Book 13. (7 results) Explorers of Gor (Context Quote)
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But there had been only three of the vessels, out of some one hundred.
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And Shaba had moved in secrecy.
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There had been, as far as I could tell, no convoy of askari canoes with him, nor askaris, as far as I saw, in the vessel I had seen.
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The men with him, I suspected, or most of them, were members of his own caste, geographers of the scribes, perhaps, but men inured to hardships, perhaps men who had been with him in his explorations of Ushindi and Ngao, men he trusted and upon whom he could count in desperate situations, caste brothers.
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I brushed insects away from my face.
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It seemed clear to me that Shaba must be in flight, and I had little doubt that he must have the ring with him, to obtain which had been the object of my journey to Schendi.
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He had now passed us, moving silently, secretly, to the east.
But there had been only three of the vessels, out of some one hundred.
And Shaba had moved in secrecy.
There had been, as far as I could tell, no convoy of askari canoes with him, nor askaris, as far as I saw, in the vessel I had seen.
The men with him, I suspected, or most of them, were members of his own caste, geographers of the scribes, perhaps, but men inured to hardships, perhaps men who had been with him in his explorations of Ushindi and Ngao, men he trusted and upon whom he could count in desperate situations, caste brothers.
I brushed insects away from my face.
It seemed clear to me that Shaba must be in flight, and I had little doubt that he must have the ring with him, to obtain which had been the object of my journey to Schendi.
He had now passed us, moving silently, secretly, to the east.
- (Explorers of Gor, Chapter )