Book 5. (1 results) Assassin of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 5 | 85 | At View more quotes about last">last, with a sigh, I leaned back, finished. |
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Book 5. (7 results) Assassin of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 5 | 82 | "Yes," I said. |
| 5 | 83 | "Sometimes," I added, "someone enters the compartment and has a confederate on the outside attempt to duplicate the knot, that the man inside may surprise the occupant on his return, but commonly this stratagem is unsuccessful, because of the difficulties of duplicating the knot". |
| 5 | 84 | Elizabeth then watched in silence while I, trying to recall the intricacies of my signature knot, worked the boskhide cords. |
| 5 | 85 | At last, with a sigh, I leaned back, finished. |
| 5 | 86 | "It is a regular Gordian Knot," she said. |
| 5 | 87 | "The Gordian Knot," I said, "was quite possibly just such a knot". |
| 5 | 88 | "Alexander," she remarked, smiling, "cut it with his sword". |
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"Yes," I said.
"Sometimes," I added, "someone enters the compartment and has a confederate on the outside attempt to duplicate the knot, that the man inside may surprise the occupant on his return, but commonly this stratagem is unsuccessful, because of the difficulties of duplicating the knot".
Elizabeth then watched in silence while I, trying to recall the intricacies of my signature knot, worked the boskhide cords.
At last, with a sigh, I leaned back, finished.
"It is a regular Gordian Knot," she said.
"The Gordian Knot," I said, "was quite possibly just such a knot".
"Alexander," she remarked, smiling, "cut it with his sword".
- (Assassin of Gor)