Book 24. (7 results) Vagabonds of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 19 | 219 | Had I not defeated it? Had I not, at least, discouraged it? Should it not now, in all propriety, take wing and seek the assuagements of its hunger elsewhere, in the rich feasts offered by the delta. |
| 19 | 220 | But its attentions seemed much fastened upon me. |
| 19 | 221 | One might have thought it a sleen, a creature famed for its tenacity. |
| 19 | 222 | Let it meet then, I thought, one of man's most dangerous allies, the mystery of flame. |
| 19 | 223 | It was my intention to gather some dry rence and light it with the fire-maker, a simple device, little more than a wheel and flint, from my pouch. |
| 19 | 224 | However, it began to advance, quickly, its jaws open. |
| 19 | 225 | I withdrew, stumbling, back, into the rence. |
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Had I not defeated it? Had I not, at least, discouraged it? Should it not now, in all propriety, take wing and seek the assuagements of its hunger elsewhere, in the rich feasts offered by the delta.
But its attentions seemed much fastened upon me.
One might have thought it a sleen, a creature famed for its tenacity.
Let it meet then, I thought, one of man's most dangerous allies, the mystery of flame.
It was my intention to gather some dry rence and light it with the fire-maker, a simple device, little more than a wheel and flint, from my pouch.
However, it began to advance, quickly, its jaws open.
I withdrew, stumbling, back, into the rence.
- (Vagabonds of Gor, Chapter )