Book 26. (7 results) Witness of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | 20 | They are strangers! It is a raid! They have come through the defenses! I, standing, watched them. |
| 24 | 21 | They seemed placid enough, so far away, moving swiftly, in single file, toward the right, toward some other part of the city. |
| 24 | 22 | Perhaps they had moved in stages, by night, coming closer and closer to the city, concealing themselves by day in ravines, now, at this time of day, making their dash toward the city. |
| 24 | 23 | They might have three ahn until darkness. |
| 24 | 24 | That was quite possibly the time they had allotted for their work. |
| 24 | 25 | Then they would doubtless attempt to withdraw, their work done, whatever it might be, under the cover of darkness. |
| 24 | 26 | Then I turned and backed toward the wall, in a rattle of chain, for a gigantic shadow, frightening me, fleeting and wild, had been cast upon the wall. |
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They are strangers! It is a raid! They have come through the defenses! I, standing, watched them.
They seemed placid enough, so far away, moving swiftly, in single file, toward the right, toward some other part of the city.
Perhaps they had moved in stages, by night, coming closer and closer to the city, concealing themselves by day in ravines, now, at this time of day, making their dash toward the city.
They might have three ahn until darkness.
That was quite possibly the time they had allotted for their work.
Then they would doubtless attempt to withdraw, their work done, whatever it might be, under the cover of darkness.
Then I turned and backed toward the wall, in a rattle of chain, for a gigantic shadow, frightening me, fleeting and wild, had been cast upon the wall.
- (Witness of Gor, Chapter )