Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
6
161
Exhausted, I sat with my back against the tree, my hand never leaving the hilt of my sword.
Exhausted, I sat with my back against the tree, my hand never leaving the hilt of my sword.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter 6, Sentence #161)
Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
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.
6
164
Now, in a matter of minutes, the skeleton was visible, picked almost clean, the bones gleaming except where small lizards skittered about on them, seeking a last particle of flesh.
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.
Now, in a matter of minutes, the skeleton was visible, picked almost clean, the bones gleaming except where small lizards skittered about on them, seeking a last particle of flesh.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter 6)