Book 13. (7 results) Explorers of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 32 | 553 | It was not known what had become of the population of the city which had been permitted to fall into ruins. |
| 32 | 554 | No marks of war or fire, or other forms of sudden destruction, had been discernible. |
| 32 | 555 | Meals had apparently been left uneaten, and fires untended. |
| 32 | 556 | At a given point, perhaps determined by their priests or chiefs, for no reason that is clear to us, the population, it seemed, had abandoned the city, marching away into the jungles. |
| 32 | 557 | The fate of the population was one of anthropology's mysteries. |
| 32 | 558 | I was thrust toward the city. |
| 32 | 559 | I, perhaps alone of all white people, now understood, or thought I understood, what had become of the population of the city which, over centuries, had fallen into ruins. |
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It was not known what had become of the population of the city which had been permitted to fall into ruins.
No marks of war or fire, or other forms of sudden destruction, had been discernible.
Meals had apparently been left uneaten, and fires untended.
At a given point, perhaps determined by their priests or chiefs, for no reason that is clear to us, the population, it seemed, had abandoned the city, marching away into the jungles.
The fate of the population was one of anthropology's mysteries.
I was thrust toward the city.
I, perhaps alone of all white people, now understood, or thought I understood, what had become of the population of the city which, over centuries, had fallen into ruins.
- (Explorers of Gor, Chapter )