Book 5. (1 results) Assassin of Gor (Individual Quote)
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Then freewomen, veiled and in Robes of Concealment, each carrying a jar or canister, approached the structure.
Then free women, veiled and in Robes of Concealment, each carrying a jar or canister, approached the structure.
- (Assassin of Gor, Chapter 1, Sentence #17)
Book 5. (7 results) Assassin of Gor (Context Quote)
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There were hundreds of them, trimmed and squared, mostly of Ka-la-na wood, from the sweet-smelling wine trees of Gor.
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15
They crossed one another in the intricate traditional patterns, spaces between to permit the rush of air, forming a carefully structured, tiered, truncated pyramid.
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16
Kuurus observed, curious, as the last log was placed by two men in the red of Warriors.
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17
Then freewomen, veiled and in Robes of Concealment, each carrying a jar or canister, approached the structure.
1
18
Even from where Kuurus waited he could smell the perfumed oils, the unguents and spices, which the women, climbing and moving about the pyramid slowly, as though on stairs, sprinkled about or poured over the wood.
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19
Beyond the wood, toward the city, Kuurus could see the procession.
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20
He was surprised for, judging from the colors of the garments of those who marched, it contained men of many castes, perhaps all castes of the city, only that he did not see among them the white of the Caste of Initiates.
There were hundreds of them, trimmed and squared, mostly of Ka-la-na wood, from the sweet-smelling wine trees of Gor.
They crossed one another in the intricate traditional patterns, spaces between to permit the rush of air, forming a carefully structured, tiered, truncated pyramid.
Kuurus observed, curious, as the last log was placed by two men in the red of Warriors.
Then free women, veiled and in Robes of Concealment, each carrying a jar or canister, approached the structure.
Even from where Kuurus waited he could smell the perfumed oils, the unguents and spices, which the women, climbing and moving about the pyramid slowly, as though on stairs, sprinkled about or poured over the wood.
Beyond the wood, toward the city, Kuurus could see the procession.
He was surprised for, judging from the colors of the garments of those who marched, it contained men of many castes, perhaps all castes of the city, only that he did not see among them the white of the Caste of Initiates.
- (Assassin of Gor, Chapter 1)