Ellen was no longer in the coffle, in which she and others, some hundreds it seemed, had been marched to this location.
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She was pleased to be out of the heavy, sturdy coffle collar, with its weighty chain dangling before and behind her.
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She wore no collar now, that of Portus Canio, with the tag attached by the subcaptain, having been removed some days earlier in the Cosian camp.
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She was, of course, well marked as bond, in virtue of the brand, in her case the common kef, the most common mark on Gor for a slave girl, that which Mirus, doubtless to his amusement, had had put on her.
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The massive walls and towers of Brundisium could be seen in the distance, some two pasangs, or so, away.
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It was at Brundisium that, months ago, the invasion forces of Cos and Tyros had made an unopposed landfall, and proceeded thence toward Ar.
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The sky was a bright blue.
Ellen was no longer in the coffle, in which she and others, some hundreds it seemed, had been marched to this location.
She was pleased to be out of the heavy, sturdy coffle collar, with its weighty chain dangling before and behind her.
She wore no collar now, that of Portus Canio, with the tag attached by the subcaptain, having been removed some days earlier in the Cosian camp.
She was, of course, well marked as bond, in virtue of the brand, in her case the common kef, the most common mark on Gor for a slave girl, that which Mirus, doubtless to his amusement, had had put on her.
The massive walls and towers of Brundisium could be seen in the distance, some two pasangs, or so, away.
It was at Brundisium that, months ago, the invasion forces of Cos and Tyros had made an unopposed landfall, and proceeded thence toward Ar.
The sky was a bright blue.
- (Prize of Gor, Chapter )