Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 49 | I had not been killed, as yet, at least. |
| 3 | 50 | What might they want of me, if anything? I do not know how long I slept. |
| 3 | 51 | I heard no bars, marking the four watches, each of five ahn, into which the day of a round ship is often divided. |
| 3 | 52 | A bar signifies the beginning of a watch, struck once, twice for the second ahn of the watch, and so on. |
| 3 | 53 | The first watch begins with the commencement of the day's first ahn, the second with the sixth ahn, the third with the eleventh ahn, and the fourth with the sixteenth ahn. |
| 3 | 54 | The final division of the fourth watch commences with the twentieth ahn. |
| 3 | 55 | Interestingly, at least to those unaccustomed to the routine of the round ship, the bars which do not pertain to one are scarcely noticed, no more than the creaking of timbers, the wash of waves against the hull. |
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I had not been killed, as yet, at least.
What might they want of me, if anything? I do not know how long I slept.
I heard no bars, marking the four watches, each of five ahn, into which the day of a round ship is often divided.
A bar signifies the beginning of a watch, struck once, twice for the second ahn of the watch, and so on.
The first watch begins with the commencement of the day's first ahn, the second with the sixth ahn, the third with the eleventh ahn, and the fourth with the sixteenth ahn.
The final division of the fourth watch commences with the twentieth ahn.
Interestingly, at least to those unaccustomed to the routine of the round ship, the bars which do not pertain to one are scarcely noticed, no more than the creaking of timbers, the wash of waves against the hull.
- (Mariners of Gor, Chapter )