When he stood in about a foot of water, among pilings, near the next wharf, he struck down madly at his legs with his left hand, striking two dock eels from his calf.
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Then, painfully, he moved himself up the sand, staggering, holding his legs widely apart.
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"Where are the guardsmen, to apprehend him?" puffed the portly fellow, who wore the caste colors of the merchants, white and gold.
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"There are no guardsmen in Victoria," I said.
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"Two copper tarsks, one to each of you," said the merchant to two dock workers who stood nearby, "to apprehend and bind that fellow!" Swiftly the two dock workers set out after the thief.
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Though men stood about none had attempted to steal the purse of the merchant, which lay nearby.
He screamed twice more.
When he stood in about a foot of water, among pilings, near the next wharf, he struck down madly at his legs with his left hand, striking two dock eels from his calf.
Then, painfully, he moved himself up the sand, staggering, holding his legs widely apart.
"Where are the guardsmen, to apprehend him?" puffed the portly fellow, who wore the caste colors of the merchants, white and gold.
"There are no guardsmen in Victoria," I said.
"Two copper tarsks, one to each of you," said the merchant to two dock workers who stood nearby, "to apprehend and bind that fellow!" Swiftly the two dock workers set out after the thief.
Though men stood about none had attempted to steal the purse of the merchant, which lay nearby.
- (Rogue of Gor, Chapter )