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| 37 | 179 | He View more quotes about must">must discover if the ship existed, and, if so, ascertain its location. |
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| 37 | 176 | Indeed, he had, in the absence of other intelligence, organized a small army, recruited from a dozen cities, to close the mouth of the Alexandra, to prevent the exiting of this ship, should it exist. |
| 37 | 177 | But even for his resources, this would be an expense which might ruin cities, and leagues of cities. |
| 37 | 178 | He was thus in desperate need of intelligence. |
| 37 | 179 | He must discover if the ship existed, and, if so, ascertain its location. |
| 37 | 180 | Once this was done a stout raiding party might attack and destroy the ship, and withdraw with little, if any, loss. |
| 37 | 181 | The mouth of the Alexandra then need not be closed, and its numerous guardians, in effect an army, might be paid and dismissed. |
| 37 | 182 | Men talk much in their cups and I, posing as a free brothel mistress, shopping for brothel slaves, in various taverns, learned these things. |