Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 39 | 21 | View more quotes about small">Small boats, oared, had occasionally preceded us, to confirm soundings. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 39 | 18 | Doubtless we carried our spies on board, but they were likely to be of little value to an enemy with whom they could not communicate. |
| 39 | 19 | "What may we expect to encounter?" inquired lord Nishida. |
| 39 | 20 | We had been three days on the Alexandra, mainly carried downstream by the current. |
| 39 | 21 | Small boats, oared, had occasionally preceded us, to confirm soundings. |
| 39 | 22 | Oddly, I was not clear as to the identity of the ship's master. |
| 39 | 23 | It was alleged to be Aëtius, who was often seen on the stern castle, but I was uneasy in this matter, as I knew him, rather, as of the shipwrights. |
| 39 | 24 | To be sure, there was no reason why a shipwright might not possess the seacraft, the judgment and wisdom of a high mariner, but it would be an unusual combination. |
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Doubtless we carried our spies on board, but they were likely to be of little value to an enemy with whom they could not communicate.
"What may we expect to encounter?" inquired lord Nishida.
We had been three days on the Alexandra, mainly carried downstream by the current.
Small boats, oared, had occasionally preceded us, to confirm soundings.
Oddly, I was not clear as to the identity of the ship's master.
It was alleged to be Aëtius, who was often seen on the stern castle, but I was uneasy in this matter, as I knew him, rather, as of the shipwrights.
To be sure, there was no reason why a shipwright might not possess the seacraft, the judgment and wisdom of a high mariner, but it would be an unusual combination.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)