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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)

Chapter # Sentence # Quote
6 157 This made me angry, for some reason, though I thought myself well rid of her.
6 158 After all, what did I expect? That she would thank me for saving her life? She had undoubtedly left me to the tharlarion, rejoicing in the luck of a Ubar's daughter, that her enemies might destroy one another while she escaped with her life.
6 159 I wondered how far she would get in the swamps before another tharlarion caught her scent.
6 160 I called out "Nar!", looking for my spider comrade, but he, like the girl, had disappeared.
6 161 Exhausted, I sat with my back against the tree, my hand never leaving the hilt of my sword.
6 162 Idly, with repulsion, I watched the body of the tharlarion in the swamp.
6 163 As the water lizards had fed, the carcass, lightened, had shifted position, rolling in the water.
This made me angry, for some reason, though I thought myself well rid of her. After all, what did I expect? That she would thank me for saving her life? She had undoubtedly left me to the tharlarion, rejoicing in the luck of a Ubar's daughter, that her enemies might destroy one another while she escaped with her life. I wondered how far she would get in the swamps before another tharlarion caught her scent. I called out "Nar!", looking for my spider comrade, but he, like the girl, had disappeared. Exhausted, I sat with my back against the tree, my hand never leaving the hilt of my sword. Idly, with repulsion, I watched the body of the tharlarion in the swamp. As the water lizards had fed, the carcass, lightened, had shifted position, rolling in the water. - (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter )