Book 25. (1 results) Magicians of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 15 | 81 | The atrium in the house of records, I had learned, was open to the sky, which opening, as in many public and private Gorean buildings in the south, serves to admit light. |
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Book 25. (7 results) Magicians of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 15 | 78 | "Certainly," I assured him. |
| 15 | 79 | "What is your plan?" he asked. |
| 15 | 80 | "To approach the house of records over adjoining roofs, eschewing the use of patrolled streets," I said, "then to hurl the iron and rope from the roof of a nearby building to the roof of the house of records, and thence, later, by means of its displuviate atrium, to obtain entrance". |
| 15 | 81 | The atrium in the house of records, I had learned, was open to the sky, which opening, as in many public and private Gorean buildings in the south, serves to admit light. |
| 15 | 82 | The displuviate atrium is open in such a way as to shed rainwater outwards, keeping most of it from the flooring of the atrium below. |
| 15 | 83 | This would also facilitate the use of the rope and iron. |
| 15 | 84 | The alternative atrium, if unroofed, of course, is impluviate, so constructed as to guide rainwater into an awaiting pool below. |
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"Certainly," I assured him.
"What is your plan?" he asked.
"To approach the house of records over adjoining roofs, eschewing the use of patrolled streets," I said, "then to hurl the iron and rope from the roof of a nearby building to the roof of the house of records, and thence, later, by means of its displuviate atrium, to obtain entrance".
The atrium in the house of records, I had learned, was open to the sky, which opening, as in many public and private Gorean buildings in the south, serves to admit light.
The displuviate atrium is open in such a way as to shed rainwater outwards, keeping most of it from the flooring of the atrium below.
This would also facilitate the use of the rope and iron.
The alternative atrium, if unroofed, of course, is impluviate, so constructed as to guide rainwater into an awaiting pool below.
- (Magicians of Gor, Chapter 15)