Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 248 | It would be difficult to elude the shafts at close range. |
| 22 | 249 | Few had brought shields ashore. |
| 22 | 250 | There was a sudden cry from Lord Nishida and our fellows cast aside the bodies, bristling with arrows, and leaped upon the startled, disconcerted archers, only feet away, few of whom could train or loose more than a single arrow before dying. |
| 22 | 251 | I saw more than one quiver empty, a last arrow spilled beside a fallen bow in the moist, scarlet dust. |
| 22 | 252 | Some archers fled back, but the ranks had now been closed against them. |
| 22 | 253 | Some were slain with thrusts of glaives, others with swords. |
| 22 | 254 | Several knelt docilely before their own men, shamed, and a headsman went from figure to figure, I gathered, restoring their honor. |
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It would be difficult to elude the shafts at close range.
Few had brought shields ashore.
There was a sudden cry from Lord Nishida and our fellows cast aside the bodies, bristling with arrows, and leaped upon the startled, disconcerted archers, only feet away, few of whom could train or loose more than a single arrow before dying.
I saw more than one quiver empty, a last arrow spilled beside a fallen bow in the moist, scarlet dust.
Some archers fled back, but the ranks had now been closed against them.
Some were slain with thrusts of glaives, others with swords.
Several knelt docilely before their own men, shamed, and a headsman went from figure to figure, I gathered, restoring their honor.
- (Mariners of Gor, Chapter )