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THEN THE SHIPS ARE EXAMINED AND IT IS NO SURPRISE TO FIND,
BENEATH THE FLOOR BOARDS, SWORDS, SHIELDS, SPEARS. AND ARMOR
NEATLY STORED. ", '
. THE LABORERS' ARE COMFORTABLY HOUSED
IN A WAREHOUSE. BUT IT IS NO COMFORT
THAT THE WINDOWS ARE BARRED, WHILE
OUTSIDE THE CITIZENS DRILL WITH THE
. WEAPONS THEY BROUGHT.
SPIES TELL OF THESE UNPLEASANT THINGS,
AND THRASOS IS ANGERED. HE HAD PLANNED
AN EASY CONOUEST OF THE MISTY ISLES,
AND NOW HIS OWN MEN ARE STRENGTHENING
THEIR DEFENSES.
THEN A MASTER SPY POHTS OUT A aAW IN
THOStflEFENSESl :S ,
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