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Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)

The heavily robed figure was still clinging desperately to the mounting ladder. - (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter 6, Sentence #42)
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6 42 The View more quotes about heavily">heavily robed figure was still clinging desperately to the mounting ladder.

Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)

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6 39 I cursed as an arrow creased my shoulder, as the tarn's great wings smote the air and the monster took to flight.
6 40 He was in the air, and the passage of arrows sang in my ears, the cries of enraged men, and the long, piercing, terrified scream of a girl.
6 41 I looked down, dismayed.
6 42 The heavily robed figure was still clinging desperately to the mounting ladder.
6 43 She was now clear of the roof, swinging free below the tarn, with the lights of Ar dropping rapidly into the distance below her.
6 44 I drew my sword from its sheath, to cut the mounting ladder from the saddle, but stopped, and angrily drove the blade back into its sheath.
6 45 I couldn't afford to carry the extra weight, but neither could I bring myself to cut the ladder free and send the girl hurtling to her death.
I cursed as an arrow creased my shoulder, as the tarn's great wings smote the air and the monster took to flight. He was in the air, and the passage of arrows sang in my ears, the cries of enraged men, and the long, piercing, terrified scream of a girl. I looked down, dismayed. The heavily robed figure was still clinging desperately to the mounting ladder. She was now clear of the roof, swinging free below the tarn, with the lights of Ar dropping rapidly into the distance below her. I drew my sword from its sheath, to cut the mounting ladder from the saddle, but stopped, and angrily drove the blade back into its sheath. I couldn't afford to carry the extra weight, but neither could I bring myself to cut the ladder free and send the girl hurtling to her death. - (Tarnsman of Gor)