Book 21. (7 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 19 | 495 | "What were the papers nailed to the pole?" asked Boabissia. |
| 19 | 496 | "Our letters of safety," I told her. |
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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.
"What were the papers nailed to the pole?" asked Boabissia.
"Our letters of safety," I told her.
- (Mercenaries of Gor, Chapter )