Book 5. (7 results) Assassin of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 12 | But perhaps they are the most marvelous when seen at night from tarnback. |
| 3 | 13 | I remembered the night, so many years ago, when I had first streaked over the walls of Ar, on the Planting Feast, and had made the strike of a tarnsman for the Home Stone of Gor's greatest city, Glorious Ar. |
| 3 | 14 | As I could I put these thoughts from my mind, but I could not fully escape them, for among them was the memory of a girl, she, Talena, the daughter of the Ubar of Ubars, Marlenus, who so many years before had been the Free Companion of a simple Warrior of Ko-ro-ba, he who had been torn from her at the will of Priest-Kings and returned to distant Earth, there to wait until he was needed again for another turn of play in the harsh games of Gor. |
| 3 | 15 | When the city of Ko-ro-ba had been destroyed by Priest-Kings and its people scattered, no two to stand together, the girl had disappeared. |
| 3 | 16 | The Warrior of Ko-ro-ba had never found her. |
| 3 | 17 | He did not know whether she was alive or dead. |
| 3 | 18 | For those who passed in the street some might have been startled had they noted, standing in the shadows, one who wore the black of the Assassins, who wept. |
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But perhaps they are the most marvelous when seen at night from tarnback.
I remembered the night, so many years ago, when I had first streaked over the walls of Ar, on the Planting Feast, and had made the strike of a tarnsman for the Home Stone of Gor's greatest city, Glorious Ar.
As I could I put these thoughts from my mind, but I could not fully escape them, for among them was the memory of a girl, she, Talena, the daughter of the Ubar of Ubars, Marlenus, who so many years before had been the Free Companion of a simple Warrior of Ko-ro-ba, he who had been torn from her at the will of Priest-Kings and returned to distant Earth, there to wait until he was needed again for another turn of play in the harsh games of Gor.
When the city of Ko-ro-ba had been destroyed by Priest-Kings and its people scattered, no two to stand together, the girl had disappeared.
The Warrior of Ko-ro-ba had never found her.
He did not know whether she was alive or dead.
For those who passed in the street some might have been startled had they noted, standing in the shadows, one who wore the black of the Assassins, who wept.
- (Assassin of Gor, Chapter )