Book 3. (1 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 24 | 57 | I View more quotes about leaned">leaned the Mul-Torch against the side of the passage. |
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Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 24 | 54 | How horrible I thought it would be to be trapped in these tunnels, waiting for the Beetle, able to avoid it perhaps for hours, perhaps days, but not daring to sleep or to stop, not knowing if one were going down a blind passage, if the Beetle were suddenly to confront one at the next turn. |
| 24 | 55 | No, I supposed the Beetle did not need speed in its tunnels. |
| 24 | 56 | I set Vika down. |
| 24 | 57 | I leaned the Mul-Torch against the side of the passage. |
| 24 | 58 | And yet it seemed strange to me to think of the Beetle as pursuing its prey in these tunnels for hours, perhaps days. |
| 24 | 59 | It seemed foolish, unlikely, a puzzle of nature. |
| 24 | 60 | But I myself had seen its body and knew now that it was incapable of prolonged, rapid movement. |
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How horrible I thought it would be to be trapped in these tunnels, waiting for the Beetle, able to avoid it perhaps for hours, perhaps days, but not daring to sleep or to stop, not knowing if one were going down a blind passage, if the Beetle were suddenly to confront one at the next turn.
No, I supposed the Beetle did not need speed in its tunnels.
I set Vika down.
I leaned the Mul-Torch against the side of the passage.
And yet it seemed strange to me to think of the Beetle as pursuing its prey in these tunnels for hours, perhaps days.
It seemed foolish, unlikely, a puzzle of nature.
But I myself had seen its body and knew now that it was incapable of prolonged, rapid movement.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor)