Book 5. (7 results) Assassin of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 207 | "Magnificent!" he cried weeping, taking the Player by the shoulders and shaking him. |
| 3 | 208 | And then the Vintner himself, as proud as though it had been his own, announced the Player's next move. |
| 3 | 209 | "scribe takes Home Stone". |
| 3 | 210 | The crowd and I cried out with delight, marveling on it, the now-apparent simplicity of it, the attack which had been not so much mounted as revealed by the apparently meaningless moves, intended only to clear the board for the vital attack, coming from the improbable Ubara's scribe, one of the least powerful pieces on the board, yet, when used in combination with, say, a Tarnsman and a Rider of the High Tharlarion, as devastating as the Ubar itself. |
| 3 | 211 | None of us, including the Vintner, had so much as suspected the attack. |
| 3 | 212 | The Vintner pressed the copper tarn disk, which the Player had won from him, into the Player's hands, and the Player placed this coin in his pouch. |
| 3 | 213 | I then pressed into the hands of the Player the tarn disk of gold, of double weight, and the man held it clenched in his hands, and smiled and rose to his feet. |
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"Magnificent!" he cried weeping, taking the Player by the shoulders and shaking him.
And then the Vintner himself, as proud as though it had been his own, announced the Player's next move.
"scribe takes Home Stone".
The crowd and I cried out with delight, marveling on it, the now-apparent simplicity of it, the attack which had been not so much mounted as revealed by the apparently meaningless moves, intended only to clear the board for the vital attack, coming from the improbable Ubara's scribe, one of the least powerful pieces on the board, yet, when used in combination with, say, a Tarnsman and a Rider of the High Tharlarion, as devastating as the Ubar itself.
None of us, including the Vintner, had so much as suspected the attack.
The Vintner pressed the copper tarn disk, which the Player had won from him, into the Player's hands, and the Player placed this coin in his pouch.
I then pressed into the hands of the Player the tarn disk of gold, of double weight, and the man held it clenched in his hands, and smiled and rose to his feet.
- (Assassin of Gor, Chapter )