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Civitatis Ar, Plus!
Avenues / Streets / Districts
Gate Street
Then, from some two hundred yards
away, I heard the shrill, excited squeal of one of the animals. I looked
wildly south, down the Boulevard of Teiban. The sleen, and those with
them, had come west on Venaticus. As Clive borders the Teiban Market on
the north, so Venaticus borders it on the south. To my horror, I saw the
sleen, and the crowd, turning right, north on Teiban. They were proceeding
toward me. I did not understand this. Why had they not come down Clive?
Then, suddenly, sick, I remembered that I had, two days ago, taken
Venaticus west to Teiban. It must be that trail, two days old, that they
were following. I swiftly fled west, continuing on Clive. In a few minutes
I had come to Clive and Hermadius. It was on Hermadius, less than an Ahn
ago, that I had first seen the sleen. I continued west on Clive, and
turned left, south, on Emerald. This street, like Hermadius, leads to the
Plaza of Tarns. But I was not seeking the Plaza of Tarns and the agency. I
turned right, off Emerald, when I came to Tarn-Gate Street. This is the
street which leads directly between Ar's west gate, called the Tarn Gate,
and the Plaza of Tarns. KAJIRA OF GOR-, (19) Pages 314-315
At a gesture from one of the
guardsmen on the platform, another woman in a white robe came forward,
leaving the long line behind her, one extending across the platform to the
small ramp on the other side, down the ramp, across the far side of the
Plaza of Tarns, and thence down Gate Street, where I could not see its
end. MAGICIANS OF GOR-, (25) Page 138
The women, of course, had been
ordered to report. Indeed, they had been ordered to report yesterday
afternoon to the great theater, from whence, to their surprise, they had
been transported in cage wagons, actually locked, to the Stadium of Blades
more than a pasang away. Beneath the stands of the Stadium of Blades were
numerous holding areas, suitable for wild beasts, dangerous men,
criminals, and such. In such areas, the women, having been checked,
arranged and counted, were incarcerated for the night. They had also, at
that time, been given the robes of penitents, that they might spend the
night in them. They had then, this morning, been transported to a location
on Gate Street, in the vicinity of the Plaza of Tarns. Some women who had
failed to report to the great theater were brought later that evening to
the Stadium of Tarns by guardsmen, both regulars and auxiliaries. I
myself, with some other auxiliaries, had brought in two of these women.
One we had had to tie and leash, almost like a rebellious slave girl, save
that slave girls are seldom rebellious more than once. MAGICIANS OF
GOR-, (25) Page 142
Kudos to you, Mr. Norman for writing the Gorean series!
A rich, yet utterly simple saga; a world, a time, a people;
those of the Counter-Earth .. the planet .. Gor.
Thank you!
The material presented herein was researched and compiled by me,
naia{Saul}.
The material referenced comes from John Norman's Gor Series, The
Counter-Earth Saga.
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