Book 16. (1 results) Guardsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 8 | 415 | As I had View more quotes about thought">thought the pirate fleet was now drawing back. |
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Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 8 | 412 | It was at this time that I heard the signal horns of the pirate fleet. |
| 8 | 413 | The orders, I thought, had been too long delayed. |
| 8 | 414 | I looked out the window. |
| 8 | 415 | As I had thought the pirate fleet was now drawing back. |
| 8 | 416 | The self-frustrating futility of their attack, obstinate and unimaginative, had, at long last, apparently been brought home to its commander. |
| 8 | 417 | The pirate ships now, sent forward judiciously, singly or doubly, supported as need be, no longer crowded together in useless attempts at boarding, could now bring their rams and shearing blades into play against the cornered, pathetically outnumbered barks of the defenders. |
| 8 | 418 | But it was now quite late in the afternoon. |
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It was at this time that I heard the signal horns of the pirate fleet.
The orders, I thought, had been too long delayed.
I looked out the window.
As I had thought the pirate fleet was now drawing back.
The self-frustrating futility of their attack, obstinate and unimaginative, had, at long last, apparently been brought home to its commander.
The pirate ships now, sent forward judiciously, singly or doubly, supported as need be, no longer crowded together in useless attempts at boarding, could now bring their rams and shearing blades into play against the cornered, pathetically outnumbered barks of the defenders.
But it was now quite late in the afternoon.
- (Guardsman of Gor)