Book 19. (7 results) Kajira of Gor (Context Quote)
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Quote
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398
"Back!" shouted Hassan to the crowd.
30
399
"Move back!" The crowd, some two hundred of us, perhaps, pressed back around the interior walls of the yard.
30
400
We looked across the yard.
30
401
The dwelling within, which fronted on the yard, was a two-story building of dark, fitted stone.
30
402
Its portal was sturdy, not unusual in a Gorean house, and was reached by a high, narrow flight of stairs, this leading to a broad landing.
30
403
In this arrangement defenders have a secure footing, given the breadth of the landing, but unwelcome guests, in the absence of ladders, must face the difficulty of negotiating an unpleasant approach, that afforded by steep, narrow stairs.
30
404
There were no windows on our side of the house, that fronting the yard.
"Back!" shouted Hassan to the crowd.
"Move back!" The crowd, some two hundred of us, perhaps, pressed back around the interior walls of the yard.
We looked across the yard.
The dwelling within, which fronted on the yard, was a two-story building of dark, fitted stone.
Its portal was sturdy, not unusual in a Gorean house, and was reached by a high, narrow flight of stairs, this leading to a broad landing.
In this arrangement defenders have a secure footing, given the breadth of the landing, but unwelcome guests, in the absence of ladders, must face the difficulty of negotiating an unpleasant approach, that afforded by steep, narrow stairs.
There were no windows on our side of the house, that fronting the yard.
- (Kajira of Gor, Chapter )