Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | 38 | Lord Nishida's distress, weeks ago, at night, was occasioned by the perfume of the Vine Sea, which informed him that the ship had come upon it, he recognizing the full horror of its hazard. |
| 13 | 39 | The obstinacy of Tersites, a fair wind, and a fortuitous canal opening in the vines had allowed the ship to proceed too far, in the darkness, and then, the wind failing, the Vine Sea had closed about her, tendrils reaching to her timbers. |
| 13 | 40 | Men on ropes, in shifts, for days now, had scraped and tore away the tendrils which had begun to clutch at the hull, and sought to climb it, as Tur-Pah the Tur tree. |
| 13 | 41 | I brushed away insects, hovering about. |
| 13 | 42 | So the mystery of the parsit had been solved. |
| 13 | 43 | Most of us took it as well that the mystery of the light, that which Leros had first seen, from the platform and ring, was solved. |
| 13 | 44 | That was seemingly solved on the second night. |
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Lord Nishida's distress, weeks ago, at night, was occasioned by the perfume of the Vine Sea, which informed him that the ship had come upon it, he recognizing the full horror of its hazard.
The obstinacy of Tersites, a fair wind, and a fortuitous canal opening in the vines had allowed the ship to proceed too far, in the darkness, and then, the wind failing, the Vine Sea had closed about her, tendrils reaching to her timbers.
Men on ropes, in shifts, for days now, had scraped and tore away the tendrils which had begun to clutch at the hull, and sought to climb it, as Tur-Pah the Tur tree.
I brushed away insects, hovering about.
So the mystery of the parsit had been solved.
Most of us took it as well that the mystery of the light, that which Leros had first seen, from the platform and ring, was solved.
That was seemingly solved on the second night.
- (Mariners of Gor, Chapter )