Book 5. (7 results) Assassin of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 39 | The reflection of the fire, even in the sunlight, could be seen on his face. |
| 1 | 40 | His forehead began to sweat. |
| 1 | 41 | He blinked his eyes against the heat. |
| 1 | 42 | The men and women of Ko-ro-ba stood circled about the pyre, neither moving nor speaking, for better than two ahn. |
| 1 | 43 | After about half an ahn the pyre, still fearful with heat and light, had collapsed with a roar, forming a great, fiercely burning mound of oil-soaked wood. |
| 1 | 44 | At last, when the wood burned only here and there, and what had been the pyre was mostly ashes and glowing wood, the men of a dozen castes, each carrying a jar of chilled wine, moved about, pouring the wine over the fire, quenching it. |
| 1 | 45 | Other men sought in the ashes for what might be found of the Warrior. |
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The reflection of the fire, even in the sunlight, could be seen on his face.
His forehead began to sweat.
He blinked his eyes against the heat.
The men and women of Ko-ro-ba stood circled about the pyre, neither moving nor speaking, for better than two ahn.
After about half an ahn the pyre, still fearful with heat and light, had collapsed with a roar, forming a great, fiercely burning mound of oil-soaked wood.
At last, when the wood burned only here and there, and what had been the pyre was mostly ashes and glowing wood, the men of a dozen castes, each carrying a jar of chilled wine, moved about, pouring the wine over the fire, quenching it.
Other men sought in the ashes for what might be found of the Warrior.
- (Assassin of Gor, Chapter )