Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 413 | The orders, I thought, had been too long delayed. |
| 8 | 414 | I looked out the window. |
| 8 | 415 | As I had thought the pirate fleet was now drawing back. |
| 8 | 416 | The self-frustrating futility of their attack, obstinate and unimaginative, had, at long last, apparently been brought home to its commander. |
| 8 | 417 | The pirate ships now, sent forward judiciously, singly or doubly, supported as need be, no longer crowded together in useless attempts at boarding, could now bring their rams and shearing blades into play against the cornered, pathetically outnumbered barks of the defenders. |
| 8 | 418 | But it was now quite late in the afternoon. |
| 8 | 419 | Doubtless this attack would be postponed until morning, that the slaughter might lose nothing of its effect, some survivors perhaps being enabled, in small boats or in the water, to slip away under the cover of darkness. |
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The orders, I thought, had been too long delayed.
I looked out the window.
As I had thought the pirate fleet was now drawing back.
The self-frustrating futility of their attack, obstinate and unimaginative, had, at long last, apparently been brought home to its commander.
The pirate ships now, sent forward judiciously, singly or doubly, supported as need be, no longer crowded together in useless attempts at boarding, could now bring their rams and shearing blades into play against the cornered, pathetically outnumbered barks of the defenders.
But it was now quite late in the afternoon.
Doubtless this attack would be postponed until morning, that the slaughter might lose nothing of its effect, some survivors perhaps being enabled, in small boats or in the water, to slip away under the cover of darkness.
- (Guardsman of Gor, Chapter )