Book 5. (7 results) Assassin of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
2
48
Then he looked down on her.
2
49
Her eyes were lifted to his, frightened.
2
50
The yellow of her livery seemed dark in the shadows.
2
51
From where she knelt she could see the low-hanging tharlarion oil lamps of the main portion of the paga tavern, the men, the girls in silk who, in a moment, belled, would move among them, replenishing the paga.
2
52
In the center of the tables, under a hanging lamp, there was a square area, recessed, filled with sand, in which men might fight or girls dance.
2
53
Beyond the area of the sand and the many tables there was a high wall, some twenty feet or so high, in which there were four levels, each containing seven small curtained alcoves, the entrances to which were circular, with a diameter of about twenty-four inches.
2
54
Seven narrow ladders, each about eight inches in width, fixed into the wall, gave access to these alcoves.
Then he looked down on her.
Her eyes were lifted to his, frightened.
The yellow of her livery seemed dark in the shadows.
From where she knelt she could see the low-hanging tharlarion oil lamps of the main portion of the paga tavern, the men, the girls in silk who, in a moment, belled, would move among them, replenishing the paga.
In the center of the tables, under a hanging lamp, there was a square area, recessed, filled with sand, in which men might fight or girls dance.
Beyond the area of the sand and the many tables there was a high wall, some twenty feet or so high, in which there were four levels, each containing seven small curtained alcoves, the entrances to which were circular, with a diameter of about twenty-four inches.
Seven narrow ladders, each about eight inches in width, fixed into the wall, gave access to these alcoves.
- (Assassin of Gor, Chapter )