Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 22 | 161 | View more quotes about given">Given the irregularity of the beat, I took it that its role was tactical, signaling orders. |
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Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 22 | 158 | When I had been on the ship, I had, however, noted none who had reached her ropes and ladders from the water. |
| 22 | 159 | In the distance up the beach, toward the defile, I heard a drum. |
| 22 | 160 | It was not ours. |
| 22 | 161 | Given the irregularity of the beat, I took it that its role was tactical, signaling orders. |
| 22 | 162 | If this were so, the enemy, I thought, must be professional, disciplined, trained. |
| 22 | 163 | One was not dealing with the disorderly frontal rushings of barbarians or savages, counting on the simple avalanche of numbers. |
| 22 | 164 | Cabot, his blade now drawn, moved toward the front, while men continued to stream past him, toward the water. |
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When I had been on the ship, I had, however, noted none who had reached her ropes and ladders from the water.
In the distance up the beach, toward the defile, I heard a drum.
It was not ours.
Given the irregularity of the beat, I took it that its role was tactical, signaling orders.
If this were so, the enemy, I thought, must be professional, disciplined, trained.
One was not dealing with the disorderly frontal rushings of barbarians or savages, counting on the simple avalanche of numbers.
Cabot, his blade now drawn, moved toward the front, while men continued to stream past him, toward the water.
- (Mariners of Gor)