Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 18 | 96 | My hand View more quotes about clutched">clutched a valve, and I turned it fiercely as far as it would go. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 18 | 93 | There seemed to be no place in which a lever or handle might be concealed. |
| 18 | 94 | Then, with a shout of anger at my stupidity, I ran to the shallow cistern in the center of the pit and fell on my stomach before the chill, foul water. |
| 18 | 95 | I thrust my hand into the slimy water, desperately examining the bottom. |
| 18 | 96 | My hand clutched a valve, and I turned it fiercely as far as it would go. |
| 18 | 97 | At the same time from the escarpment came a smooth, rolling sound as a great weight was effortlessly balanced and lifted by hydraulic means. |
| 18 | 98 | To my amazement, I saw that an immense opening had appeared in the wall. |
| 18 | 99 | An enormous slab, perhaps fifty feet square, had slid upward and backward, revealing a great, dim, squarish tunnel beyond, a tunnel large enough for a flying tarn. |
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There seemed to be no place in which a lever or handle might be concealed.
Then, with a shout of anger at my stupidity, I ran to the shallow cistern in the center of the pit and fell on my stomach before the chill, foul water.
I thrust my hand into the slimy water, desperately examining the bottom.
My hand clutched a valve, and I turned it fiercely as far as it would go.
At the same time from the escarpment came a smooth, rolling sound as a great weight was effortlessly balanced and lifted by hydraulic means.
To my amazement, I saw that an immense opening had appeared in the wall.
An enormous slab, perhaps fifty feet square, had slid upward and backward, revealing a great, dim, squarish tunnel beyond, a tunnel large enough for a flying tarn.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)