Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
18
65
I streaked from the walls of Ar, noting with dismay that the procession of Pa-Kur was only a short distance from the great gate.
18
66
I could see the tharlarion on which he rode, the figure of the Assassin, and the slip of a girl, in her white robe, who, beside the animal, walked like a Ubara, though barefoot and chained to its saddle.
18
67
I wondered if Pa-Kur might be curious to know who was the rider of that solitary sable tarn which flashed above his head.
18
68
In what seemed like an hour, but must have been no more than three or four minutes, I was behind the camp of Pa-Kur and searching for the dreaded dar-kosis Pits, those prisons in which the Afflicted may freely incarcerate themselves and be fed, but from which they are not allowed to depart.
18
69
There were several, easily visible from above because of their broad, circular form, much like a great well sunk in the earth.
18
70
When I came to one, I would bring the tarn lower.
18
71
When I had completed my search, I had found only one pit deserted.
I streaked from the walls of Ar, noting with dismay that the procession of Pa-Kur was only a short distance from the great gate.
I could see the tharlarion on which he rode, the figure of the Assassin, and the slip of a girl, in her white robe, who, beside the animal, walked like a Ubara, though barefoot and chained to its saddle.
I wondered if Pa-Kur might be curious to know who was the rider of that solitary sable tarn which flashed above his head.
In what seemed like an hour, but must have been no more than three or four minutes, I was behind the camp of Pa-Kur and searching for the dreaded dar-kosis Pits, those prisons in which the Afflicted may freely incarcerate themselves and be fed, but from which they are not allowed to depart.
There were several, easily visible from above because of their broad, circular form, much like a great well sunk in the earth.
When I came to one, I would bring the tarn lower.
When I had completed my search, I had found only one pit deserted.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter )