Book 16. (1 results) Guardsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 16 | 125 | Then the flagship of View more quotes about policrates">Policrates, responding to another impact, lurched to starboard, and, terrified, I slipped back down the blade. |
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Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 16 | 122 | I tried to inch upward on the blade. |
| 16 | 123 | Pressing my legs and arms against the blade I could move upward to my original position, but no further, because of the ropes on my ankles, catching on the bottom side of the blade fixture, and it was extremely difficult and painful to hold myself that high on the blade. |
| 16 | 124 | I was sweating, and terrified. |
| 16 | 125 | Then the flagship of Policrates, responding to another impact, lurched to starboard, and, terrified, I slipped back down the blade. |
| 16 | 126 | My feet, bound back, on each side of the blade, were little more than a foot from the water. |
| 16 | 127 | Again, frenzied, in terror, I tried to struggle. |
| 16 | 128 | But, to my dismay, I was again held perfectly. |
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I tried to inch upward on the blade.
Pressing my legs and arms against the blade I could move upward to my original position, but no further, because of the ropes on my ankles, catching on the bottom side of the blade fixture, and it was extremely difficult and painful to hold myself that high on the blade.
I was sweating, and terrified.
Then the flagship of Policrates, responding to another impact, lurched to starboard, and, terrified, I slipped back down the blade.
My feet, bound back, on each side of the blade, were little more than a foot from the water.
Again, frenzied, in terror, I tried to struggle.
But, to my dismay, I was again held perfectly.
- (Guardsman of Gor)