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| 12 | 72 | In the glade by the swamp View more quotes about forests">forests, in the grain fields of the empire, on the great highway of Ar, in the regal, exotic caravan of Mintar, I had found the woman I loved, a scion of a barbaric race on a remote and unknown world. |
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| 12 | 69 | The image of the treacherous, beautiful Talena, in her dancing silks, as she had lain in my arms, tormented me—she who would gladly give her kisses to the cold Pa-Kur for a place on the throne of Ar, she whose implacable hatred had sent me to this terrible death, not even permitting me the honor of a warrior's end. |
| 12 | 70 | I wanted to hate her—so much I wanted to hate her—but I found that I could not. |
| 12 | 71 | I had come to love her. |
| 12 | 72 | In the glade by the swamp forests, in the grain fields of the empire, on the great highway of Ar, in the regal, exotic caravan of Mintar, I had found the woman I loved, a scion of a barbaric race on a remote and unknown world. |
| 12 | 73 | The night came with infinite slowness, but at last the blinding sun was gone and I welcomed the chill, windy darkness. |
| 12 | 74 | The water lapped against the side of the frame, the stars sparkled above in frosty detachment. |
| 12 | 75 | Once, to my horror, a scaled body crested under the frame, its glistening hide rubbing my body as it snapped its tail and suddenly darted beneath the water. |