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It must have once had better times, for, I learned, the Inn of Ragnar, for which the village was named, was dilapidated, and closed. - (Mariners of Gor, Chapter 3, Sentence #946)

I supposed some of the residents had fields nearby, vineyards, orchards, or such. The village was probably a market at times, for I saw dark stalls, and doubtless, to some extent, it catered, in one way or another, to the traffic on the Brundisium road. There was, for example, from the signs, a wainwright's shop, mostly for repair, I supposed, a Leather Worker's shop, probably for harnesses and traces, a Metal Worker's shop, probably mostly to furnish wagoner's hardware, and such. It must have once had better times, for, I learned, the Inn of Ragnar, for which the village was named, was dilapidated, and closed. Its auxiliary buildings, its stables, its stable yard, and such, like the main building, seemed similarly fallen into a state of forlorn desuetude. Apparently, its well was still in use, as I saw a girl drawing water. "The leader then conferred briefly with one of his men, he whom I suspected had been absent from the camp earlier, for several hours. - (Mariners of Gor)