Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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Most perished in the delta.
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Some remnants, haggard, exhausted, disheveled, half-starving, ill, harried, pursued, managed to fight their way back to the Vosk, and of these some managed, overland, fugitives amongst swarming enemies, to return to Ar.
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354
Some of these veterans of the delta campaign, now embittered, realizing how they had been betrayed, and dismayed at the Ar to which they had returned, formed the nucleus of a resistance, the "Delta Brigade," the natural symbol of which was the letter "Delka," scribbled or scratched secretly, in bold lines, on many a wall or building, which letter, of course, in its shape, resembles a delta, and would recall a particular delta, that of the Vosk.
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355
To shorten the story, great Marlenus was recognized, it is said by a slave, in a line of Peasants, delivering suls within the city.
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356
This cognizance came to the attention of members of the Delta Brigade, who took in, concealed, and sheltered their Ubar.
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357
In their care, days later, it is said that suddenly the long-suppressed memory of great Marlenus again came alive, in a howl of understanding and rage.
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358
He sprang to his feet, a larl amongst men.
Most perished in the delta.
Some remnants, haggard, exhausted, disheveled, half-starving, ill, harried, pursued, managed to fight their way back to the Vosk, and of these some managed, overland, fugitives amongst swarming enemies, to return to Ar.
Some of these veterans of the delta campaign, now embittered, realizing how they had been betrayed, and dismayed at the Ar to which they had returned, formed the nucleus of a resistance, the "Delta Brigade," the natural symbol of which was the letter "Delka," scribbled or scratched secretly, in bold lines, on many a wall or building, which letter, of course, in its shape, resembles a delta, and would recall a particular delta, that of the Vosk.
To shorten the story, great Marlenus was recognized, it is said by a slave, in a line of Peasants, delivering suls within the city.
This cognizance came to the attention of members of the Delta Brigade, who took in, concealed, and sheltered their Ubar.
In their care, days later, it is said that suddenly the long-suppressed memory of great Marlenus again came alive, in a howl of understanding and rage.
He sprang to his feet, a larl amongst men.
- (Mariners of Gor, Chapter )