Book 26. (7 results) Witness of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 512 | The tripodlike arrangement of beams which, with its pulley, facilitated the movement of the rope, could be set up or taken down. |
| 10 | 513 | Above the track of the platform, swung back now, was a double gate. |
| 10 | 514 | It was such that the platform, if the tripod of beams was not set up, could be extended or withdrawn without reference to it. |
| 10 | 515 | In each of the double gates was a smaller opening which was now shut, through which only one person at a time might pass. |
| 10 | 516 | Given these arrangements several permutations were possible, the most obvious being the gates shut and the platform withdrawn, the gates shut and the platform extended, and the gates open with the platform extended or withdrawn. |
| 10 | 517 | I would not wish to have been on the platform if the gates were closed and the platform was withdrawn. |
| 10 | 518 | I suddenly whimpered, for the platform began to move back, into the citadel. |
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The tripodlike arrangement of beams which, with its pulley, facilitated the movement of the rope, could be set up or taken down.
Above the track of the platform, swung back now, was a double gate.
It was such that the platform, if the tripod of beams was not set up, could be extended or withdrawn without reference to it.
In each of the double gates was a smaller opening which was now shut, through which only one person at a time might pass.
Given these arrangements several permutations were possible, the most obvious being the gates shut and the platform withdrawn, the gates shut and the platform extended, and the gates open with the platform extended or withdrawn.
I would not wish to have been on the platform if the gates were closed and the platform was withdrawn.
I suddenly whimpered, for the platform began to move back, into the citadel.
- (Witness of Gor, Chapter )