Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
27
317
The old frame shook, though whether with pain or sorrow, or both, I could not tell.
27
318
"Now," she said, "I die and the race of Priest-Kings must not die with me".
27
319
I could barely hear the words from the translator.
27
320
"Long ago," she said, "Misk, my child, stole the egg of a male and now he has hidden it from Sarm and others who do not wish for there to be another Nest".
27
321
"I know," I said softly.
27
322
"Not long ago," said she, "perhaps no more than four of your centuries, he told me of what he had done and of his reasons for doing so".
27
323
The withered antennae trembled, and the thin brown threads on them lifted as though stirred by a chill wind, the passing foot of mortality.
The old frame shook, though whether with pain or sorrow, or both, I could not tell.
"Now," she said, "I die and the race of Priest-Kings must not die with me".
I could barely hear the words from the translator.
"Long ago," she said, "Misk, my child, stole the egg of a male and now he has hidden it from Sarm and others who do not wish for there to be another Nest".
"I know," I said softly.
"Not long ago," said she, "perhaps no more than four of your centuries, he told me of what he had done and of his reasons for doing so".
The withered antennae trembled, and the thin brown threads on them lifted as though stirred by a chill wind, the passing foot of mortality.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter )