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If I did prosecute such an inquiry, Glaukos could merely deny knowledge of the map, and even affect a concern that it might be missing. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 11, Sentence #212)

Too, as several patrons of the tavern had marked me well, and gratefully, in connection with my calculated distribution of the tiny gold disks, Glaukos might be wary of having me inexplicably disappear from his premises. It would be better for him to have me found unconscious somewhere, presumably sleeping off the effects of a night of prodigious carousing. Presumably I would not be likely to prosecute a vigorous inquiry as to an alleged map that might be missing, particularly as it might be stolen property. If I did prosecute such an inquiry, Glaukos could merely deny knowledge of the map, and even affect a concern that it might be missing. Should our words be set against one another, I recalled that Glaukos was apparently a confidant of Archelaos, the governor of Thera, and, I suspected, thus, a partner, as well, in his possible machinations. I carefully clutched the goblet in two hands, and lifted it to my lips. I tasted it. - (Avengers of Gor)