Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 38 | 88 | The downriver View more quotes about journey">journey had been sounded with care, but a river is not a bridge, a street, a reliable road of stone, layered in blocks, like a sunken wall, feet into the earth, like the Viktel Aria, leading to Ar, built for millennia. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 38 | 85 | "That is our estimate," I said. |
| 38 | 86 | "I understand," said Tajima. |
| 38 | 87 | Much depended on the current, and whether or not the descent of the Alexandra would be without incident. |
| 38 | 88 | The downriver journey had been sounded with care, but a river is not a bridge, a street, a reliable road of stone, layered in blocks, like a sunken wall, feet into the earth, like the Viktel Aria, leading to Ar, built for millennia. |
| 38 | 89 | The river is less reliable. |
| 38 | 90 | Its twists and turns might differ from week to week, even day to day. |
| 38 | 91 | Floods can extend her shores, and rearrange her depths and course. |
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"That is our estimate," I said.
"I understand," said Tajima.
Much depended on the current, and whether or not the descent of the Alexandra would be without incident.
The downriver journey had been sounded with care, but a river is not a bridge, a street, a reliable road of stone, layered in blocks, like a sunken wall, feet into the earth, like the Viktel Aria, leading to Ar, built for millennia.
The river is less reliable.
Its twists and turns might differ from week to week, even day to day.
Floods can extend her shores, and rearrange her depths and course.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)