Book 5. (7 results) Assassin of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 51 | We flew for perhaps an ahn and then, following a lead tarnsman, dipped and, one at a time, the others circling, landed on a rocky shelf on the side of a steep cliff, apparently no different from dozens of other such shelves we had already passed, save that this shelf, due to an overhang of the cliff above, tended to be somewhat more sheltered than most. |
| 7 | 52 | Once landed the tarns and baskets were moved back beneath the overhang, beneath which we took up our post as well. |
| 7 | 53 | No one talked. |
| 7 | 54 | We stood there in the night, in the cold, for perhaps better than two ahn. |
| 7 | 55 | Then I heard one of the men-at-arms say, "There!" The black disk approached, more slowly now, seeming to sense its way. |
| 7 | 56 | It dropped among the peaks and, moving delicately among the rocks, neared our shelf. |
| 7 | 57 | "It is strange," whispered one of the men-at-arms, "that Priest-Kings must act with such secrecy". |
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We flew for perhaps an ahn and then, following a lead tarnsman, dipped and, one at a time, the others circling, landed on a rocky shelf on the side of a steep cliff, apparently no different from dozens of other such shelves we had already passed, save that this shelf, due to an overhang of the cliff above, tended to be somewhat more sheltered than most.
Once landed the tarns and baskets were moved back beneath the overhang, beneath which we took up our post as well.
No one talked.
We stood there in the night, in the cold, for perhaps better than two ahn.
Then I heard one of the men-at-arms say, "There!" The black disk approached, more slowly now, seeming to sense its way.
It dropped among the peaks and, moving delicately among the rocks, neared our shelf.
"It is strange," whispered one of the men-at-arms, "that Priest-Kings must act with such secrecy".
- (Assassin of Gor, Chapter )