Book 24. (7 results) Vagabonds of Gor (Context Quote)
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Sentence #
Quote
18
287
Though it was hot I had covered myself with one of the blankets I had taken.
18
288
This afforded me protection against the flies.
18
289
Too, it should prove useful when the chills set in, a predictable consequence of the venom of sting flies, when administered in more than nominal amounts.
18
290
In an ahn, under the blanket, sweating, I felt sick.
18
291
It was only then, I think, that I began to realize the extent to which I must have been stung by the flies.
18
292
To be sure, of the dozens, perhaps hundreds, which had alighted on my body, probably no more than twenty or thirty had actually stung me.
18
293
The swelling from such stings usually appears almost immediately, and peaks within an ahn, and then subsides in anywhere from a few ahn to two or three days.
Though it was hot I had covered myself with one of the blankets I had taken.
This afforded me protection against the flies.
Too, it should prove useful when the chills set in, a predictable consequence of the venom of sting flies, when administered in more than nominal amounts.
In an ahn, under the blanket, sweating, I felt sick.
It was only then, I think, that I began to realize the extent to which I must have been stung by the flies.
To be sure, of the dozens, perhaps hundreds, which had alighted on my body, probably no more than twenty or thirty had actually stung me.
The swelling from such stings usually appears almost immediately, and peaks within an ahn, and then subsides in anywhere from a few ahn to two or three days.
- (Vagabonds of Gor, Chapter )