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Surprise

Book 1. (11 results) Tarnsman of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	236	To my surprise, this absurd hypothesis was welcomed by my father.	10
3	181	Eventually, perhaps more to my surprise than that of the Older Tarl, my performance became almost creditable.	10
9	29	I allowed Talena to bathe first, which seemed to surprise her.	10
10	199	In the next few days, to my surprise, Talena was buoyant, cheerful, and excited.	10
11	53	To my surprise, most of the girls seemed excited by their sale and displayed their charms with brazen gusto, each seeming to compete with the one before to bring a higher price.	10
16	66	"The siege might be lifted," I said, "if a force could take Pa-Kur by surprise, a force of some thousands of warriors attacking from the unprotected side of the camp".	10
16	154	I was stunned, but I revealed not the slightest surprise.	10
17	31	In a surprise move, which perhaps should have been anticipated, the High Initiate of the city of Ar appeared on the walls.	10
19	40	With cries of surprise and rage, men scattered from beneath the suddenly descending gigantic shape.	10
19	178	The horde, taken by surprise, was disorganized, unformed for battle.	10
19	182	It knew only that it had been taken by surprise, at a disadvantage by undetermined numbers of disciplined troops that were pouring down on them, while from above, enemy tarnsmen, unchallenged, emptied their quivers into their ranks.	10

Book 2. (10 results) Outlaw of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
9	26	Then to my surprise he pressed a small, heavy leather sack of coins into my hand.	10
10	45	I heard Ost scream with surprise and terror as he was shoved through the door behind me.	10
13	111	It came like a silver and crimson storm, taking me by surprise, blinding me.	10
21	234	To my surprise a sigh of disappointment, even of keen frustration, coursed down the chain.	10
22	186	To my surprise Lara dropped to her knees, placing them in the position of a Pleasure Slave, and dropped her head submissively.	10
22	222	To my surprise she went to the tent flaps and closed them, tying them shut on the inside.	10
24	36	Kron clapped his hands again and to my surprise there was a sudden sound of bells and four terrified girls, obviously chosen for their beauty and grace, stood before our table clad only in the scarlet dancing silks of Gor.	10
24	38	Lara, to my surprise, watched them with delight.	10
24	59	Their look said to her why are you not clad as we are, why do you not wear a collar and serve as we serve? To my surprise Lara removed her cloak and took the pot of Kal-da from one of the girls and began to serve the men.	10
25	97	To my surprise the men did not raise their arms against me.	10

Book 3. (19 results) Priest-Kings of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	91	I shivered, but to my surprise the man who called himself Parp clutched his pipe in a white hand and seemed to give a start of terror.	10
9	199	In that moment I sensed once more that slightly acrid scent which I had experienced in the corridors beyond the chamber, and I pressed my mouth hard into Vika's until her lips were cut by my teeth and I had pressed her back until only my arm kept her from falling to the stones of the floor, and I he...	10
12	180	In the same instant I leaped toward them, taking them by surprise and compounding the momentum of my blow.	10
12	241	And then to my surprise one of the slaves, though which one I could not have told, looked at me and spoke.	10
17	28	I did not, however, betray my surprise and acted as though I did not know that the expression was a new addition to the Gorean lexicon on his tapes.	10
19	6	To my surprise his head was crowned with an aromatic wreath of green leaves, the first thing green I had seen in the Nest, and about his neck there hung, besides the invariable translator, a necklace, perhaps of accouterments, perhaps of pure ornaments, small pieces of metal, some shallow and rounde...	10
19	20	Where would one strike a Priest-King? To my surprise Sarm then jerked at the door of the compartment from which he had withdrawn my sword.	10
25	185	To my surprise I saw her lips gently kiss the cruel leather thong which so tightly bound her wrists.	10
26	43	Vika looked at me with surprise.	10
26	64	This seemed to surprise her.	10
28	13	Therefore it was much to my surprise when I heard a distant singing in the tunnel that grew louder as I approached and soon I slowed the transportation disk and waited, my weapon ready.	10
28	75	Yet as she stood there she seemed also to be frightened and to my surprise she dared not approach the door though it now stood open.	10
28	245	If we had used it immediately, decisively, we might have wrought great damage, but neither of us wished to take the enemy by devastating surprise if victory might be won without bloodshed.	10
30	168	The latter, of course, terrified, bewildered, would be of little service themselves, but they were offered as inducements to the males of Misk's forces to encourage their desertion; the girls were, so to speak, a bounty for treachery, and since the beauty of Chamber Slaves was well known in the Nest...	10
31	11	To my surprise his pet Mul, Vika of Treve, demanded to accompany her golden master.	10
31	83	Then to my surprise Al-Ka and Ba-Ta, from their pouches, produced golden collars, only too obviously prepared in advance.	10
32	57	The Priest-Kings, of course, would not leave the Nest, and, to my surprise, most of the humans, many of whom had been bred in the Nest or now regarded it as their home, insisted also on remaining where they were.	10
32	139	"If there is any chance at all," I cried, "you must try!" Misk peered down at me and his antennae seemed to lift with surprise.	10
35	181	I lifted my arm in farewell to Misk, and, to the surprise of the men with me, Misk lifted one foreleg, and then turned and was gone.	10

Book 4. (23 results) Nomads of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	19	Even past me there thundered a lumbering herd of startled, short-trunked kailiauk, a stocky, awkward ruminant of the plains, tawny, wild, heavy, their haunches marked in red and brown bars, their wide heads bristling with a trident of horns; they had not stood and formed their circle, shes and young...	10
5	39	What he said did not surprise me.	10
7	69	The interrogation, to my surprise, was conducted largely by Kamchak, rather than Kutaituchik, called Ubar of the Tuchuks.	10
8	31	I had learned, to my surprise, that trade did occasionally take place with Turia.	10
8	140	To my surprise Kamchak, for no reason that he explained to me, did not clothe Elizabeth Cardwell Kajir, much to the irritation of other slave girls about the camp.	10
8	159	Kamchak made her walk back and forth once or twice, and spoke to her rather sharply about her posture, then, to the surprise of both Miss Cardwell and myself, he did not chain her, but told her she might walk about the camp unattended, warning her only to return before dusk and the release of the he...	10
8	410	Then, to my surprise, she looked at me boldly, though wearing the Turian collar; though she wore the nose ring; though she were only a branded slave clad Kajir.	10
8	528	Elizabeth Cardwell, however, to my surprise, seemed furious.	10
9	294	Then, to my surprise, the girl clapped her hands sharply twice and the women about the table stood, and, together, from both sides, moved swiftly to stand before us, between the tables.	10
9	334	Their leader, to her surprise, seeing Kamchak, fell in shame to her knees before him, much to the fury of the Feast Steward; the others did so as well.	10
11	36	"Aphris of Turia," he said, "has a surprise coming".	10
11	358	Kamchak looked at her in surprise.	10
12	87	He looked at me shrewdly and, to my surprise, drew a tospit out of his pouch, that yellowish-white, bitter fruit, looking something like a peach but about the size of a plum.	10
12	194	Then, to my surprise, she walked a bit in the wagon and twirled twice before Kamchak.	10
17	94	To my surprise the pool, at least near the edge, was not deep.	10
21	37	Somewhat to my surprise I had no difficulty the next morning, after the withdrawal of the wagons, in entering the city.	10
21	46	To my great surprise the gates of Turia stood open after the withdrawal of the wagons and the lifting of the siege.	10
22	2	One makes a pretext of seriously besieging a city, spending several days, sometimes weeks, in the endeavor, and then, apparently, one surrenders the siege and withdraws, moving away slowly with the wagons and bosk for some days—in this case four—and then, the bosk and wagons removed fr...	10
22	103	Directed by Tuchuks we soon made our way to the throne room of Phanius Turmus, where, to my surprise, a banquet was in progress.	10
23	11	I had learned to my surprise that the Ubars of the Kassars, Kataii and Paravaci were, respectively, Conrad, Hakimba and Tolnus, the very three I had first encountered with Kamchak on the plains of Turia when first I came to the Wagon Peoples.	10
23	177	"When the Paravaci—those who escaped us—return to their wagons," remarked Conrad, "they will find a surprise in store for them".	10
24	28	Also, Kamchak, to my pleasure but surprise, had had his men drive verr flocks and some Turian bosk after the refugees.	10
26	228	The men murmured with surprise about me.	10

Book 5. (30 results) Assassin of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
17	92	I opened the door and, not to my surprise, discovered that the Warrior and Tarn Keeper, preventing the girls from escaping, and having freed themselves in the moment of surprise and tumult in which I had seized the long-legged girl, had, probably one by one, while the other girls had looked on miser...	10
3	119	To my surprise, the Player chose the withdrawal of Ubara's Spearman to cover Ubar Two, which seemed to me rather defensive, and surely cost him the possibility of a dangerous but promising counterattack, which would eventually, if all went well, culminate with his second tarnsman at his opponent's I...	10
4	23	I revealed no sign of surprise.	10
5	83	"Sometimes," I added, "someone enters the compartment and has a confederate on the outside attempt to duplicate the knot, that the man inside may surprise the occupant on his return, but commonly this stratagem is unsuccessful, because of the difficulties of duplicating the knot".	10
5	270	A look of surprise came over her face, then almost of fear.	10
5	329	I looked at him in surprise.	10
5	435	I turned about and, to my surprise, saw that Elizabeth had entered the compartment.	10
7	116	Certain of the boxes which were unloaded, to my surprise, bore lettering in various languages of Earth.	10
9	68	Ho-Tu turned into a side corridor and we found ourselves, to my surprise, looking through a huge rectangle of glass, some twelve feet high and perhaps fifteen feet wide; it was one of a dozen such panels I could see in the corridor.	10
12	143	To my surprise hardly anyone in the stands even noted his going.	10
12	303	"Plate collars!" To their surprise, the guard then released the two girls, and Elizabeth, as well, from their slave bracelets.	10
13	129	To my surprise she was a native of Ar.	10
14	116	To my surprise at the door I encountered none other than Cernus, Master of the House of Cernus.	10
17	19	But, to her astonishment, coming up from behind, catching her by surprise, another male seized her about the waist and held her, while she screamed in mock fear.	10
17	245	It would be a fine surprise for them later to discover that they were actually being whisked to safety and freedom.	10
18	151	He opened it and, to my surprise, poured two cups.	10
19	4	Cernus, sensing the temper and curiosity of the crowds, had determined to make them wait for his surprise delights, over a hundred of them, whose supposed qualities of beauty and skill, enhanced by the mysterious aura of barbaric origin, had been for months the object of ever more eager rumors and e...	10
19	51	I heard two girls laugh and I felt my ankles seized and held while small hands thrust on my back, taking me by surprise and throwing me heavily forward; I struck my shoulder on the back of the cart and the booted foot of a Warrior thrust me from the cart and I fell to my knees on the stones; when I ...	10
19	208	There were shouts of surprise from the crowd, some screams of startled women.	10
20	115	"We have another surprise for you, my dear Claudia," said Cernus.	10
20	175	I looked up in surprise.	10
20	195	"Perhaps a slave who scarcely knows the moves of the pieces," I suggested, "might play for me—if such would not be too potent an adversary for you?" Cernus looked at me with surprise.	10
21	93	Then, unmistakably, I heard her run to Vancius and, apparently to his surprise, and consternation, but not displeasure, she flung herself into his arms.	10
21	228	I saw the Taurentian step back, could sense his surprise.	10
21	378	Then to my surprise I saw, with us, fighting, a common Warrior, not a Taurentian, one whose helmet was not laced with gold nor his shield bound with silver, nor his shoulders covered with the purple of the Ubar's guard.	10
22	362	To my surprise I noted, coiled at the side of his saddle, in four loops, was a whip knife, of the sort common in Port Kar, a whip, but set into its final eighteen inches, arranged in sets of four, twenty thin, narrow blades; the tips of whip knives differ; some have a double-edged blade of about sev...	10
22	376	I noted, to my surprise, that the padding on the rings had been removed by attendants, and replaced with bladelike edges, used not in races but in exhibitions of daring riding, stunts in effect, in which riders appear to court death at the rings.	10
22	410	There was a roar of surprise, and of consternation, from the stands.	10
23	23	She looked at me in mild surprise.	10
24	494	Then we saw Relius and Virginia and, to my surprise, Ho-Sorl, followed by Phyllis, emerging to the roof.	10

Book 6. (10 results) Raiders of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
8	740	"But," said Telima, "is not Telima much better than Midice?" Midice, to my surprise, shook with anger and, bound, tethered, turned to face Telima.	10
9	634	To my surprise she went and knelt next to Surbus, and held his head.	10
11	515	To my surprise none denied that he would keep the peace, were it made.	10
15	441	I had arranged a surprise for my retainers on this night of feasting and victory.	10
15	587	And then, to our surprise, holding her head in his hands, he kissed her gently on the lips.	10
15	591	To our surprise she had not resisted the boy's kiss.	10
16	164	To my surprise, in the great hall, I found gathered the officers of my men.	10
17	68	But now I expected, to the surprise of attacking ram-ships which might attempt to board them, they would find themselves boarded, and their decks overwhelmed with swarms of armed, free men.	10
18	59	I looked into his eyes, and I saw, to my surprise, that he understood what I must do.	10
18	341	To my surprise, she had arrayed herself in pleasure silks and cosmetics.	10

Book 7. (13 results) Captive of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
4	101	To my surprise it seemed to be absorbed almost immediately.	10
6	211	Rather, to my surprise, even amusement, they wore at their sides small swords.	10
7	300	It is no surprise then that on this world men commonly, naturally, familiarly, immediately, innocently, taking such things for granted, not even thinking about it, it being part of their world, look largely upon women, even free women, in terms of their possible value as slaves, their possible value...	10
7	301	It is no surprise then that the Gorean male thinks in terms of the mastery.	10
7	361	In only a few days, under the intensive tutelage of Ute and Inge, I had, to my delight and surprise, learned to speak passable Gorean.	10
10	99	To my surprise, he unbound my wrists.	10
10	585	I thought this best, for my use, though I had begged for it, had, to my surprise, my chagrin, my humiliation, been rejected.	10
11	1212	Lana looked at him in surprise.	10
14	157	To my surprise I saw that there was another gate, though of solid logs, beyond that one, and that the camp was ringed, actually, with a double palisade.	10
14	429	Too, some seem to relish the pleasure of a surprise, rather as one might be interested in unwrapping a present and seeing if one likes it.	10
15	464	"I have a surprise for you," Rask was telling Verna.	10
15	473	"What is the surprise?" asked Verna.	10
17	241	The small man was there, and the beast, squatting, shaggy, regarding me, and, too, to my surprise, Haakon of Skjern.	10

Book 8. (12 results) Hunters of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
5	206	To my surprise, he led me to the wharf slave market.	10
6	110	We have with us the element of surprise".	10
6	973	Then she looked up at me, and then she said, to my surprise, "Nor do I wish to be".	10
7	139	If the attacker reached her camp, all hopes of a surprise attack would be lost.	10
8	10	With the element of surprise, and my plan of attack, I did not think we would need many men.	10
8	132	"You wish to remain in the camp," I said, "concealed, and surprise them upon their return".	10
13	22	They had been instrumental in the surprise and taking of my camp.	10
13	239	The bulk of the attackers had proceeded through the forest, to surprise the camp of Marlenus.	10
13	305	Even granting the men of Tyros the element of surprise and a superiority in number of some fifty or sixty men, their enterprise was not without considerable hazard.	10
14	36	The attack had apparently taken the camp by complete surprise, and had been devastating and successful.	10
15	433	To my surprise, also in a woolen slave tunic, in coffle, was Grenna, whom I had captured in the forest.	10
21	37	"They made me do it!" cried Tina, to my surprise.	10

Book 9. (8 results) Marauders of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
4	137	People would be less used to defending against it in the end game; its capacity to surprise, and to be used unexpectedly, might be genuinely profitable at such a time in the game.	10
6	150	He grunted in surprise.	10
6	310	The hall of Ivar Forkbeard, I learned, to my surprise, was of a type much more common.	10
10	495	To my surprise, he stopped before a dark-haired girl who sat with her legs drawn up, her arms about them, her ankles crossed; her cheek was laid across her knees; she seemed startled that the Forkbeard stopped before her; she looked up at him, frightened, and then put her face again down, across her...	10
10	554	Then she put her cheek, to our surprise, to the side of his leg, and, lowering her head, holding his boot, kissed it.	10
14	53	The Forkbeard, to my surprise, momentarily reappeared from within the room, looking about.	10
18	161	Then, to our surprise, from within the Kurii lines we saw two or three hundred slave girls whipped forth.	10
18	399	We picked our way among bodies, mostly those of Kurii, for the surprise, the fury, had been ours.	10

Book 10. (9 results) Tribesmen of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
4	440	Reassured I was to see points riding out about the caravan, outriders, to guard against such surprise.	10
5	330	Not much to my surprise the men of the escort of Aretai rushed forth to do battle, but, seeing the numbers of their enemy, which indeed seemed considerable, sweeping down from the hills, wheeled their kaiila and, abandoning the caravan, rode rapidly away.	10
5	382	It did not surprise me, however.	10
7	558	I think Vella, today, would surprise you".	10
11	433	Indeed, to my surprise, word of the attack, putatively by Aretai, on the Bakah oasis of Two Scimitars, of some days ago, had not yet seemed to reach Red Rock.	10
14	541	To my surprise it was thrust up, and jerked from my head.	10
17	249	It came by surprise, from the back, from beneath the surface, then without warning men screaming wood splintering amongst us seeing it striking me others too tumbling gone then men crying out arms in the water one lamp only tiny alive in that blackness.	10
19	41	To my surprise the five birds began to circle.	10
21	4	To my surprise, though the Kur had pointed to the dune country, he led me in a path parallel to the dunes, through more normal Tahari terrain.	10

Book 11. (9 results) Slave Girl of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
4	230	Eta then, to my surprise, with the point of her scissors, ripped the tiny garment a bit under my right breast, that a bit of skin might show, and again at my left hip, a larger rip.	10
9	88	Perhaps she was at the rear of the chain because she was the most beautiful, and her beauty was being saved for last; thus the chain would have begun with the beautiful Marla and then, with a surprise, finished with a girl yet more beautiful than the first.	10
9	573	Sometimes the boys surprise us in the fields and tie us together and rape us.	10
9	1160	In a short time Melina returned and untied me from the post, and, to my surprise, removed the long rope, though not the rope collar, from my neck.	10
9	2418	To my surprise he placed me between the two handles.	10
12	419	The surprise had been complete.	10
13	374	The auctioneer had caught me by surprise.	10
27	183	Clitus Vitellius, to my surprise, slipped to one side.	10
27	260	"It is certainly a great surprise to me," he said, "to find you here.	10

Book 12. (6 results) Beasts of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	450	"He warned me not to speak to you," she said, "for the gift was to come as a surprise".	10
3	937	To my surprise and pleasure I saw her kneel very straight and lift her body before him.	10
15	890	"Yes, Master," she said, obediently, this time without surprise or demur.	10
20	74	To my surprise Imnak rose to his feet and, hastily, left the feasting house.	10
26	301	"They may die, but it always comes as a surprise to them".	10
34	148	Suddenly and so suddenly for a moment I could not comprehend it there was a hideous shriek from the beast and I could hear nothing else for a moment and it was one of surprise and pain and I was momentarily deafened and then, too, at the same time, reflexively I was flung from it the stars and ice s...	10

Book 13. (12 results) Explorers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
11	88	I then saw the girl, to my surprise, remove a tiny key from her tunic.	10
11	102	I saw to my surprise, that the man, he who had been called Kunguni, drew forth, from beneath his tunic, a sewn, padded mound of cloth, heavy, globelike, with dangling straps.	10
27	45	I looked back, and, to my surprise, saw the lad half shinnied up one of the poles of the scaffolding.	10
33	156	He then, to her surprise, with a leather strap, as she stood on the rock overlooking the falls, tied her hands behind her back.	10
34	673	Could it have been she who so moved? Later, perhaps to her surprise, she finds herself standing before the mirror.	10
44	149	Then, to my surprise, when she stood safe, trembling beside me, the small men crowded about her and knelt down, putting their heads to the ground.	10
44	188	To my surprise the small men, in single file, followed me.	10
44	196	To my surprise the small men, in single file, again followed me.	10
44	210	Doubtless they wished to surprise you".	10
46	4	I turned when I heard their sudden cries of surprise, and then of rage, and then of fear.	10
53	417	Then he cried, "Charge!" His audacity had taken the Kurii by surprise.	10
53	425	To my surprise I saw the Kur leader, a huge, brown Kur, doubtless from one of the far ships, lift his panga in salute to the black Ubar.	10

Book 14. (5 results) Fighting Slave of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
7	237	To my surprise she put her teeth gently on my hand, and then licked and kissed at my hand.	10
12	81	I could see, to my surprise, that several of the women were alarmed.	10
13	313	Mobility and surprise are often features of Gorean warfare.	10
14	137	This did not, truly, surprise me.	10
22	67	"It is to be a surprise," said the Lady Florence.	10

Book 15. (4 results) Rogue of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
10	366	His action took me by surprise.	10
29	11	It would have seemed simple enough, then, to have brought enough men into the stronghold, posing as the men of Ragnar Voskjard, to take Policrates by surprise.	10
29	194	"Surprise would be on our side," I pointed out.	10
29	247	"Surprise is with us," I told him.	10

Book 16. (5 results) Guardsman of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	120	The element of surprise was no longer with us.	10
4	199	This audacious act on our part had taken the fleet of the Voskjard by surprise.	10
20	124	Though this was a great disappointment to Aemilianus, and to others of Ar's Station, who had fought with us, it came generally as no surprise on the river.	10
20	464	There were sounds of pleasure, and surprise, from those about the table.	10
21	192	"I have a surprise," I told her.	10

Book 17. (5 results) Savages of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	205	"It is too dark," I said, "and the opportunities for surprise and ambush are too abundant".	10
8	595	As I had not been facing him he had apparently been taken by surprise by this blow, by its direction, its nature and force.	10
8	830	This did not surprise me.	10
13	1264	It should thus come as no surprise to you that among these other arts should be certain delicate, delicious and intimate arts, arts particularly appropriate to the female slave".	10
13	1287	"Training, then, should not come as a surprise to you," I said.	10

Book 18. (11 results) Blood Brothers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
12	293	It did not surprise me that she, a white female of red savages, was familiar with the quirt.	10
12	330	Imagine my surprise when, standing on the front porch of my small trading post, I saw my five men, afoot, bound and gagged, each dragging a travois, returning from the Ihanke.	10
22	49	"It cannot be easily taken, even by surprise.	10
27	100	I would have guessed some two hundred riders would have struck in the first attack, that which had taken the camp by surprise.	10
28	16	On the other hand, Hci had been scrupulously honest, somewhat to our surprise, in making it clear to his father and to Kahintokapa the source of his earlier recommendations for defense against the attacks of the Kinyanpi.	10
28	19	Too, to our surprise, when we had come to join the warriors they had opened their ranks to permit us to take our place among them.	10
28	44	Surprise is now no longer with them.	10
30	138	The Yellow Knife, the advantage of surprise lost, pulled back on the jaw rope of his kaiila.	10
39	372	"Oh!" she cried, in surprise and pain.	10
42	64	What need had he of weapons who controlled the medicine of Wakanglisapa? And what medicine or weapons might hope to prevail against it? Unfortunately, when the leader had drawn back his tarn he had seemed to do so more in surprise than fear.	10
47	224	I had seen the surprise of the Kinyanpi when I had released the reins.	10

Book 19. (14 results) Kajira of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	260	They had wished to take me by surprise, to observe my reactions, to see me as though I might be confused or startled, to see how fetching and exciting I might appear, captured, so to speak, in a moment of charming disarray.	10
2	271	"It is only," I smiled, "that you took me by such surprise.	10
4	549	I cried out in surprise, in misery.	10
6	361	Drusus Rencius, to my surprise, whenever I was in doubt, could supply me with the name.	10
6	387	From one set of contests, however, I could not, to his surprise, be budged.	10
8	383	I suspect this had come as a revelation to her, and a surprise to him.	10
14	139	Then, to my surprise, he placed the two loose ends of the binding fiber in my hands.	10
20	50	Somewhat to my surprise they, looking at me, and once assured of my bond status, seemed to find no difficulty whatsoever in accepting the premise that I was indeed a slave.	10
23	191	A few Ehn later, in the arms of the leader, the first driver, I suddenly cried out with fear and surprise.	10
25	74	"It is supposedly merely a surprise inspection," he said, "but one supposes there is something more to it".	10
30	539	This, then, would explain her surprise at finding me, so soon and unexpectedly, from her point of view, in my chambers.	10
30	606	In the first instant I had seen him, mingled with my surprise, had been incredible joy at once more seeing him.	10
31	16	Furthermore, much to the surprise and displeasure of the girls, who were perhaps by now somewhat spoiled, we had been brought under heavy security.	10
35	91	Publius, to my surprise, selected a liqueur of Turia.	10

Book 20. (6 results) Players of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	34	At its sudden climax, followed by an instant of startling silence, the door of the vertical cabinet burst open and the magician, smiling, to cries of surprise, of awe and wonder, stepped forth, waving, his hands free, greeting the crowd.	10
4	273	"What a victory! Getting Bosk of Port Kar in my chains! Then delivering him, almost in passing, as a casual surprise, to Flaminius".	10
6	2	"Pull down your skirt, you slave, you brazen hussy!" "Pray, do withdraw, noble sir, for you surprise me arriving as you did I all unawares, and of necessity I must improvise some veiling, lest my features be disclosed," cried the girl upon the stage, Boots Tarsk-Bit's current Brigella.	10
6	880	In a moment or two the Brigella had again reached the vicinity of Boots Tarsk-Bit who turned about, congenially enough, effecting some surprise at the sight of her.	10
12	619	I saw that Boots, who had been sorting through his purchases, from the village, now looked up, in surprise.	10
22	203	I had learned, of course, to my surprise, that it had been neither Priest-Kings nor Kurii, but Lurius of Jad, Ubar of Cos.	10

Book 21. (6 results) Mercenaries of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
12	17	Those overcome with surprise, those expostulating or cursing, those stunned, may be left for the instants later.	10
14	101	Mincon, however, to my surprise, went through the door behind the officer.	10
15	616	Two things, however, came as a surprise to us".	10
24	344	Then, suddenly, as she cried out in surprise, in dismay, he tore her dress down to her waist.	10
26	574	Her surprise seemed genuine.	10
26	1706	And both the Gorean woman and the Earth girl, embonded, learning there is no escape for them and that they are irrevocably slaves, unless masters choose to free them, an act which is not only rare and foolish, but almost nonexistent, soon adjust to their new life and, sometimes to their surprise, an...	10

Book 22. (8 results) Dancer of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
5	204	It did not surprise me that the men of this world, who seemed to have such a lust for, and such a relish for, and appreciation of, females, would command such dance of them.	10
9	370	To my surprise the auctioneer removed a key from his belt and removed the manacles from me.	10
11	723	By the leashes, pulling up and twisting, to my surprise, handling me quite easily, with surprising expertness, she and Sita pulled me up, half on my feet, and then brought me back, gasping, off balance, and lowered me to my back.	10
11	1173	But this was not training! Then to my surprise he drew back from me, crouching then, or kneeling, I think, beside me.	10
11	1200	To my surprise, then, I felt a shackle put on my left ankle.	10
34	414	To my surprise, he seemed amused.	10
34	532	Too, which might surprise the men of your world, we tend to favor intelligence in women.	10
34	554	But I will tell you something further, that might surprise you".	10

Book 23. (7 results) Renegades of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
6	400	She might rather find her wrists, to her surprise, being chained behind her, her clothing being removed and a rope being put on her neck.	10
8	923	Then she sobbed, suddenly, partly with surprise, partly with sensation.	10
10	264	Perhaps I should have held out for more, seeing the eagerness of the fellow, but, after all, I was taken by surprise by the splendid offer, and even opportunistic greediness has its limits, particularly when surprised.	10
15	226	To my surprise, however, her hair, loosened from under the turban, would have, had she been standing, fallen well beneath her shoulders.	10
18	470	When the recall was sounded, we learned, somewhat to our surprise, as you might suppose, that I was a hero on the wall, at least according to some, and later, too, at the gate.	10
24	77	I supposed that two pretty little kajirae, expecting to have an easy time of it, by means of their slave girl's wiles, in virtue of the youth of their masters, were in for quite a surprise.	10
24	346	"It would not surprise me," said Aemilianus, quietly, "if the expeditionary force slipped past the men of Ar".	10

Book 24. (5 results) Vagabonds of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
13	275	"The element of surprise gone," I said, "I would not anticipate another attack, not now, at least, not of a nature similar to that which has apparently just occurred".	10
19	648	Among them seemed to be at least resentment, surprise, and curiosity.	10
21	7	She made a small noise, one of surprise.	10
32	247	"If it pleases them," he said, "but, too, as it might please them, they trap us, surprise us, surround us, catch us, take us, almost with impunity, to strip us and chain us, and sell us as slaves to Cosians".	10
47	9	I saw a girl flee out from behind the counter but she was a brunet and presumably the merchant's, probably used as a model, useful for fellows who did not have their own slave along, or perhaps wished to surprise her by flinging her a new outfit when he returned home, one which she must then wear be...	10

Book 25. (11 results) Magicians of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	264	She was not only the sort of female that he found irresistibly, excruciatingly attractive, as I had known before I had shown her to him the first time, but, to my surprise and delight, there seemed to be a special mystery or magic, or chemistry, between them.	10
9	197	Indeed, they had been ordered to report yesterday afternoon to the great theater, from whence, to their surprise, they had been transported in cage wagons, actually locked, to the Stadium of Blades more than a pasang away.	10
19	588	This did not surprise me, as her mien had suggested to me earlier that she might be new to the onus of such labors.	10
21	76	However, to their surprise, I was to be permitted to enter the presence of the Ubara".	10
21	352	Imagine the surprise of a slaver, taking a free woman and discovering she is already collared.	10
22	196	"Ai!" he cried out, in surprise, in anger, in pain.	10
22	533	I did not know if this were merely his surprise at seeing her here, again, from so long ago, so unexpectedly, she now in her collar, or if the startled response to her might be more the result of recognizing the incredible transformation which had taken place in her, that the mere free woman he had ...	10
24	274	Another use is when the slave desires to surprise her master with her beauty, perhaps before begging use.	10
25	30	Apparently but moments before it had been red with excitement, love and yielding, and had then, in the sudden surprise and shame of her discovery, flushed scarlet, blushing literally from head to toe, and then, almost instantly later, in the tumult, had begun in terror to drain of color, she suddenl...	10
26	402	She screamed in surprise and fear, as its toils dropped about her.	10
27	528	"Indeed, I do not think that the great Milo in the company of a free woman in the streets will come as any great surprise to passers-by.	10

Book 26. (11 results) Witness of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
6	168	I heard exclamations from the men, the sudden intakes of breath, tiny sounds of surprise, murmurs of approval.	10
6	200	So, to be sure, I might not have worn certain narrow, stiltlike garments as well as a model but I had learned, initially to my surprise, and later to my dismay, and terror, and later, yet, rather to my contentment, and even joy, that I might, in a bit of silk, or in a bracelet and a pair of bangles,...	10
8	754	I had been caught by surprise! I gasped in misery, and quickly put my head down.	10
11	17	The jailer then, to my surprise, removed the leash from my neck.	10
14	349	She lost no time in addressing herself to the food, but, rather to my surprise, and irritation, she did so with delicacy.	10
14	538	Somewhat to my surprise the pit master had been agreeable to the free woman's desire to bathe, and he permitted me, the next day, when the cistern was free, to take her there.	10
14	577	To my surprise she then removed her outer garments, putting them to one side.	10
14	1464	She, to my surprise, however, stood closer to him than I would have expected, and more close to him than I had, originally.	10
14	1496	Then, to my surprise, and dismay, I saw her lift her chin a little more, and stretch her neck a little, lifting her lips to him.	10
31	650	His action, as sudden as it was, took the black-tunicked men by surprise.	10
37	532	But then to her surprise, and, one supposes, consternation, the Earth woman finds herself enfolded helplessly in mighty arms and kissed in turn and kissed as she had never dreamed she might be kissed, with such ferocity, and mastery and power, and ownership, and then as she reels, giddy and dazed, s...	10

Book 27. (20 results) Prize of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	67	In the instant before she had drawn the gown down she had seen her calves in the mirror, and, to her surprise, to her fear, and with perhaps an unwilling, sudden moment of apprehensive pleasure, she realized that there was still there in her body, even now, a turn of roundedness, and softness, about...	10
6	38	She then gave a soft cry of surprise, for she did not immediately recognize her image in the surface.	10
8	9	Too, there had been some soft cries, it seemed of admiration, and surprise, from some of the women.	10
10	335	The thought suddenly came to her, however, taking her off guard, to her surprise, perhaps to her horror, that she wanted to be whipped.	10
16	146	One had regarded her with surprise, and then scorn, when she had screamed, and had then looked away.	10
17	708	Happiness is often found in places which might, I take it, surprise you.	10
18	208	What would my ideological sisters say if they could see me here, in Ar, a naked slave! I am pleased to be such! Let them cry out in anger, in scorn, in contempt! I would not give the peel of a larma for all that they might think! But see if you, dear, righteous sisters, would behave any differently,...	10
18	816	"Perhaps one day, fine lady," thought Ellen, "you will wear a skimpy tunic with no nether closure, and a collar, and be doing the laundry at the pools! Then let the fine ladies look at you on your knees, working! We will see if you are such a fine lady then!" Suddenly, to her surprise, she heard, to...	10
22	268	She was now, she realized, somewhat to her surprise, rather pleased that she had been struck.	10
22	640	To her surprise, but pleasure, she saw that their path led very much in the direction she desired to go.	10
24	601	She then uncovered her eyes and her expression had changed dramatically, from tearful protest, to surprise, to awe, to, as though for the first time, a sense of her own sexuality.	10
25	72	She cried out in surprise, pain, and humiliation, kicked.	10
25	1017	A murmur of surprise, and interest, and disbelief, coursed through the crowd.	10
26	1425	He touched the side of her collar with the fingertips of his right hand, a gesture which, to her surprise, seemed almost loving.	10
27	322	The cries, rather, were those of surprise, of bewilderment, of consternation.	10
27	1600	She heard two shots, and a cry of surprise, and pain.	10
27	2035	"That does not surprise me," said Portus Canio.	10
27	3040	No longer was the element of surprise with him.	10
28	185	Thus we stayed with you, unseen, that we might, if they should attack, act unexpectedly in your behalf, act with the element of surprise in our favor.	10
30	153	She recalled her beating and her surprise, and horror, at the first stroke, and how it was like fire and snakes and wire, and how she could scarcely believe what was being done to her.	10

Book 28. (9 results) Kur of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	248	One does not note with surprise that such complementarities should occur in a species so sexually dimorphic.	10
1	502	Whereas the surprise of the Steel Worlds' girl at this seemingly unmotivated and unaccountable behavior on the part of the other female is understandable, given her background and experiences, I think that it will be in general comprehensible for most of us, and presumably for the majority of our re...	10
1	743	She was in no way unaware of her effect on males, and had often, shamelessly, pleasurably, made use of her sex to tease, torment, and exploit them, even while pretending to a sexless neutrality, putting forth then a charade of impartial personhood which was only too obviously, to an astute observer,...	10
2	354	A common principle of warfare is surprise, others being such things as concealment, deception, and so on.	10
11	267	This did not come to him as any great surprise, for he had supposed as much, having neither heard nor seen aught of Zarendargar after his extrication from the Prison Moon.	10
19	4	But such weapons were not permitted in the sport world! There were howls of surprise and fury, some abrogated instantly, as if a machine might have been switched off.	10
53	1	Return to Camp; A Surprise; A Mystery "Greetings, noble Flavion!" said Lord Grendel.	10
56	181	Cabot could now hear cries of surprise, of questioning.	10
73	210	Nonetheless, it is also commonly understood, often to the surprise, and sometimes chagrin, of masters, that kajirae, in a thousand ways, however mysteriously, are often well informed.	10

Book 29. (13 results) Swordsmen of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	515	Normally this is facilitated, unless surprise is intended, by the beating of a tarn drum, which sets the cadence.	10
5	673	How much could the fleeing Ubara have taken with her, I wondered, given the suddenness of the turn of events, the surprise of the rising.	10
5	1156	I had seen her expression, her surprise, her apprehension, her fear, her curiosity, her incipient readiness.	10
5	1167	Then, to my surprise, I heard, from deep within the forest, what was, unmistakably, the roar of a larl.	10
8	52	This, I took, somewhat to my surprise, as politeness.	10
15	408	"Do not be taken by surprise," I suggested.	10
24	35	More to my surprise were five fellows, not of the Pani, who, cross-legged, sat about, in attendance.	10
24	188	I threw it down, which brought a slight tremor of surprise, and distaste, or, perhaps better, disappointment, to the fine features of the daimyo, for sake is not to be so drunk.	10
26	165	Accordingly, their abundance and affordability, and nature, comes often as a welcome surprise to the new male immigrant, so to speak, on Gor.	10
27	102	It did not surprise me that Lord Nishida accompanied his men on foot.	10
33	122	"This revelation does not take me by surprise," I said.	10
34	100	And, it sometimes comes as a surprise to them that, in the grasp of the master, whether they wish it or not, they will endure, and submit to, ecstasies they never realized possible as a free woman, ecstasies often prolonged for Ahn.	10
40	73	One of the common requirements for a Gorean female slave might surprise those who are unfamiliar with such things.	10

Book 30. (14 results) Mariners of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	12	For example, in this fashion, the great ship could use them as concealed, surprise weapons, releasing them on a side not visible to an enemy, or, say, applying them at night; similarly, such ships might facilitate reconnoitering, facilitate communication with the shore, provide vessels for obtaining...	10
3	1149	In the basket there was the tarnster, and a warrior, and, to my surprise, a woman, a slave.	10
4	50	That Seremides had spoken seemed to surprise Lord Nishida, who glanced to Lord Okimoto, but Lord Okimoto remained passive, his countenance unreadable.	10
8	379	One of the most interesting things about barbarian slaves, which may surprise many, is that few seem to understand, at least at first, the shame that is done to them by denying them the veil.	10
9	225	Surprise would be with them for only a moment, but I had little doubt that it would be a moment of which the most would be made.	10
9	424	Lord Okimoto looked at Tajima, with surprise.	10
13	84	"Lord Nishida," he said, "has lost the element of surprise".	10
17	106	It is easy to surprise, gag, turn, and bind a woman, but it is quite another to free her from a chain.	10
20	101	I saw a sudden look of surprise, and then understanding, manifest itself in the features of Alcinoë.	10
24	336	I had turned about, finally, to join others, to make my way upward, when I heard my name called, "Callias!" I turned about, and, to my surprise, one not pleasant, I saw Seremides hobbling toward me, the crutch striking on the wharf planks.	10
26	15	"We were taken by surprise, ambushed," said a man.	10
35	117	To my surprise, the stranger left my side, and slipped, unprevented, between the guardsmen, retrieved the sack, assured himself, it seemed, of its weight, which was apparently impressive, and climbed up the gangplank.	10
36	95	Thus, much of the surprise value of tarns will be lost, something on which Lords Temmu, Nishida, and Okimoto have doubtless heavily counted.	10
37	1427	Relief, to my surprise, flooded her features.	10

Book 31. (8 results) Conspirators of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
5	340	"And then," he said, "when they were lured in, when they were encouraged, when they thought themselves welcomed, turning the freezing blast of a cold stare upon them, feigning surprise, indignation, and innocence.	10
8	178	"Kajirae, kajirae!" Small stones, stinging, one after another, apparently from almost at my elbow, were hurled against me, and, from the disturbance in the coffle, the rattle of chain, and cries of surprise and pain, I knew I was not the only victim of this petty aggression.	10
8	671	And is not flirting, I thought, even on my former world, an act of display, hinting, alluding, presenting oneself as something vivacious, attractive, sparkling, as something of interest, something worth investigating, and acquiring, an object of desire? I had muchly enjoyed such games, the suggestin...	10
8	1559	Once again, which did not surprise me, she was alone.	10
10	1116	I had little doubt they had been waiting there, watching, for me to come close enough to surprise.	10
27	111	There is little which can surprise one in the twisting, confining narrowness of a cave, and it can be dangerous to enter one.	10
49	249	To my surprise, and lack of ease, I felt slave bracelets snapped on my wrists.	10
51	85	It thus came as no surprise to her that he would not contact the Lady Bina with respect to the slave, Allison, to bid for her, to accept her even as a gift, even to inquire after her.	10

Book 32. (8 results) Smugglers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
4	17	There is always room for surprise, and spontaneity.	10
7	240	Supposedly this brightens and freshens the sales, whets anticipation and capitalizes on the delights of surprise, such strategies theoretically keeping the buyers alert and attentive.	10
9	105	Then, to my surprise, we were freed of the collars and chain.	10
14	132	One supposes one of such a caste must be able to plan, to follow through with plans, or, if it seemed wise, to depart from a plan, even suddenly, to change or alter plans, even to withdraw, and plan anew, that one such must be not only bold, but subtle and shrewd, that one such must understand the v...	10
33	116	I gathered that this was a welcome surprise.	10
41	333	The whistle was then handed about to Aeson and Genak, but each, to their surprise, and chagrin, fared no better.	10
50	467	How could I interest him, as a slave desires to interest a master? Had I been a free woman, perhaps I might have tortured him, and made him long for me, flirting, approaching and then backing away, demanding attentions and bargains, teasing, and taunting, implicitly bespeaking my favors, and then, p...	10
50	779	The gowned slave, her arm released, regarded me with surprise, and then, as the guard withdrew, with contempt.	10

Book 33. (18 results) Rebels of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	44	Had the encampment been one of an infantry, an isolated outpost, this exploitation of the element of surprise, and the precision of the ensuing encirclement, might have resulted, for most practical purposes, in a victory merging on wholesale extermination.	10
1	307	"Lord Temmu," said Lord Nishida, "hopes to cloak the tarn with secrecy, that its appearance in battle may surprise and disconcert the enemy.	10
1	435	"The element of surprise would be precluded".	10
7	5	After Tyrtaios and the officers and Ashigaru of Yamada who had accompanied him had withdrawn from the holding, I had made my way to the indoor housing area for slaves, and, to my surprise, found it empty.	10
9	65	Then suddenly, in their hundreds, they stood still, startled, unable to move, struck with surprise, astonished, for, before them, before the portal of the castle, there stood a single figure, this even as others continued to pour over the great threshold.	10
9	124	The exploratory force had failed to rouse the countryside against Lord Yamada and had been unable to set the stage for a major confrontation in which the surprise of the tarn cavalry might be decisive.	10
12	17	The collar does not diminish a woman's vanity; indeed, it may increase it, perhaps to her surprise, for not every woman is found worth collaring.	10
12	200	"It can no longer act as an instrument of surprise," I said.	10
12	202	"Not in virtue of surprise," I said.	10
16	55	I recalled that neither Lord Nishida nor Lord Okimoto had been at the meeting with Lord Temmu, that also attended by Daichi and, to my surprise at the time, Sumomo.	10
21	117	It may also be recalled that Lord Yamada, before Tajima and Pertinax departed for their rendezvous with Ichiro, offered each a woman, who might be kept as their own, and, also, that Tajima, to my surprise, and presumably to that of Lord Yamada, expressed a concern as to the comfort of slaves, on wha...	10
29	52	If there is a fault here, it is mine, for I too much gambled on surprise and seriously underestimated the alacrity with which a pursuit could be brought aflight".	10
40	81	"I wish to surprise him," said Lord Akio.	10
42	87	"Ichiro," I said, "when you first approached the whip master on the ruse of acquiring slaves to serve a pleasure feast, did he express surprise or skepticism?" "No, Commander san," said Ichiro.	10
42	370	"He has a pleasant surprise in store," said Tajima.	10
44	74	With him were three Ashigaru, which, now, to my surprise, I recognized as the three fellows whom Tajima had entertained in the inn a few pasangs to the west, the fellows who had been disappointingly casual about fetching their gathered rice to the supply wagons, but had been more than helpful in app...	10
47	219	There was a cry of surprise, and pleasure from the crowd.	10
48	32	It had come as a surprise that Haruki was allowed the freedom of the garden.	10

Book 34. (11 results) Plunder of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
6	465	Then I, and others, cried out with surprise, and dismay, for the heap of clothing was gone.	10
9	680	To my surprise, a stout rope was fastened to a ring on the top of my cage.	10
25	55	This invitation was greeted with a murmur of surprise by several of those assembled.	10
44	178	A sound of surprise, and pleasure, I thought, escaped Lord Grendel.	10
46	55	The utterance, in Kur, was startled, shaken, but its reproduction in Gorean, with its single, flat, unemotional, metallic syllable, conveyed nothing of Lord Grendel's surprise, dismay, or agitation.	10
46	261	To my surprise, cradled in his arms, he carried a crossbow, a quarrel in the guide.	10
49	110	This became clear on the morning after the third day of the storm when the weather suddenly cleared, and, to the surprise of the potential combatants, a dreadful landscape was revealed, dark with the tiny bodies of stricken, half-frozen birds, partly buried in the snow.	10
58	54	I then expected to be relieved of the hobbles, but, to my surprise, my wrists were drawn behind me, and braceleted.	10
60	280	"It is a surprise, arranged by Aelius and Lucilius, to delight the afternoon, the execution of an enemy, the consolidation of their seizure of power".	10
60	284	I suppressed a tiny cry of surprise.	10
61	63	Now, let the games continue! See how I add to them! I have planned a surprise! Look to the gates!" Decius Albus lifted and lowered his hand, signaling.	10

Book 35. (12 results) Quarry of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	69	Several in the audience reacted in surprise.	10
5	212	To my surprise, as I waited, I felt someone unknotting the cord from about my throat, that which held the sheet on me.	10
14	172	I might have cried, wept, groaned, or wailed, but I dared not, for fear of the masters, for a cry of misery would surely call forth inquiry, and so, almost without thinking, my surprise, consternation, and terror, in some unusual accommodation, which must find expression, rushed forth, transformed, ...	10
24	129	How then can you doubt the quality of these hand-picked tastas, delicacies selected with care for your delectation? And, let me apprise you that the noble Samos, as is his occasional wont, has inserted here, at one of these rings, which one, I wonder, as a challenge and surprise, a girl worthy to be...	10
30	32	Fitness and tonicity, given results, news, surprise, fear, confidence, and such, can vary within Ehn.	10
33	282	"Given surprise, in an Ahn of invasion and fire, before aid could be mustered and organized, the holding could be stormed and the quarry seized".	10
38	64	It had come as a great surprise to me when the hooding and veils of she whom I had taken to be the Lady Dorna of Tharna were torn aside, and her splendid robes drawn down to her shoulders, to discover that the beauty of her lovely neck was much set off and enhanced by the locked, close-fitting circl...	10
38	133	As mentioned, it had come as a great surprise to me to discover that she whom I had taken to be the Lady Dorna of Tharna, when her hooding and veils were torn aside, and her robes pulled down to her shoulders, was collared.	10
39	32	How different was this world from my former world! How often I had, on my former world, subtly hinting the prospect of favors I had no intention of bestowing, been escorted to expensive clubs for dining and dancing, following which, returned to my apartment, I would, given my escort's hopes or expec...	10
41	203	The advantage of surprise was with the new arrivals.	10
45	87	Surprise coursed amongst the men present.	10
46	124	Upon reflection, this did not surprise me.	10

Book 36. (13 results) Avengers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	1	We Set Course for Thera; I Speak with Aktis; We Encounter a Surprise at Sea I stood on the stern castle of the Dorna, Builder's Glass in hand, above the twin rudders, the small, swift Tesephone, shallow-drafted, capable of negotiating rivers, abeam.	10
32	18	Thus, one might hope that the surprise following a sudden, unexpected attack might burst into panic, which, ideally, would be soon transmitted to their as-yet uninvolved cohorts.	10
32	76	We had, at Zeuxis, and on the road, profited enormously from the element of surprise, but the chances of repeating such a stroke were now minimal.	10
35	21	The tactic mentioned was, in essence, simple, like surprise, diversion, screening, posting agents and spies, cutting lines of communication and supply, planting false information, and such, but was in execution subtle.	10
42	12	I sensed some surprise, some consternation, at the gate.	10
42	172	"Paying our friends a surprise visit," I said.	10
43	152	It had doubtless been his hope to take the town by surprise and sack it within two or three days at most, which hope, one notes, had been disappointed.	10
45	122	The first act was the surprise of, and murder of, the tunnel guard whom Thrasymedes and I had posted at our end of the tunnel, that tunnel which had been opened in the house of Tarchon, that through which mercenaries had sought to steal into the camp and overcome the gate guard, opening the gate to ...	10
49	29	"There is no sign of an incursion or surprise, nor of enemy troops about".	10
51	153	"I know that man," I said, "he just drawn aboard! It is Ctesippus, a colleague of Glaukos, proprietor of the tavern, The Living Island, in Sybaris!" "Does it surprise you?" asked Sakim.	10
51	157	"Does it surprise you?" I asked.	10
52	17	It facilitates advantages to be found in stealth, for example, in stalking, surprise, and evasion.	10
57	126	"And the deck, next time, will be no surprise to them," said Clitus.	10