 33 | 340 |
"Ligurious?" asked Miles. |
10 |
| 33 | 343 |
"As you may have noted," said Miles, "Publius, the house master of the house of Kliomenes, of Corcyrus, is in the room. |
10 |
| 33 | 346 |
"In the search for the Tatrix," said Miles, "the records of hundreds of slave houses were checked, to see if a woman of her description might have been processed. |
10 |
| 33 | 353 |
As Miles of Argentum knows, I am the friend of Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 33 | 355 |
"You can deny, of course," said Miles of Argentum to Drusus Rencius, "that she whom you took to the house of Kliomenes was the same woman you were guarding as the putative Tatrix. |
10 |
| 33 | 363 |
"Let me then repeat my question," said Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 33 | 365 |
"Would you please point her out?" asked Miles. |
10 |
| 33 | 368 |
"Thank you," said Miles. |
10 |
| 33 | 372 |
"By the love I bear you, and by the love you bear me," said Drusus Rencius to Miles, "hear me out. |
10 |
| 33 | 373 |
That woman is not the Tatrix! She sat upon the throne! She appeared in public as the Tatrix! She sat in court as the Tatrix! She conducted business as the Tatrix! She was known as the Tatrix! But she was not the Tatrix!" "Let us not ignore the evidence," said Miles of Argentum. |
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| 33 | 375 |
What sort of evidence would you wish? How do we know, for example, that you are really Drusus Rencius, a captain from Ar? Or that I am Miles, a general from Argentum? Or that he is Ligurious, who was the first minister in Corcyrus? How do we know anyone in this room is who we think? Perhaps we are a... |
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| 33 | 377 |
"I recall an earlier witness," said Miles of Argentum, "my slave, Susan". |
10 |
| 33 | 389 |
"She herself," said Miles of Argentum, "regarded herself as the Tatrix of Corcyrus. |
10 |
| 33 | 391 |
"Why do you think she was not the Tatrix of Corcyrus?" asked Miles. |
10 |
| 33 | 393 |
"I just know!" "Come now, Captain," said Miles, patronizingly. |
10 |
| 33 | 397 |
Such things are not in her!" "Has the good captain from Ar," inquired Miles, "permitted the glances, the smiles, the curvaceous interests of a woman to sway his judgment?" "No," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 33 | 398 |
"I think you have succumbed to the charms of a slave," said Miles. |
10 |
| 33 | 400 |
"She has made you weak," said Miles. |
10 |
| 33 | 404 |
How could I make such a man weak? "The evidence is clear," said Miles of Argentum to the Ubar, Claudius, to the members of the high council, to the others in the room. |
10 |
| 33 | 505 |
"That one garment," said Miles of Argentum, indicating a scarlet robe, with a yellow, braided belt, "appears to be that in which she put her curves on the day of my audience with her, that having to do with the scrolls of protest". |
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| 33 | 509 |
"Yes," said Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 33 | 512 |
"Yes, by me," said Miles. |
10 |
| 33 | 613 |
"My master is Miles of Argentum," I said. |
10 |
| 33 | 824 |
The girl selected was the collared slave to my right, now the slave, as I understand it, of Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 33 | 1008 |
"It was you who freed me in the camp of Miles of Argentum!" "Once," he said, "you spared my life, in Corcyrus. |
10 |
| 33 | 1037 |
"I love you! I do love you! I love you with my whole heart!" "What is going on here?" asked Miles of Argentum, coming over to us. |
10 |
| 33 | 1040 |
Miles of Argentum took the key to my chains from the soldier who had held it. |
10 |
| 34 | 235 |
I, like many women, was owned by Miles of Argentum, whom I admired and respected, and feared, and to whom I could not help but yield helplessly and promptly, but whom I did not love. |
10 |
| 35 | 41 |
Susan and I had been volunteered by our master, Miles of Argentum, to serve them. |
10 |
| 35 | 65 |
Susan was younger and smaller than I but she, having seniority over me among the women of Miles of Argentum, was dominant over me. |
10 |
| 36 | 108 |
"Doubtless you told my master, Miles of Argentum, of the results of your experiment last night, that in which I was conclusively proven to be a natural slave". |
10 |
| 36 | 114 |
Last night, after I had served Publius and Drusus Rencius, I had been ordered to the couch of Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 36 | 117 |
Miles of Argentum, as is his wont, such a man, when he wishes, takes everything from a woman. |
10 |
| 36 | 132 |
"You have been empowered by Miles of Argentum to change my collar, have you not?" I asked. |
10 |
| 36 | 490 |
"And had you been there you could, later, have seen my body jerk in the hands of Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 36 | 770 |
Yet, too, he had, with Menicius, risked his life in the camp of Miles of Argentum to free me, and he had sought desperately to protect and defend me in the inquiry with Claudius and the high council. |
10 |
| 36 | 1199 |
"Yes!" She was now the slave of Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 36 | 1296 |
Who but a slave might bear such a name? Was it not exciting? Did it not hint of the steel of slave bracelets, the smell of thongs, held against the face, the clash of bangles, the rustle of silk? What a delightful joke had Drusus Rencius played upon me, the beast, when he had thought me to be the Ta... |
10 |
| 36 | 1626 |
"You know what you paid! What did I cost you? What did I bring Miles of Argentum!" "I do not recall," he said. |
10 |
| 36 | 1627 |
"Miles of Argentum," I laughed, "when he saw me in Corcyrus, thought I would bring a whole silver tarsk! He, then, too, had only seen me fully clothed, clad in the full regalia of the Tatrix. |
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| 36 | 1645 |
"Miles of Argentum," I said, "truly at one time believed me, and with good reason, from his point of view, to be the Tatrix of Corcyrus. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 118 |
"It was a world of tides and gods, of spears and Caesars, of games, and wreaths of laurel, of the clash, detectable for miles, of phalanxes, of the marchings of legions, in measured stride, of the long roads and the fortified camps, of the coming and going of the oared ships, of the pourings of offe... |
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| 11 | 1631 |
In short, though I had come a thousand miles from the naive girl in the library, I still had no understanding, really, of slave sex. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 66 |
"Sometimes, in rural areas," he said, "there is a breeding festival, and slaves from miles about, hooded and bound, carefully selected, of course, on leashes behind wagons, in crates, and so on, are brought to the breeding grounds. |
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| 17 | 435 |
"Sometimes a slave is driven for miles," said Lydia, "until, exhausted, her feet bleeding, she finds herself before a cage, into which she must hurry, crawling, closing the gate, which locks, behind her". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 145 |
I was interested to see how far Pertinax had come from Earth, not in miles, but in heart, in blood. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 191 |
"Well, Miles," said Florian, after a bit, "what shall we do with her? Boil her in oil?" "No," said Miles. |
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| 37 | 11 |
"You wanted to be free of the holding, to have an opportunity to enjoy the sights, the wind and sunlight, of the city, did you not?" asked Miles, colleague of Florian, a guardsman from the holding. |
10 |
| 37 | 14 |
I had seen little of Florian's colleague, Miles, in the holding of Bosk of Port Kar. |
10 |
| 37 | 17 |
Both Florian and Miles were in street robes, seemingly two gentlemen at leisure. |
10 |
| 37 | 25 |
"But some, I hear," said Miles, "are troubling". |
10 |
| 37 | 31 |
"Certainly," I think Miles said, as the sound of the bar made it hard to hear. |
10 |
| 37 | 41 |
"There is variation," said Miles. |
10 |
| 37 | 78 |
I had passed the entranceway, approaching it, again, and now, having turned about, I had just passed it, again, on my way back toward where Florian and Miles were dawdling about. |
10 |
| 37 | 104 |
"Fugitive slave! Running slave! Stop her! Stop her!" I was just to speed past Florian and Miles when Florian stepped before me, and seized me. |
10 |
| 37 | 118 |
"I gather this is your slave," said Miles. |
10 |
| 37 | 121 |
"Do you take us for scribes?" said Miles, apparently offended. |
10 |
| 37 | 131 |
"Can you read?" asked Miles. |
10 |
| 37 | 133 |
"Then how do you know what it says?" asked Miles. |
10 |
| 37 | 149 |
"First you take us for scribes and now for thieves," said Miles, reprovingly, seemingly offended. |
10 |
| 37 | 153 |
"To the east," said Miles. |
10 |
| 37 | 160 |
"Hold!" said Miles. |
10 |
| 37 | 163 |
"The entire matter can now be smoothed out, simply and neatly," said Miles. |
10 |
| 37 | 170 |
Miles raised his hand, waving, summoning the guard boat to the edge of the canal. |
10 |
| 37 | 208 |
"Probably you should keep her shackled and leashed," said Miles to the Lady Dorna. |
10 |
| 37 | 230 |
I do not think the Lady Dorna realized that Miles had now moved behind her. |
10 |
| 37 | 260 |
An instant later Miles had slipped a slave hood over her head, drawn it down, and buckled it shut. |
10 |
| 37 | 265 |
Miles followed them. |
10 |
| 38 | 183 |
When a slave would attend on Dorna, a man, usually Florian or Miles, was always present, even when they were not putting her at the pole or relieving her of its restraints. |
10 |
| 38 | 283 |
After Dorna would feed, Florian, Miles, or another, would free her of her restraints. |
10 |
| 39 | 109 |
Two more men entered the room below, Miles, whom I knew from the holding, and he who had been the seeming officer on the canal boat, whom I shall refer to as "the officer". |
10 |
| 39 | 131 |
"You," said Miles, "though your neck is encircled with a collar, are an esteemed colleague of, and informed confidant of, Pa-Kur, of the Caste of Assassins". |
10 |
| 39 | 155 |
"Free me! Now! Now! Tear away the cloths!" "But you are bare within the layers," said Miles. |
10 |
| 39 | 161 |
"Take pity on a mere slave!" "'A mere slave'," said Miles. |
10 |
| 39 | 183 |
"Have mercy! Beat me! Lash me! But free me of the ropes! Cut away the cloths! I beg it! It hurts! It hurts! It burns! It burns!" "Perhaps you are now docile, and are prepared to be cooperative?" asked Miles. |
10 |
| 39 | 185 |
"Be patient," said Miles. |
10 |
| 39 | 192 |
The guard then undid the swathing of ropes which had held the treated cloth so tightly about her body, and put her, kneeling, she held by Miles, at the pole, her back to the pole. |
10 |
| 39 | 201 |
"She is a pretty little slave," said Miles. |
10 |
| 39 | 231 |
"You are bait," said Miles. |
10 |
| 39 | 236 |
"Or its destruction," said Miles. |
10 |
| 39 | 238 |
"You," said Miles. |
10 |
| 40 | 43 |
On the other hand, near the head of the table, were the places, side by side, occupied by Florian and Miles, who, I took it, from their position at the table, and other indications, stood high in the holding. |
10 |
| 40 | 52 |
"This may mean war with Thentis," said Miles. |
10 |
| 40 | 69 |
"Such as?" asked Miles. |
10 |
| 40 | 85 |
"One always hears such things," said Miles. |
10 |
| 40 | 95 |
"They prove a lovely addition to the décor," said Miles. |
10 |
| 40 | 97 |
"Their presence does much to improve the appetite," said Miles. |
10 |
| 40 | 139 |
"By six months," said Miles, "if all goes well, Bosk, lord of the holding, should be well returned". |
10 |
| 40 | 146 |
"He is often at sea," said Miles. |
10 |
| 40 | 149 |
"Some twelve days ago," said Miles. |
10 |
| 40 | 151 |
"Does he hope to fill his hold with gold or slaves?" "It is strange," said Miles. |
10 |
| 40 | 154 |
"Impostors, ships, flying false flags," said Miles. |
10 |
| 40 | 156 |
"To conceal their identity?" suggested Miles. |
10 |
| 40 | 158 |
"The wrath of Bosk is a terrible thing," said Miles. |
10 |
| 40 | 195 |
"What if they threw her back?" said Miles. |
10 |
| 40 | 197 |
"And risk the welfare of fine animals, not to mention the wrath of sleen keepers?" said Miles. |
10 |
| 40 | 201 |
"Perhaps," said Miles. |
10 |
| 40 | 208 |
"Did you really think, little idiot," said Florian, "we would not know you were about, a naked slave at our knees?" "Did you snatch up a crumb of fact, lap up some news?" asked Miles. |
10 |
| 40 | 239 |
A burst of laughter escaped Miles. |
10 |
| 40 | 248 |
"That is well known," said Miles. |
10 |
| 41 | 198 |
Seek your own!" I was startled to see Florian and Miles, and others of the holding, some four or five others, following Addison Steele, each in a red scarf. |
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| 41 | 201 |
The men who had followed Addison Steele, including Florian and Miles, fell like beasts of prey on the laden crowd of intruders who fell against one another, stumbling, losing their balance, buffeting and impeding one another. |
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| 41 | 215 |
"Perhaps they have had enough of this holding by now," said Miles. |
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| 41 | 242 |
"If we can rouse the city," said Miles. |
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| 41 | 247 |
"Yes, Captain," said Miles. |
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| 42 | 10 |
I was alarmed to hear this, for I feared that Addison Steele, Florian, Miles, and the others would be swept aside in a routed enemy's frantic effort to reach the safety of the barges at the foot of the wall. |
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| 42 | 30 |
Did that mean that the parapet had been retaken by the intruders? Did that mean that Addison Steele, Florian, Miles, and the others were now dead? I had gathered from the character of the intruders that they were unlikely to take prisoners. |
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| 42 | 99 |
"Do not let your bodies rot for months on impaling spears, raised on the walls of the city, a warning to others, a testimony to the displeasure of the Men of Port Kar!" Amongst these voices I recognized that of Florian, and perhaps of Miles, and surely others. |
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| 42 | 102 |
Addison Steele, Florian, Miles, and others, in their donned red scarves, blending in with the intruders, had strewn disorder and discord, confusion and terror, amongst the cohorts of mighty Pa-Kur. |
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| 42 | 105 |
A moment later a path through the barricade was opened, and Addison Steele, Florian, Miles, and some others entered the inner vestibule. |
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| 42 | 117 |
"Let us hope we can survive until its arrival," said Miles. |
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| 42 | 133 |
Miles ran to unbolt the half-ruined door to the inner vestibule. |
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| 45 | 147 |
I caught sight of Decius of Venna, emerging from one boat, followed by men, and Addison Steele, from another, with Florian, of the holding of Bosk of Port Kar, and Miles, too, of that holding. |
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| 46 | 626 |
At that moment, Miles, of the holding of Bosk of Port Kar, entered, thrusting a cloaked, trim figure before him. |
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| 46 | 630 |
"She is one of the possessions of Bosk of Port Kar," said Miles. |
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| 47 | 303 |
"But Florian and Miles were, both there recruited as agents on behalf of Bosk of Port Kar. |
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| 47 | 304 |
Florian arranged for the purchase of Adraste, and Miles was stationed in the house of Anesidemus itself, to protect her". |
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| 47 | 305 |
"It was Miles," I said, suddenly, "who changed the sheet!" "Yes," said Addison Steele. |
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