Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
4
54
"We would be then nothing but a tethered, placid target, one impossible to miss.
4
55
If our flank were turned, too, we could no longer protect ourselves.
4
56
Only our undefended strakes could be presented to the rams of the enemy.
4
57
In an ahn your floating fortress of wood could be a wreckage, awash, of timbers and chains".
4
58
"Then let us withdraw," said the officer.
4
59
"It is too late for that," said Callimachus.
4
60
The officer, white-faced, looked over the rail of the stem castle.
"We would be then nothing but a tethered, placid target, one impossible to miss.
If our flank were turned, too, we could no longer protect ourselves.
Only our undefended strakes could be presented to the rams of the enemy.
In an ahn your floating fortress of wood could be a wreckage, awash, of timbers and chains".
"Then let us withdraw," said the officer.
"It is too late for that," said Callimachus.
The officer, white-faced, looked over the rail of the stem castle.
- (Guardsman of Gor, Chapter )