| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 208 |
"Daughter of the matron Aglaia, Lady of Torcadino," she said, "of the Myrtos lineage, she high in the trade of spices, Confirmation Treasurer of the Spice Council of Torcadino, she of the Merchants". |
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| 14 | 31 |
261, however, aside from all such considerations, was a citizeness of Torcadino, and Torcadino had been sworn to the cause of Ar. |
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| 9 | 1 |
Torcadino "Riders," said Mincon. |
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| 9 | 56 |
Tonight we will be in Torcadino". |
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| 9 | 57 |
Torcadino, on the flats of Serpeto, is a crossroads city. |
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| 9 | 59 |
Supposedly Torcadino, with its strategic location, was an ally of Ar. |
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| 9 | 62 |
Perhaps, too, the councils of Torcadino, did not care to dispute their gates with forces as considerable as those which now surrounded them. |
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| 9 | 65 |
Torcadino, as far as I knew, had been left at the mercy of the Cosian armies. |
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| 9 | 67 |
Mincon, for example, after delivering his goods in Torcadino, was to return northward on the Genesian to Brundisium, where he was scheduled to pick up a new cargo. |
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| 9 | 71 |
"There are the aqueducts of Torcadino!" said Mincon. |
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| 9 | 73 |
The natural wells of Torcadino, originally sufficing for a small population, had, more than a century ago, proved inadequate to furnish sufficient water for an expanding city. |
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| 9 | 74 |
Two aqueducts now brought fresh water to Torcadino from more than a hundred pasangs away, one from the Issus, a northwestwardly flowing tributary to the Vosk and the other from springs in the Hills of Eteocles, southwest of Corcyrus. |
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| 9 | 79 |
If there were to be inspections or halts before entering the gates of Torcadino it would be impossible to conceal them. |
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| 9 | 83 |
In something like a half of an Ahn we had come to Torcadino's Sun Gate. |
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| 9 | 116 |
"There are many such in Torcadino," said the captain. |
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| 9 | 127 |
"No," said the captain, regarding Boabissia, who looked straight ahead, terrified, the tiny metal disk on its thong about her throat, "there are not so many such as these, these days, free females, in Torcadino". |
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| 10 | 5 |
These inert, suspended, desiccated weights, now little more than skulls and the bones of men, with some bits of cloth, fluttering in the air's stirrings, and threads and patches of dried flesh clinging about them, had been arranged in a line along the Avenue of Adminius, the main thoroughfare of Tor... |
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| 10 | 13 |
"You know Torcadino then?" I said. |
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| 10 | 18 |
Clearly it had been intended that those coming and going in Torcadino would take this route. |
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| 10 | 29 |
"There must, by now, given the past weeks, be a great amount of supplies in Torcadino," I said. |
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| 10 | 33 |
"If Torcadino were to be stormed, and fired, and these supplies captured or destroyed, the Cosian movements would surely be hampered, if not altogether arrested. |
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| 10 | 47 |
"The gates of Torcadino are firm," he said. |
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| 10 | 50 |
"Torcadino is impregnable," he said. |
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| 11 | 251 |
"Though there are many slaves in Torcadino, and lovely ones, apparently there is a dearth of free women here, particularly of ones not veiled". |
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| 12 | 116 |
Torcadino is garrisoned. |
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| 12 | 147 |
"That is the central cylinder of Torcadino," he said, "the administrative headquarters of her first executive, whether it be Administrator or Ubar". |
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| 12 | 151 |
"Do you know the flag of Torcadino?" he asked. |
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| 12 | 153 |
"It does not matter," he said, "for of recent months what has flown there has not been the flag of Torcadino, but another flag, that of Cos". |
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| 13 | 3 |
In the streets there was much movement, much of it between soldiers, directed movement, movement toward the great gate of Torcadino. |
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| 13 | 30 |
"There must be order in Torcadino," said Mincon. |
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| 13 | 35 |
A strict weapons control had been instituted in Torcadino. |
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| 13 | 48 |
But Torcadino was not aflame. |
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| 13 | 96 |
We came then to a barrier, several poles on tripods, set across the main way in Torcadino. |
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| 13 | 122 |
"Many," said Mincon, "are the women, and daughters, of those who were adherents of Cos in Torcadino. |
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| 13 | 127 |
An action of the sort now accomplished in Torcadino, in which judicious selections and discriminations are to be made among the civilian populace, necessitates a sensitive preparation. |
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| 13 | 151 |
For example, a given high lady of Torcadino, of a faction favoring Cos, might have had opposite her name on some list the number, say, 908. |
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| 13 | 206 |
"Euphrosyne, Lady of Torcadino," she gasped. |
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| 13 | 242 |
"Euphrosyne, Lady of Torcadino," she sobbed. |
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| 13 | 274 |
"With the nature of Torcadino," said the officer, "the walls, and our control of the city, it is highly likely, sooner or later, that we will have every one of the women on our list". |
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| 13 | 276 |
The listed females, under the particular circumstances currently prevailing in Torcadino, had little chance of escape. |
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| 13 | 292 |
Let some, then, of the beauties of Torcadino rejoice that they were not yet in collars. |
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| 13 | 342 |
They had belonged to significant portions of the political and mercantile aristocracy of Torcadino. |
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| 14 | 3 |
We were at the foot of the low, broad steps of the Semnium, the hall of the high council, which building, it seemed, might now serve as the headquarters of the new masters of Torcadino. |
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| 14 | 12 |
"The winds have shifted in Torcadino," I said. |
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| 14 | 23 |
Her mother, before her capture, I had gathered, had been important, having been the confirmation treasurer of one of Torcadino's commercial councils, the Spice Council. |
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| 14 | 41 |
One depicted the laying of the first stone in Torcadino's walls, an act which presumably would have taken place more than seven hundred years ago, when, according to the legends, the first wall, only a dozen feet high, was built to encircle and protect a great, sprawling encampment at the joining of... |
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| 14 | 117 |
"'Once in the municipality of Torcadino,'" he began, "'whilst wandering pensive 'neath sacks of noosed bones—'" "You have composed more than one hundred lines of poetry while we have been standing here?" I asked. |
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| 14 | 133 |
"'Once in the municipality of Torcadino, whilst wandering pensive betwixt bundles of brittle bones—'" "Wait," I said. |
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| 15 | 161 |
Yet nothing had prepared me for the presence I felt in this room, a simple room, a bare room, with a large window behind, suitable for a minor functionary in the bureaucracy of Torcadino. |
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| 15 | 202 |
"Why do you think Torcadino has been taken?" he asked. |
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| 15 | 206 |
Torcadino is Cos's major depot for supplies and siege equipment. |
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| 15 | 209 |
You may remain indefinitely in Torcadino with these vast quantities of supplies. |
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| 15 | 214 |
Too, I suspect your ejection of the civilian population from Torcadino is not merely political, to appear to show concern, generosity, and mercy, nor merely expedient, to remove them from the city, thus conserving supplies and removing possible Cosian sympathizers from behind your back, but to incre... |
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| 15 | 219 |
"What was done with the garrison of Torcadino?" I asked. |
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| 15 | 247 |
We could see the walls of Torcadino from the window and one of the aqueducts. |
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| 15 | 293 |
"For a Torcadino," he said. |
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| 15 | 303 |
"There is no road from Torcadino," I said. |
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| 15 | 327 |
"I am sure they would agree to almost any terms, offering suitable inducements for withdrawal, guarantees of safety for yourself and your troops, and such, in order to regain Torcadino". |
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| 15 | 328 |
"Do you think, after what we have done here, and the considerable delays we have caused them, they would just let us walk out of Torcadino?" he asked. |
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| 15 | 466 |
"We brought her to Torcadino," he said. |
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| 15 | 633 |
"The main forces of Cos are here," he said, "in the vicinity of Torcadino, now, at the moment, investing it". |
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| 15 | 648 |
"The main forces of Cos are here, by Torcadino," I said. |
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| 15 | 649 |
"If the main might of Ar is sent northward there would be a free road from the trenches about Torcadino almost to the gates of Ar themselves. |
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| 15 | 679 |
"Never will Ar march northward in force," I said, "not with Cos entrenched outside Torcadino". |
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| 15 | 687 |
They outline the dispositions of the main forces of Cos and the situation in Torcadino. |
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| 15 | 808 |
"A contribution from the treasury of Torcadino," he said. |
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| 15 | 826 |
"Recently, on the Genesian Road, north of Torcadino, there was an attack on a portion of the Cosian supply trains, a massacre. |
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| 16 | 3 |
Near me, a free female, one of those to be counted among the spoils of Torcadino, was chained on one of the clients' marble benches, one of several serving on such benches, women who, one after the other, in turn, were replaced with others. |
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| 16 | 16 |
Nearby, to her right, and my right, only feet away, almost at our elbows, some sitting, some lying down, crowded together, chained, huddled, in the half darkness, illuminated by a tiny lamp on the wall, against one wall of the Semnium, was a large group of choice free women, probably gathered here a... |
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| 16 | 43 |
It is, after all, one of Torcadino's great buildings. |
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| 16 | 1097 |
"Now, move, all of you!" I resheathed the steel and, with Hurtha and Boabissia, now again followed by Feiqa, moved with the throng down the Avenue of Adminius toward the great gate of Torcadino. |
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| 16 | 1281 |
In the distance I could see the great gate of Torcadino. |
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| 16 | 1394 |
"We are here," I said, happily, "at the gate!" Certain of the folks passed through the great gate of Torcadino were searched rather thoroughly. |
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| 16 | 1485 |
Interspersed among these was an occasional lookout tower, composed of poles and planks, the lashed poles supporting a horizontal platform of planks, from which a watch could be kept on the gate of Torcadino. |
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| 16 | 1650 |
They had been given to me by the officer in Torcadino. |
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| 16 | 1704 |
"In my opinion," snapped the fellow, who seemed in a rather disagreeable mood, perhaps still somewhat disgruntled at having been turned out of Torcadino with little more than the clothes on his back, "folks who remain longer in the furs are no better than lazy sleen". |
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| 16 | 1733 |
Torcadino was in the distance. |
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| 16 | 1768 |
"How can they be so sure that Ar will not come to the relief of Torcadino?" asked Hurtha. |
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| 16 | 1785 |
I went to stand near her, the camp and the walls of Torcadino behind her. |
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| 16 | 1809 |
"Yes, Master," she said, "totally, and yours, completely!" I turned her about, facing the camp, with Torcadino in the distance. |
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| 16 | 1842 |
In my sheath were the letters of safety, and, below them, thrust down beneath them, the letters given to me by the officer, he who was now the master of Torcadino. |
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| 17 | 6 |
We were in a roadside camp, eleven days from Torcadino. |
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| 18 | 15 |
"It is the most direct route between Torcadino and Ar". |
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| 18 | 47 |
"That is Ephialtes," he whispered, "the notorious thief of Torcadino. |
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| 19 | 90 |
"It would be necessary only that he, or she, had been turned out of Torcadino with other citizens". |
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| 19 | 96 |
"One called Ephialtes, of Torcadino," I said. |
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| 19 | 183 |
"He is a well-known thief from Torcadino," I said. |
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| 19 | 186 |
"Ephialtes, of Torcadino," I said. |
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| 19 | 197 |
"I am Philebus, a vintner, of Torcadino," said the man. |
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| 19 | 213 |
Although I had no proof of the sort which might convince a praetor I was confident that it was Ephialtes of Torcadino who had stolen the letters. |
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| 19 | 271 |
I kept my eye on the fellow who had called himself Philebus, claiming to be a vintner of Torcadino. |
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| 19 | 348 |
I kept my eye on the fellow before me, the so-called Philebus, he who claimed to be a vintner from Torcadino. |
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| 19 | 400 |
"He came with us from Torcadino. |
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| 19 | 409 |
"He is well known to everyone in Torcadino". |
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| 19 | 423 |
"It was he who identified you as Ephialtes of Torcadino to me," I said. |
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| 19 | 424 |
"I am Philebus of Torcadino," said the man. |
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| 19 | 428 |
That is Ephialtes of Torcadino". |
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| 19 | 445 |
"I was put out of Torcadino. |
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| 19 | 471 |
I could also see the twisted, bent body of Ephialtes of Torcadino on the impaling pole, and the flutter of papers nailed to it. |
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| 19 | 473 |
It had been Ephialtes of Torcadino himself who had cleverly directed my attention away from himself, focusing it on an innocent vintner. |
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| 21 | 1 |
Within the Walls of Ar; Feiqa Drinks from the Wrong Basin "Are you come from Torcadino?" asked the man. |
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| 21 | 3 |
"Thousands of you are in the city," he said, "from Torcadino and other places". |
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| 21 | 74 |
"Is it true," he asked, "that there are considerable Cosian forces in the vicinity of Torcadino?" "Yes," I said. |
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| 21 | 90 |
"The main forces of Cos are as close as Torcadino," I said. |
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| 21 | 194 |
At any rate, Dietrich of Tarnburg, when I had spoken with him in Torcadino, claimed to have received no responses to these earlier communications. |
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| 21 | 339 |
"From Torcadino?" he asked. |
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| 23 | 77 |
"Is it true," I asked, "that only citizens of Ar are permitted to approach the regent on this day?" "You certainly need not fear," he said, "for though you came in from Torcadino, clearly you are of Ar". |
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| 24 | 488 |
"Much of it has to do with the rumored affairs at Torcadino, the purported advances of Cosians, the crowding in Ar, the influx of refugees. |
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| 25 | 1243 |
"Torcadino," I said. |
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| 25 | 1250 |
"I do not believe things are as bad in Torcadino as they say," she said. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 159 |
He had been coming back from some place called Torcadino, or near Torcadino, where he had gone, either there, or in its vicinity, to purchase cheap girls for his tavern. |
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| 23 | 120 |
It is at Torcadino!" "It was at Torcadino," he said. |
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| 7 | 33 |
These wholesalers usually distribute to retailers, in their individual cities, or, often, also, in well-known slaving centers, of which there are many, for example, Ar, Ko-ro-ba, Venna, Vonda, Victoria, on the Vosk, Market of Semris, Besnit, Esalinus, Harfax, Corcyrus, Argentum, Torcadino, and other... |
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| 10 | 411 |
Too, thousands of females from Torcadino alone, over the recent months, in virtue of one coup or another, have been put into the market. |
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| 20 | 242 |
That particular chain, I had heard, was employed in the north, currently digging siege trenches for the Cosians who had invested Torcadino. |
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| 20 | 262 |
They had, it seemed, all been shipped north to Torcadino. |
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| 23 | 96 |
I had feared that we might be bound for Torcadino, a city currently under siege by Cosians, and their allies, where, employed in the siegeworks, digging investing trenches, raising earth walls, and such, labored the "black chain of Ionicus," that chain for which I had aided in the "enlistment" or "r... |
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| 23 | 119 |
"The black chain," I said, "is at Torcadino. |
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| 23 | 127 |
"The siegeworks at Torcadino," he said, "or most of the heavy work there, at any rate, was completed months ago". |
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| 24 | 68 |
She, however, had been sold directly to an agent of Ionicus, and sent to the black chain, which, at that time, had been at Torcadino. |
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| 25 | 179 |
It seems madness, with an army of Cosians, and mercenaries, at Torcadino, but I am not a general, not the regent of Ar. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 97 |
I also knew that Ar, inexplicably, to my mind, had literally invested the bulk of its land power in that very expedition, and had done so with the main forces of Cos not in the north but in the vicinity of Torcadino. |
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| 2 | 99 |
I had been in Torcadino several weeks ago, indeed, at the very moment when the city, housing Cosian siege engines and supplies, serving as a depot and staging area for the eastward advance of Cos, had, in a daring stratagem, been seized by Dietrich of Tarnburg with no more than a few thousand mercen... |
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| 2 | 102 |
I expected Dietrich to be able to hold Torcadino through the winter, but little longer. |
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| 2 | 106 |
I had urged him to march on Torcadino and confront the main body of Cosian forces. |
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| 2 | 107 |
But the troops of Ar had not been recalled, nor diverted to Torcadino. |
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| 2 | 111 |
Ar had not moved against the Cosians at Torcadino. |
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| 2 | 149 |
The major objection, of course, was that this move exposed Ar herself to the main force of Cosians, which was in the vicinity of Torcadino. |
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| 2 | 155 |
Perhaps, for some reason, the forces of Ar were intending to relieve Ar's Station from the west, thus interposing themselves between the siege forces of Cos and their likely routes of escape, either substantially west by southwest to Brundisium or more to the southwest, toward Torcadino. |
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| 11 | 142 |
"He now holds Torcadino," I said, "to halt the advance of Cos to the south". |
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| 11 | 145 |
Aemilianus was ignorant of something so basic as the action of Dietrich at Torcadino. |
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| 11 | 188 |
"While Cos is at Torcadino, and Ar's Station under siege?" "You see the absurdity of the report," said Aemilianus. |
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| 11 | 216 |
"All that stands between Ar and Cos," I said, "is the presence of Dietrich at Torcadino, where he has seized Cosian supplies and engines". |
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| 11 | 217 |
"He could not take Torcadino," said Aemilianus. |
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| 11 | 221 |
"The Cosian siege train was captured within Torcadino," I said. |
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| 11 | 223 |
Indeed, the Cosian main forces, which I assure you are not inferior in numbers to those of Ar, are probably now in winter quarters, perhaps a tenth of them in the vicinity of Torcadino. |
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| 11 | 228 |
"Once Cos has engines again she might attack Torcadino, if only to punish Dietrich. |
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| 11 | 229 |
If I were Myron, Polemarkos of Temos, he in command of the Cosian forces on the continent, I would myself turn toward Ar, wasting no time at Torcadino, a subsidiary objective. |
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| 11 | 230 |
Dietrich would then escape, but he would not have the forces necessary to do more than harry the Cosian advance to Ar, and, once those forces are out of Torcadino, they might well be hunted down and dealt with, with only a fraction of the might of Cos". |
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| 11 | 232 |
"There are valuables, women, and such, in Torcadino," I said. |
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| 11 | 246 |
He need not know the secret motivations, which I could confide to few, underlying my original journey to Ar, that journey in which I had been detained at Torcadino. |
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| 11 | 253 |
Torcadino is an ally of Ar, and has never fallen. |
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| 24 | 321 |
Were it not for the action of Dietrich of Tarnburg at Torcadino, she would already be at the gates of Ar". |
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| 24 | 334 |
They could also cut off a retreat to Torcadino". |
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| 24 | 366 |
"In the fall," I said, "I spoke with Dietrich of Tarnburg, in Torcadino. |
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| 24 | 1069 |
I thought of Dietrich of Tarnburg, holding Torcadino, of Ar, of Cos, of the expeditionary force in the north, of the forces of Ar, and the delta. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 1 |
There will be News from Torcadino "There will soon be news from Torcadino," I told Marcus. |
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| 1 | 368 |
Also, of course, the Cosians were presumably moving toward either Brundisium, which had been the port of entry of their invasion fleet, or south to join Myron in the vicinity of Torcadino, where Dietrich of Tarnburg, the mercenary, lay at bay, like a larl in his den. |
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| 3 | 94 |
I would sooner try to enter Torcadino that I might there communicate with its current master, Dietrich of Tarnburg, at bay there like a larl in its lair. |
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| 3 | 96 |
Perhaps he could treat with Myron, Polemarkos of Temos, commander of the main forces of Cos on the continent, if it were not too late, for a safe withdrawal from Torcadino. |
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| 3 | 97 |
Dietrich's boldness and gallantry, the brilliance of his action, that of seizing Torcadino, Cos' supply depot in the south, thereby stalling the invasion, now seemed relatively ineffective. |
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| 3 | 101 |
No longer did Torcadino stand in the way of the march to Ar, unless it be as a matter of principle. |
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| 3 | 102 |
This, of course, would not serve to extricate Dietrich from his post at Torcadino. |
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| 3 | 107 |
It seemed to me that I should venture to Torcadino. |
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| 12 | 154 |
It is for such a reason that her major land forces came north with the Cosians at Torcadino. |
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| 16 | 67 |
They can even bring up men from Torcadino, if they wish". |
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| 19 | 1694 |
"So, too," said I, "is Brundisium, and Torcadino, and a hundred other cities". |
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| 19 | 1838 |
It was in the south that Dietrich of Tarnburg stood at bay in Torcadino. |
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| 36 | 29 |
After I had assured myself of the relative safety of Marcus and Ina, of course, it was my intention to venture to Torcadino, where I hoped to be able to convey intelligence of the affairs in the north to Dietrich of Tarnburg. |
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| 37 | 257 |
"What is the news of Torcadino?" I asked. |
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| 37 | 264 |
"It seems surely there should be news from Torcadino by now". |
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| 37 | 269 |
He was holding Torcadino with only some five thousand men, and that many, I thought, might subsist on produce grown within the city, in yards, in torn-up streets, in roof gardens, and such. |
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| 38 | 18 |
"Why should there be news soon from Torcadino?" he asked. |
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| 38 | 43 |
"Then you will wish to start for Torcadino". |
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| 38 | 46 |
"Dietrich of Tarnburg," I said, "is no longer at Torcadino". |
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| 39 | 120 |
The city to which the former Lucilina, the former preferred slave of Myron, the Polemarkos, had been smuggled was Torcadino, then held by the same mercenary captain, Dietrich of Tarnburg, of course. |
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| 40 | 1 |
News from Torcadino; I am Expected "Have you heard the news?" a fellow was eagerly asking another, outside, in the main paga room. |
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| 40 | 6 |
"Dietrich of Tarnburg has withdrawn from Torcadino!" said the fellow. |
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| 40 | 8 |
"Myron has Torcadino encircled with rings of iron," said another. |
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| 40 | 9 |
"The main force of Cos on the continent is at Torcadino". |
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| 40 | 40 |
"Dietrich has escaped Torcadino!" he said. |
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| 40 | 48 |
"Information became available in the Cosian camp near Torcadino, conveyed by a supposed deserter, a fellow named Mincon," said our narrator, "of a secret escape tunnel being dug under the walls to the north, a low tunnel, like a countermine, over eleven pasangs in length, which had taken months to d... |
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| 40 | 57 |
Meanwhile, Myron, at Torcadino, girded himself for battle and led most of his men near the point at which the tunnel was to open. |
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| 40 | 59 |
They would permit the forces from Torcadino to emerge and then, in virtue of their superior strength, on open ground, annihilate them. |
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| 40 | 72 |
"Flames were seen coming from Torcadino. |
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| 40 | 74 |
It was later determined that these were the results of the destruction of the Cosian siege materials, the war engines, the wagons and supplies, which had been captured in Torcadino". |
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| 40 | 75 |
The seizure of these materials in Torcadino, which had been serving as a Cosian depot for the invasion force, had been the prime objective of Dietrich in taking the city, he hoping then to forestall the Cosian advance and give Ar time to prepare itself for war. |
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| 40 | 88 |
Meanwhile the smoke billowed from Torcadino". |
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| 40 | 93 |
He then sent scouts to test the defenses of Torcadino. |
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| 40 | 97 |
Torcadino was deserted". |
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| 40 | 105 |
"But someone must have set the fires in Torcadino," said a man, "on the night the tarns took flight, on the night Myron waited in vain to the north". |
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| 40 | 111 |
This tunnel led not to the north of Torcadino but to the south. |
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| 40 | 113 |
It was dug out and discovered to open in the vicinity of the aqueducts formerly used to bring water north to Torcadino from the Issus". |
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| 40 | 114 |
"It was by means of those aqueducts that Dietrich originally entered Torcadino!" said a man. |
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| 40 | 126 |
"Is it certain that Dietrich took slaves with him from Torcadino?" asked a fellow. |
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| 40 | 132 |
"Yes," said another, "the loot of Torcadino". |
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| 40 | 158 |
"Welcome, Tarl," said Mincon, my friend from the Genesian Road, and Torcadino, "we have been expecting you". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 308 |
The ugliness of the crowd, its hostility, and such, was, I think, a function of recent events, which had precipitated confusion, uncertainty and terror in Ar, in particular the military catastrophe in the delta, in which action, absurdly, the major land forces of Ar had been invested, and the news t... |
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| 1 | 309 |
Torcadino had been a supply depot for the forces of Cos on the continent. |
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| 1 | 312 |
She had not relieved the siege at Torcadino nor that in the north, at Ar's Station. |
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| 1 | 313 |
Dietrich, finally understanding the treason in Ar, in high places, had managed to effect a withdrawal from Torcadino. |
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| 2 | 123 |
The last time I had come to Ar, before this time, I had come with dispatches to Gnieus Lelius, the regent, from Dietrich of Tarnburg, from Torcadino. |
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| 3 | 898 |
Mostly, as I have suggested, these folks were of the peasants, but, among them were representatives of many other castes, as well, mostly refugees from Torcadino and its environs, in the west, and from the vicinity of Ar's Station, in the north, folks who had fled before the marches of Cos. |
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| 4 | 73 |
Furthermore, it had had the winter to restore its siege train, the original train burned in Torcadino, fired by Dietrich of Tarnburg, and, because of its recent success in the field, west of Ar, it could draw on thousands of square pasangs for its logistical support. |
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| 6 | 67 |
I have conquered in Torcadino. |
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| 6 | 182 |
I myself could think of at least three, the failure to meet Cos at Torcadino, the failure to relieve the siege at Ar's Station, and the unprepared entry into the delta, in putative pursuit of the Cosian expeditionary force in the north. |
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| 8 | 673 |
Myron of Temos' favorite, Lucilina, in the vicinity of Torcadino, had been such a slave. |
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| 16 | 256 |
"Better led they could have turned back Cos at the Vosk and stopped her at Torcadino," he said. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 89 |
"There was the cashing of letters of credit in Besnit, from the house of William, in Harfax, letters the House of William had drawn on the street of coins in Brundisium, to be used in the purchase of ingots in Esalinus, these to be melted down in Besnit and there, in Besnit, to be formed into the wa... |
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| 30 | 47 |
"It is rumored Torcadino," said the officer. |
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| 38 | 112 |
"Dietrich of Tarnburg has seized Torcadino," said Terence. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 49 |
I, once a spear of Cos, even a first spear, leader of nine men, with hundreds of others, after the trouble in Ar, scattered, separated from our commands and units, withdrew to Torcadino, and thence, bribing and spending, and then by recourse to brigandage and banditry, made our way by long marches t... |
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| 3 | 711 |
I thought I might reach Torcadino, from whence I might purchase wagon passage to Brundisium, Besnit, Harfax, or Market of Semris. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 27 |
Chloe had changed hands several times in her eastward journey on the Vosk, town to town, but, in the end, she had been sold in the great clearing station of Victoria, from which point she had been sold southeast to Torcadino, and then, eventually, in Ar, where some agent of the Kurii had apparently ... |
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| 49 | 224 |
They were bound somewhere north, perhaps Torcadino or even Brundisium, on the coast. |
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| 50 | 70 |
Shortly thereafter, as I understand it, the market for male work slaves in Ar was considerably depressed, with the result that several, stripped and coffled, were herded to Torcadino. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | 638 |
Moreover, she was not in the kimono and obi, and fitted with the comb and slippers, of a high Pani female, but might have been encountered in a salon of glorious Ar, on a boulevard in Turia, in a market in Argentum, at a song drama in Torcadino, at the races in Venna. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 309 |
"Torcadino," he said. |
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| 10 | 388 |
Did they not know that curiosity was not becoming in a kajira? "I think," I said, "Torcadino". |
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| 10 | 390 |
I knew little more of Torcadino than the name. |
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| 11 | 62 |
From where we worked I could see the lofty aqueduct by means of which water was brought to Torcadino from the distant Voltai range, hundreds of pasangs away. |
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| 13 | 55 |
I had been sold in Victoria, from the wharf market, and later, following being ferried across the Vosk and transported in one of four slave wagons south, ankles chained, with five others, to a central bar in the wagon bed, had been again sold, in Torcadino, as a work slave to a mill. |
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| 15 | 112 |
The wagons of Raymond of Ti, which had transported me, and others, from the Vosk to Torcadino had been drawn by bosk. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 1 |
What Occurred in the Apartment of Bruno of Torcadino When Bruno of Torcadino was Absent I rolled in frustration and fury, from one side to the other, naked, on my blanket, on the floor of the apartment of Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 13 | 69 |
"Do you know one who calls himself Rutilius of Ar or Bruno of Torcadino?" "I encountered one spoken of as Bruno of Torcadino in Brundisium," I said, "a one-legged man". |
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| 29 | 54 |
What could a woman be to such a man but a slave? What such men do to us! How they treat us! How they own us! How on Earth I had dreamed of such men, and now I was on Gor, where they were abundant, helpless, in a collar! But how was it that he had come to the apartment of Bruno of Torcadino? Had Brun... |
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| 31 | 1 |
How Bruno of Torcadino Concluded his Afternoon "Mind this slave," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 33 | 334 |
"I call myself Bruno of Torcadino," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 4 | 82 |
"Do you know accents," she asked, "that of Cos and Tyros, of Ti, of Torcadino, of Thentis, of Port Kar, of remote Turia?" "No," I said. |
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| 7 | 52 |
"As he wishes," said he whom I conjectured was first amongst my abductors, "as Bruno of Torcadino". |
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| 7 | 53 |
"He is no more of Torcadino than I am," said a man. |
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| 7 | 55 |
"Suspicious, I referred to the drought-threatened reservoir of Torcadino, and he did not respond or gainsay me". |
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| 7 | 56 |
"Not everyone knows," said another "that the fountains of Torcadino are fed from an aqueduct, its waters drained from the heights of the Voltai". |
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| 7 | 62 |
"Tal, noble Bruno of Torcadino," said he whom I took to be chief amongst my abductors". |
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| 7 | 186 |
"I wish you well, noble Bruno of Torcadino," said he whom I took to be the leader of my abductors. |
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| 7 | 201 |
"Bruno, of Torcadino," said the one-legged man. |
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| 7 | 219 |
"I do not understand the so-called Bruno of Torcadino," said one of my abductors. |
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| 7 | 262 |
Perhaps Bruno of Torcadino is a relative, and wishes to recover her, to restore her to the glories of her freedom, but, to avoid shame and scandal, wishes to do so surreptitiously. |
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| 17 | 158 |
It was he who had been referred to, but skeptically, as Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 17 | 160 |
I did not regard the so-called Bruno of Torcadino as lightly as might have Euphrosyne. |
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| 18 | 84 |
"Bruno of Torcadino, the one-legged man, was your fee giver," I said. |
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| 21 | 114 |
"You cannot escape!" I looked back, and the one-legged man, whom I knew as Bruno of Torcadino, was now but yards away. |
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| 21 | 123 |
I heard the hasty striking of Bruno of Torcadino's crutch on the bridge, nearing me. |
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| 22 | 62 |
It seemed clear to me that the Lady Dorna, like Bruno of Torcadino and the man with the scar, though now independently, sought the former Lady Julia Leta, presumably to return her to Ar's Street of Coins, that an example might be made of her which would serve to deter others from succumbing to simil... |
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| 22 | 66 |
Even if the Lady Dorna were successful in her endeavor, as Bruno of Torcadino and the man with the scar had not been, at least until now, I expected she would be disappointed in the return realized on her investment of time and money. |
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| 25 | 26 |
"It reads," he said, "'I am owned by Bruno of Torcadino'". |
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| 25 | 27 |
I did not think 'Bruno of Torcadino' was his real name or his customary name, but I would use it to refer to him. |
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| 25 | 64 |
For what more could one ask? Clearly Bruno of Torcadino did not want me to know that he was actually in search of the Lady Julia Leta of Ar. |
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| 25 | 79 |
"But," continued Bruno of Torcadino, "matters moved more quickly than we had anticipated. |
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| 25 | 89 |
Bruno of Torcadino then hesitated, and looked to the side, as though troubled, recalling a difficult period in his life. |
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| 25 | 129 |
I did not know if Bruno of Torcadino knew of them or not. |
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| 26 | 1 |
What Occurred in the Marshes I now knelt, bound, in the bow of the small canal boat, and Bruno of Torcadino, in the stern, quietly, slowly, manipulated the single oar. |
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| 26 | 7 |
Bruno of Torcadino had not lit the small lantern at the prow. |
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| 26 | 17 |
"I am taking you with me," had said Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 26 | 30 |
Some four or five Ehn past the chain, Bruno of Torcadino stopped plying the oar, and, as the small craft drifted, pulled away the canvas. |
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| 26 | 44 |
Bruno of Torcadino replaced the unsheathed sword which lay beside him, and resumed the oar. |
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| 26 | 57 |
I think that Bruno of Torcadino, assessing considerations, thought it best to do without the light. |
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| 26 | 60 |
"Steady," said Bruno of Torcadino, his hand on the oar. |
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| 26 | 62 |
"This is far enough," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 26 | 72 |
"Do not move," whispered Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 26 | 74 |
"There it is, again," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 26 | 81 |
Perhaps, I thought, it is just as well that Bruno of Torcadino had refrained from lighting the small lantern on the prow of the canal boat. |
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| 26 | 83 |
"There is nothing here," said Bruno of Torcadino, at last. |
10 |
| 26 | 98 |
Bruno of Torcadino was bringing the small craft about. |
10 |
| 26 | 101 |
But scarcely had the small boat reached the wall of rence than Bruno of Torcadino's hand rested on the oar. |
10 |
| 26 | 106 |
I recalled Bruno of Torcadino had said that the marshes were dangerous. |
10 |
| 26 | 108 |
"Something passed," said Bruno of Torcadino, "perhaps a large tharlarion". |
10 |
| 26 | 114 |
"There is nothing here," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
10 |
| 26 | 118 |
I turned about in the bow, to look back, past Bruno of Torcadino. |
10 |
| 26 | 132 |
Bruno of Torcadino, it seems, had prematurely despaired of having been discovered in the marshes. |
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| 27 | 1 |
What Occurred by the Canal of the Sea Sleen "Palace Street is too open for what I have in mind," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 27 | 14 |
Mostly, after hobbling about a bit, scrutinizing passersby, Bruno of Torcadino would sit to the side by, or lean against, a domicile wall, that massive crutch at hand. |
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| 27 | 21 |
Certainly I did not think that Bruno of Torcadino manifested the pathetic image of the plausible beggar. |
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| 27 | 36 |
"Ah," said Bruno of Torcadino, looking to his right. |
10 |
| 27 | 48 |
As they approached, an unanticipated and radical transformation took place in the demeanor of Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 27 | 53 |
In the place of the handicapped Bruno of Torcadino, menacing and large, watchful and threatening, fierce with the great crutch, there now seemed something lost, needful, and pathetic. |
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| 27 | 58 |
"She is dear to me, and who will care for me?" whined Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 27 | 60 |
"Pity, pity, have pity," begged Bruno of Torcadino, lurching forward another pace. |
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| 27 | 63 |
"Be merciful, be kind," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 27 | 71 |
"They will not employ me, I have no friends," said Bruno of Torcadino, pathetically. |
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| 27 | 80 |
"Let her alone!" wailed Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 27 | 84 |
"She cannot speak!" said Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 27 | 86 |
"Do not!" whined Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 27 | 88 |
Bruno of Torcadino put out his hand. |
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| 27 | 91 |
Bruno of Torcadino reached out to retrieve the crutch, but the first man kicked it several feet down the walkway. |
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| 27 | 137 |
As Bruno of Torcadino freed his crutch from the chest of the second man, the third man, in the moment, rose up, scrambled to the side, backed off, and drew a sword. |
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| 27 | 138 |
No longer did Bruno of Torcadino seem cringing and weak, helpless and frail. |
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| 27 | 142 |
"You may buy your life," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 27 | 151 |
"If you wish your life," said Bruno of Torcadino, "leave your purse and depart". |
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| 27 | 153 |
"The decision is yours," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 27 | 155 |
"But then," said Bruno of Torcadino, "I will not leave you yours". |
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| 27 | 158 |
Will you follow me? Will you catch me? Will you run after me?" "I will not run after you," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 27 | 164 |
"As you wish," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 27 | 166 |
I wanted to cry out a warning to Bruno of Torcadino, but no sound could escape my lips. |
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| 27 | 167 |
But Bruno of Torcadino's right hand had slipped under the half cloak he wore over his left shoulder, where, suspended by its strap, hung a short, wicked blade, his unsheathed sword. |
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| 27 | 170 |
I had heard just one sound, a small, swift sound, bright and quick, when Bruno of Torcadino, fiercely turned, leaning on the crutch, parried the assailant's blade, following which he thrust. |
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| 27 | 171 |
Bruno of Torcadino looked down, to his side, where his assailant lay on the walkway, clutching his throat, blood streaming, in gouts, a cup at a time, between his hands. |
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| 27 | 173 |
Then the body at the feet of Bruno of Torcadino ceased to move, and the blood subsided. |
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| 27 | 174 |
Bruno of Torcadino wiped his blade on the tunic of the fallen man and rehung it on its strap under his left arm. |
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| 27 | 181 |
My collar read, "I am owned by Bruno of Torcadino". |
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| 27 | 184 |
I became aware of Bruno of Torcadino standing over me. |
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| 27 | 197 |
I then watched as Bruno of Torcadino, kneeling on one knee, in turn, beside each of the three men, gathered in the contents of the three purses. |
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| 27 | 200 |
Bruno of Torcadino then, with foot and crutch, rolled the three bodies to the edge of the canal, and then, one by one, thrust them into the canal. |
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| 28 | 1 |
What Occurred After the Business by the Canal I was in the apartment, the domicile, of Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 28 | 8 |
It was the evening of the day in which Bruno of Torcadino, at the edge of the Canal of the Sea Sleen, had recouped his finances. |
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| 28 | 10 |
"I must plan," said Bruno of Torcadino, standing near the door, in a just-donned long cloak. |
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| 28 | 14 |
Seldom did Bruno of Torcadino leave me alone. |
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| 28 | 19 |
The door closed, and Bruno of Torcadino had left the domicile. |
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| 28 | 22 |
It was not Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 29 | 18 |
This morning, at the Southern Gate, Bruno of Torcadino, I at his heels, leashed, and front-braceleted, had boarded a game ship for the Skerry of Lars, not really a skerry, but a small island five pasangs out in the Tamber Gulf, five pasangs beyond the laws of Port Kar. |
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| 29 | 30 |
On the game ship, as it plied its way through the cold, choppy waters to the deemed "Skerry of Lars," I knelt at the knee of the seated Bruno of Torcadino. |
10 |
| 29 | 47 |
"Slave," whispered Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 29 | 56 |
For what else might I have been any good? So what then might be the connection or relationship between Bruno of Torcadino and Addison Steele? It did not seem to me that there could be such a connection or relationship, but yet it must somehow exist. |
10 |
| 29 | 62 |
How could Addison Steele be involved in so ugly, unworthy, and perhaps dishonorable, a project? How wrong I had been about him! And how I longed nonetheless for his touch, and the clasp of his arms! I must dismiss him from my mind! I would do so! I must! But Bruno of Torcadino, too, I was sure, desp... |
10 |
| 29 | 63 |
But now I must wonder if Addison Steele had abandoned the Lady Dorna of Tharna and her possible colleague, and had joined Bruno of Torcadino, or if he was feigning the service of each, thus betraying both. |
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| 29 | 64 |
It did not seem likely to me that Bruno of Torcadino and the Lady Dorna of Tharna, and her possible colleague, would join forces. |
10 |
| 29 | 74 |
"Free! Consider that, and fume! So Bruno of Torcadino thought so little of me that he would not even charge a tarsk-bit for my use! And that arrangement was accepted without demure as appropriate by Addison Steele!" I hated men, and wanted to kneel before them, naked, in their chains, and gratefully... |
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| 30 | 1 |
The Skerry of Lars; The Red-and-Yellow Enclosure; I Am Informed as to the Gambles of Blades Leashed, I heeled Bruno of Torcadino closely. |
10 |
| 30 | 4 |
But I feared Bruno of Torcadino had not come to this place to beg. |
10 |
| 30 | 26 |
Bruno of Torcadino stopped before more than one of these boards. |
10 |
| 30 | 29 |
Bruno of Torcadino passed these tables. |
10 |
| 30 | 55 |
Bruno of Torcadino took a seat on the lowest bench, and on one of the aisles. |
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| 30 | 60 |
"There," said Bruno of Torcadino, gesturing up and behind us, to the side, "is the box for announcers and officials". |
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| 30 | 62 |
"Presently," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
10 |
| 30 | 72 |
But Bruno of Torcadino seldom let me out of his sight. |
10 |
| 30 | 77 |
"That is Alan, of the House of Hesius," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
10 |
| 30 | 93 |
"You are smiling," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
10 |
| 30 | 138 |
"It begins," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
10 |
| 31 | 5 |
"She cannot speak," said Bruno of Torcadino, "but she begs". |
10 |
| 31 | 7 |
"What are you doing?" asked the fellow, for Bruno of Torcadino had lurched upward, bracing himself with the crutch, from the bench. |
10 |
| 31 | 8 |
"The "Challenge Matches" are nearly done," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
10 |
| 31 | 12 |
But Bruno of Torcadino had already accessed the steps downward, toward the sand. |
10 |
| 31 | 17 |
Then he added, "You are mad!" I did not fear that Bruno of Torcadino was mad. |
10 |
| 31 | 28 |
One seemed angry, very angry, perhaps thinking Bruno of Torcadino's presence mocked the games. |
10 |
| 31 | 31 |
Bruno of Torcadino held up a silver tarsk, which flashed in the sun, and then placed it on the judges' table. |
10 |
| 31 | 35 |
Bruno of Torcadino could no longer be dismissed. |
10 |
| 31 | 39 |
I knew that yesterday's looting had netted Bruno of Torcadino several coins, many of comparable value. |
10 |
| 31 | 49 |
Bruno of Torcadino seemed to slip for a moment, and then recover his balance. |
10 |
| 31 | 51 |
I would have been overcome with pity, save that I knew Bruno of Torcadino. |
10 |
| 31 | 62 |
The judge then turned to Bruno of Torcadino. |
10 |
| 31 | 63 |
"Do you find First Blood acceptable?" "Of course," said Bruno of Torcadino, as though gratefully. |
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| 31 | 65 |
Bruno of Torcadino and the acceptor of his challenge, he now descended from the stands, and a second tarsk put beside the first, stripped away their garments to the waist. |
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| 31 | 70 |
A second judge regarded the weapon of Bruno of Torcadino, uneasily. |
10 |
| 31 | 80 |
Scarcely had the bright note of the light hammer on the small bar rang out than Bruno of Torcadino apparently lost his balance and fell at the feet of the acceptor of his challenge. |
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| 31 | 81 |
"First Blood," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 31 | 93 |
Bruno of Torcadino then hobbled, lurching, to the judges' table, and placed one of the two silver tarsks on the other. |
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| 31 | 96 |
To speak briefly, four men, in turn, initially assured and eager, each confident, each intending to win several tarsks at the risk of one, such stakes generously granted, responded to the challenges of Bruno of Torcadino. |
10 |
| 31 | 99 |
Bruno of Torcadino was no longer a joke. |
10 |
| 31 | 103 |
Bruno of Torcadino went to the judges' table, and scraped his winnings into his purse. |
10 |
| 31 | 108 |
Bruno of Torcadino turned to face the newcomer. |
10 |
| 31 | 110 |
Bruno of Torcadino regarded the man, evenly. |
10 |
| 31 | 116 |
"Who is that man?" asked Bruno of Torcadino. |
10 |
| 31 | 119 |
"His name?" asked Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 31 | 121 |
"I may be able to make use of him," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
10 |
| 31 | 123 |
"How can I do that, if I am going to kill him?" asked Bruno of Torcadino. |
10 |
| 31 | 124 |
Silence divided the space between the judges and Bruno of Torcadino. |
10 |
| 31 | 126 |
"I shall not do so," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
10 |
| 31 | 128 |
"I do not advertise prowess," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 31 | 130 |
"Yes," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
10 |
| 31 | 131 |
A short time later Bruno of Torcadino joined me on the bench. |
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| 31 | 134 |
Men drew aside now as Bruno of Torcadino passed amongst them. |
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| 31 | 139 |
"Now," said Bruno of Torcadino, "our finances are repaired. |
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| 31 | 147 |
Bruno of Torcadino nodded. |
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| 31 | 151 |
"I do not teach," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 31 | 153 |
"And you yours," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 31 | 157 |
"Once I killed for sport," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
10 |
| 31 | 160 |
"Of course," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 31 | 162 |
"If you wish," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
10 |
| 31 | 166 |
"One must be ready," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
10 |
| 31 | 171 |
"Once," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 31 | 173 |
The blade was then returned, almost reverently, to Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 31 | 175 |
"I have watched your play, more than once," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
10 |
| 31 | 178 |
"Take your sword to Ar," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
10 |
| 31 | 182 |
"I wish you well," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
10 |
| 31 | 183 |
As the game ship, well oared, smoothly rowed, clove its way through the choppy waters toward the Southern Gate, Bruno of Torcadino spoke. |
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| 31 | 194 |
I would then be free of Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 32 | 7 |
It was the evening of the day following our visit to the Skerry of Lars, in consequence of which Bruno of Torcadino had muchly repaired his fortunes. |
10 |
| 32 | 16 |
Then Bruno of Torcadino might have been detained and questioned, and I, pending the outcome of an investigation, could have been seized and returned to the security of my cage. |
10 |
| 32 | 22 |
It seemed much too early for Bruno of Torcadino to have returned from his venture to enlist cohorts. |
10 |
| 32 | 75 |
Why should one waste a slave, even one as miserable and worthless as you, a shallow creature extracted from a desecrated, unloved world? I have broken in, rudely, leaving blatant evidence of a forced entry, in order to convey to Bruno of Torcadino the impression that his premises have been violated ... |
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| 32 | 79 |
Thus Bruno of Torcadino returns and finds you as he left you, chained to the ring, shackled and back-braceleted. |
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| 32 | 85 |
I wish to induce a fear in Bruno of Torcadino that he may lose you, and even that others may be interested in your acquisition, either for the procuring of information, or, as in the case of the Lady Dorna of Tharna, the removal of a witness. |
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| 32 | 88 |
"Bruno of Torcadino is an extremely intelligent and dangerous man," continued Addison Steele. |
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| 32 | 92 |
"Bruno of Torcadino," said Addison Steele, "from your earlier disappearance and silencing, realizes his immediate competition in the hunt for Adraste is likely to be both sophisticated and formidable, and he also realizes that you can recognize them. |
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| 32 | 94 |
I am privy to some of the plans of Bruno of Torcadino. |
10 |
| 32 | 98 |
If one is on all sides, how can one help but be on the losing side, as well? Few people who knew Bruno of Torcadino, for example, I was sure, would have cared to betray him. |
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| 32 | 99 |
"Bruno of Torcadino," said Addison Steele, "tomorrow night, or the next night, or the next, sometime in the near future, depending on his success in gathering followers, plans an outing. |
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| 33 | 1 |
A Harrowing Night is Spent in the Marshes Bruno of Torcadino and I did not even have to lower our heads to pass under the chain at the Delta Gate. |
10 |
| 33 | 3 |
"These craft," said Bruno of Torcadino, "are well-woven, light, and sturdy. |
10 |
| 33 | 6 |
That afternoon, Bruno of Torcadino, at the market quay inside and near the Delta Gate, the Delta Market, had purchased a rence craft. |
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| 33 | 10 |
How often I had hoped to flee from him! It was not merely that I was leashed, but, when passersby were about, or we forded crowds, a simple cry from Bruno of Torcadino, "Stop her," or "Running slave," or such, would have put a dozen men, swift, long-legged brutes, after me. |
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| 33 | 16 |
Rencers commonly stand in them and pole them, but this was not practical for Bruno of Torcadino. |
10 |
| 33 | 18 |
The previous few nights Bruno of Torcadino had essayed this journey, as previously, in a canal boat. |
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| 33 | 31 |
But Bruno of Torcadino, reasoning that the considerable damage done to the Delta Gate was a demonstration of power, and an invitation to parley or confer, reasoned further that a projected meeting point must be convenient to the city. |
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| 33 | 40 |
I had made no effort, either by gesticulation or drawing, to convey to Bruno of Torcadino what I had glimpsed on our first trip into the marshes. |
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| 33 | 45 |
Certainly I did not wish to intrigue Bruno of Torcadino, nor stir his curiosity, nor confirm his speculations. |
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| 33 | 47 |
"We must be patient," whispered Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 33 | 53 |
I did not think Bruno of Torcadino's hires were now engaged in any activity. |
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| 33 | 57 |
"Patience, patience," whispered Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 33 | 87 |
"Be absolutely still, do not move," whispered Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 33 | 106 |
It was Addison Steele! "Do not move," whispered Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 33 | 116 |
"Those are the sounds of the nesting marsh kite," whispered Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 33 | 122 |
"The signal has been answered," whispered Bruno of Torcadino, with satisfaction. |
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| 33 | 132 |
"We must approach, we must hear," whispered Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 33 | 143 |
But it was unlikely the presence of Bruno of Torcadino had been anticipated, nor was it likely it would be welcomed. |
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| 33 | 146 |
Very gently, I remaining still, Bruno of Torcadino moved our rence craft closer to, but to the right side and behind, the canal boat. |
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| 33 | 188 |
Who knew what might note such things, what might lurk in the marshes? I recalled that Bruno of Torcadino had never entered the marshes in such a way. |
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| 33 | 247 |
I sensed agitation in the rence craft, behind me, for Bruno of Torcadino, as I shall continue to refer to him, stirred, angrily. |
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| 33 | 255 |
I was not pleased to hear this, as it suggested that the delta errands of Bruno of Torcadino, in which I perforce must accompany him, might have been remarked. |
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| 33 | 291 |
"Ho!" cried Bruno of Torcadino, to my dismay, his voice ringing across the water. |
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| 33 | 300 |
"Whatever vast intelligence resides within or speaks through the dreadful housing before me, know that I have long sought your acquaintance," called Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 33 | 309 |
I remembered he had some sort of relationship with Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 33 | 311 |
"Do not, mighty being, trust those of the sable caste," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 33 | 318 |
"We have much in common, mysterious intelligence," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 33 | 323 |
"Aim!" said the man in the boat, and I saw the crossbows of his followers align themselves, most on Bruno of Torcadino, two upon me. |
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| 33 | 343 |
"I work for myself, and have no colleagues," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 33 | 345 |
In any event, I feared that Bruno of Torcadino had made a false move. |
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| 33 | 347 |
"They are ignorant of the purport of their fee," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 33 | 349 |
"Nothing, of course," said Bruno of Torcadino, "other than the redemption of my name and the glory of contributing to so noble an end". |
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| 33 | 351 |
"Yes," said Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 33 | 358 |
I heard the cry "Fire!" almost at the same moment that Bruno of Torcadino capsized the tiny rence craft and plunged us both into the water. |
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| 33 | 359 |
There was a mad, incomprehensible moment in which the cold water of the marsh swirled about me and Bruno of Torcadino disappeared. |
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| 33 | 365 |
I was standing! The water was only to my waist! I saw no sign of Bruno of Torcadino, and I saw no sign of the metal monster, so like an aquatic tharlarion. |
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| 33 | 375 |
Again I saw nothing of Bruno of Torcadino nor of the metallic monstrosity which had been visible but moments ago. |
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| 33 | 430 |
"What of he who named himself Bruno of Torcadino?" demanded Pa-Kur of his men, who were now muchly returned to the canal boat. |
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| 33 | 463 |
"She will know the habits and haunts of Bruno of Torcadino," said Pa-Kur. |
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| 33 | 493 |
I feared for Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 33 | 508 |
Why then, if its aim was so exalted and its ideals so high, was it so dreaded, feared, and shunned? "Bruno of Torcadino," said Pa-Kur, "has intruded into matters beyond his ken. |
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| 33 | 520 |
"Now, pretty kajira," said Pa-Kur, "you will tell us all you know of Bruno of Torcadino, his true identity, his antecedents and background, his Home Stone, his caste, his past, his business in Port Kar, his plans, how he came to the marshes tonight, what he was looking for, and what he might know of... |
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| 33 | 670 |
I supposed that Bruno of Torcadino had perished in the marsh. |
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| 34 | 38 |
My hands were then fastened behind my back in slave bracelets, and the leash of Bruno of Torcadino, which had been wrapped about my collar, was unwound, and I was led to the Golden Chain. |
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| 34 | 39 |
I had muchly feared they would read the collar, the leash unwound, which identified me as the property not of the Golden Chain, but of Bruno of Torcadino, but they did not do so. |
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| 34 | 41 |
"Yes, Master," I said, "to the one-legged man, he who calls himself Bruno of Torcadino". |
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| 34 | 43 |
I no longer wore the collar of Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 34 | 44 |
Shortly after I had arrived at the Golden Chain, the Golden Chain's collar had been placed on my neck and Bruno of Torcadino's collar had been removed. |
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| 34 | 47 |
"Bruno of Torcadino bought me," I said. |
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| 34 | 80 |
"Where is Bruno of Torcadino?" asked Ho-Tosk. |
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| 34 | 89 |
"It is not clear that Bruno of Torcadino perished in the marshes," said Ho-Tosk. |
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| 40 | 335 |
I was now reasonably sure that Adraste was not the former Lady Julia Leta of Ar, given my adventure in the delta as the slave of he who spoke of himself as Bruno of Torcadino. |
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| 41 | 193 |
It was Addison Steele! Why was I startled? Was it not to be expected? Was he not a minion of Pa-Kur? Had he not been present, in the retinue of Pa-Kur, at the interview with the metal monster in the marshes? Had he not been present in the apartment of Dorna the Proud, an ally of Pa-Kur, when I had b... |
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| 42 | 149 |
It was Vas of Anango, and I recalled that Bruno of Torcadino had said that he might have use for him, and that he had intended to recruit men in Port Kar. |
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| 42 | 150 |
A moment later I was startled to see Bruno of Torcadino himself. |
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| 42 | 152 |
Bruno of Torcadino's sword was bloodied. |
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| 47 | 210 |
"Long I thought you a duplicitous mercenary, pretending to serve two competitors, Seremides, whom I then knew as Bruno of Torcadino, and Pa-Kur," I said. |
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| 47 | 280 |
"He was originally allied with Seremides, whom I knew as Bruno of Torcadino," I said. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 130 |
"I would guess," he said, "of Torcadino, or of Ti, of the Salerian Confederation". |
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