Book 6. (7 results) Raiders of Gor (Context Quote)
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7
63
Then, as the oar-master again cried out, they entered as one into the water; and then, as he cried out again, each oar drew slowly in the water, and then turned and lifted, the water falling in the light from the blades like silver chains.
7
64
The barge, deep in the water, began to back away from the island.
7
65
Then, some fifty yards away, it turned slowly, prow now facing away from the island, toward Port Kar.
7
66
I heard the oar-master call his time again and again, not hurrying his men, each time more faintly than the last.
7
67
Then the second barge backed away from the island, turned and followed the first, and then so, too, did the others.
7
68
I stood up on the raft of rence reed, and looked after the barges.
7
69
At my feet, half covered with the rence reeds with which we had concealed ourselves, lay Telima.
Then, as the oar-master again cried out, they entered as one into the water; and then, as he cried out again, each oar drew slowly in the water, and then turned and lifted, the water falling in the light from the blades like silver chains.
The barge, deep in the water, began to back away from the island.
Then, some fifty yards away, it turned slowly, prow now facing away from the island, toward Port Kar.
I heard the oar-master call his time again and again, not hurrying his men, each time more faintly than the last.
Then the second barge backed away from the island, turned and followed the first, and then so, too, did the others.
I stood up on the raft of rence reed, and looked after the barges.
At my feet, half covered with the rence reeds with which we had concealed ourselves, lay Telima.
- (Raiders of Gor, Chapter )