Book 26. (1 results) Witness of Gor (Individual Quote)
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19
73
At night, beacon fires, which may be shielded and then unshielded, in codes, may be used.
At night, beacon fires, which may be shielded and then unshielded, in codes, may be used.
- (Witness of Gor, Chapter 19, Sentence #73)
Book 26. (7 results) Witness of Gor (Context Quote)
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Sentence #
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19
70
The flash was not unlike that from mirrors used as signal devices in the mountains.
19
71
I had seen such flashes occasionally from the balustrade, presumably the routine signals of guards.
19
72
Smoke signals, too, are apparently sometimes used, but I had not seen them from the balustrade.
19
73
At night, beacon fires, which may be shielded and then unshielded, in codes, may be used.
19
74
The flash of the mirrors, the sight of the smoke signal, the glimpse of a fire, such things, it might be recollected, convey their message at the speed of light, far faster than a tarn can fly, incomparably more swift, even, than the flighted sound of a distant bar.
19
75
There were exclamations of astonishment from the crowd.
19
76
Such a plate might have come from a palace.
The flash was not unlike that from mirrors used as signal devices in the mountains.
I had seen such flashes occasionally from the balustrade, presumably the routine signals of guards.
Smoke signals, too, are apparently sometimes used, but I had not seen them from the balustrade.
At night, beacon fires, which may be shielded and then unshielded, in codes, may be used.
The flash of the mirrors, the sight of the smoke signal, the glimpse of a fire, such things, it might be recollected, convey their message at the speed of light, far faster than a tarn can fly, incomparably more swift, even, than the flighted sound of a distant bar.
There were exclamations of astonishment from the crowd.
Such a plate might have come from a palace.
- (Witness of Gor, Chapter 19)