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"Not every brigand will do," said the man in the boat. - (Quarry of Gor, Chapter 33, Sentence #268)

Did I not know that the muchly sought, heinous, treasonous daughter of Marlenus of Ar, Talena of Ar, was safe in Jad, under the protection of Lurius, Ubar of Cos, whose schemes she had done so much to forward and abet, I might have dared to suppose it was she, and not a Lady Julia Leta of Ar, who was spoken of so obliquely as the "quarry". "Poor Adraste," I thought, "how content you might have remained in your humble, modest station, had you but known that your petty vanity and greed might lead to a dangling cage in a Street of Coins". "How long until you have assembled those required?" asked the beast. "Not every brigand will do," said the man in the boat. "And agents must be planted, contacts made, spies ensconced, patrols and watches noted and recorded. Later some must know the broad-winged tarn, others the craft of siege work, mining and ascent, the management of ladders and the planning of waves of attack. We must have vessels, too, shallow-drafted and broad of beam, some large enough for the conveying of men, some small enough and quick enough for close work, armed with springals to launch javelins of fire, some sturdy enough to support catapults, for boulders and cauldrons of flaming oil". - (Quarry of Gor)