Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | 49 | This practice, as once in England, is more than a simple matter of convention. |
| 9 | 50 | When one keeps to the left side of the road, one's sword arm faces the passing stranger. |
| 9 | 51 | It seemed we had little to fear, and we had passed several of the pasang stones that line the side of the highway without seeing anything more threatening than a line of peasants carrying brushwood on their backs, and a pair of hurrying Initiates. |
| 9 | 52 | Once, however, Talena dragged me to the side of the road, and, scarcely able to conceal our horror, we watched while a sufferer from the incurable dar-kosis disease, bent in his yellow shrouds, hobbled by, periodically clacking that wooden device which warns all within hearing to stand clear from his path. |
| 9 | 53 | "An Afflicted One," said Talena, gravely, using the expression common for such plagued wretches on Gor. |
| 9 | 54 | The name of the disease itself, dar-kosis, is almost never mentioned. |
| 9 | 55 | I glimpsed the face beneath the hood and felt sick. |
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This practice, as once in England, is more than a simple matter of convention.
When one keeps to the left side of the road, one's sword arm faces the passing stranger.
It seemed we had little to fear, and we had passed several of the pasang stones that line the side of the highway without seeing anything more threatening than a line of peasants carrying brushwood on their backs, and a pair of hurrying Initiates.
Once, however, Talena dragged me to the side of the road, and, scarcely able to conceal our horror, we watched while a sufferer from the incurable dar-kosis disease, bent in his yellow shrouds, hobbled by, periodically clacking that wooden device which warns all within hearing to stand clear from his path.
"An Afflicted One," said Talena, gravely, using the expression common for such plagued wretches on Gor.
The name of the disease itself, dar-kosis, is almost never mentioned.
I glimpsed the face beneath the hood and felt sick.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter )