Book 6. (7 results) Raiders of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 73 | I struck first their helmsmen, and soon none would ascend to the tiller deck. |
| 8 | 74 | Then warriors climbed down to the punt, to help the slaves cut marsh vine and sedge, to clear the way, but these warriors, exposed, fell easy prey to the birds of the bow. |
| 8 | 75 | Then more slaves were put in the punt, and ordered to cut, and cut more. |
| 8 | 76 | And when some growth had been cleared and an oar-master would dare to take his seat to call the time for rowers he, too, like the helmsmen, would taste in his heart the touch of the metal-piled shaft. |
| 8 | 77 | And then none would dare take the place of the oar-master. |
| 8 | 78 | As darkness fell in the marsh the men of Port Kar lit torches on the sides of the barges. |
| 8 | 79 | But by the light of these torches the great bow found the enjoyment of various victories. |
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I struck first their helmsmen, and soon none would ascend to the tiller deck.
Then warriors climbed down to the punt, to help the slaves cut marsh vine and sedge, to clear the way, but these warriors, exposed, fell easy prey to the birds of the bow.
Then more slaves were put in the punt, and ordered to cut, and cut more.
And when some growth had been cleared and an oar-master would dare to take his seat to call the time for rowers he, too, like the helmsmen, would taste in his heart the touch of the metal-piled shaft.
And then none would dare take the place of the oar-master.
As darkness fell in the marsh the men of Port Kar lit torches on the sides of the barges.
But by the light of these torches the great bow found the enjoyment of various victories.
- (Raiders of Gor, Chapter )