Book 21. (7 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | 488 | Probably, at the demand of the officer, I would have surrendered them. |
| 19 | 489 | And doubtless, if not there, then somewhere else I might have surrendered them, in some context, or upon some demand, somewhere or another. |
| 19 | 490 | I smiled bitterly. |
| 19 | 491 | Letters of safety, indeed! They had not been letters of safety so much, it seemed, as death warrants, or orders for execution, laden with mortal peril for any so bold or foolish as to carry them. |
| 19 | 492 | I saw the small figure of Ephialtes disappearing now in the distance. |
| 19 | 493 | He had sought to steal protection but had purloined only death. |
| 19 | 494 | He had been caught like some tiny insect in a dark and terrible web, one whose existence he had not even suspected. |
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Probably, at the demand of the officer, I would have surrendered them.
And doubtless, if not there, then somewhere else I might have surrendered them, in some context, or upon some demand, somewhere or another.
I smiled bitterly.
Letters of safety, indeed! They had not been letters of safety so much, it seemed, as death warrants, or orders for execution, laden with mortal peril for any so bold or foolish as to carry them.
I saw the small figure of Ephialtes disappearing now in the distance.
He had sought to steal protection but had purloined only death.
He had been caught like some tiny insect in a dark and terrible web, one whose existence he had not even suspected.
- (Mercenaries of Gor, Chapter )