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Book 23. (1 results) Renegades of Gor (Individual Quote)

It was drawn forward and one of the hooks caught and the rope sprang taut. - (Renegades of Gor, Chapter 16, Sentence #33)
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16 33 It was View more quotes about drawn">drawn forward and one of the hooks caught and the rope sprang taut.

Book 23. (7 results) Renegades of Gor (Context Quote)

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16 30 A quarrel sputtered against the interior of an embrasure, chipping it and glancing away, upward.
16 31 As I went toward the gate's battlements a grapnel looped over the wall gracefully and fell behind the walkway.
16 32 Considering the arc, its width and height, I assumed it had been lobbed there by an engine.
16 33 It was drawn forward and one of the hooks caught and the rope sprang taut.
16 34 Such things are generally not much good in this form of fighting except for secret ascents, say, at night, when they are not noticed, or there are too many of them to deal with.
16 35 They are much more useful, in my opinion, at sea, as in, say, drawing ships within boarding distance of one another, the ropes then usually being attached to chains some ten feet or so behind the hooks.
16 36 This makes it hard to cut them free.
A quarrel sputtered against the interior of an embrasure, chipping it and glancing away, upward. As I went toward the gate's battlements a grapnel looped over the wall gracefully and fell behind the walkway. Considering the arc, its width and height, I assumed it had been lobbed there by an engine. It was drawn forward and one of the hooks caught and the rope sprang taut. Such things are generally not much good in this form of fighting except for secret ascents, say, at night, when they are not noticed, or there are too many of them to deal with. They are much more useful, in my opinion, at sea, as in, say, drawing ships within boarding distance of one another, the ropes then usually being attached to chains some ten feet or so behind the hooks. This makes it hard to cut them free. - (Renegades of Gor)