Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 80 | When the chili was heating, and not before, I turned my View more quotes about attention">attention to the puzzling object. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 77 | I was frightened. |
| 1 | 78 | Accordingly, slowly and calmly, I set about tending the fire, opened a can of chili, and set up sticks to hold the tiny cooking pot over the fire. |
| 1 | 79 | These domestic activities slowed my pulse and succeeded in convincing me that I could be patient and was even not too much interested in the contents of the metal envelope. |
| 1 | 80 | When the chili was heating, and not before, I turned my attention to the puzzling object. |
| 1 | 81 | I turned it over and over in my hands and studied it by the light of the campfire. |
| 1 | 82 | It was about twelve inches long and four inches high. |
| 1 | 83 | It weighed, I guessed, about four ounces. |
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I was frightened.
Accordingly, slowly and calmly, I set about tending the fire, opened a can of chili, and set up sticks to hold the tiny cooking pot over the fire.
These domestic activities slowed my pulse and succeeded in convincing me that I could be patient and was even not too much interested in the contents of the metal envelope.
When the chili was heating, and not before, I turned my attention to the puzzling object.
I turned it over and over in my hands and studied it by the light of the campfire.
It was about twelve inches long and four inches high.
It weighed, I guessed, about four ounces.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)