He seemed tall, strange, almost of another world in that subdued light, in that quiet atmosphere of small, genial civilized noises.
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Then without warning, with a bitter laugh, at once a lament and a cry of rage, he hurled the glass violently to the wall.
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It shattered into a million sporadic gleaming fragments, shocking the place into a moment of supreme silence.
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And in that sudden instant of startled, awe-struck silence, I heard him clearly, intensely, repeat in a hoarse whisper that strange phrase, "Ta-Sardar-gor!" The bartender, a heavy, soft-faced man, waddled to the table.
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One of his fat hands nervously clutched a short leather truncheon, weighted with shot.
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The bartender jerked his thumb toward the door.
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He repeated the gesture.
He seemed tall, strange, almost of another world in that subdued light, in that quiet atmosphere of small, genial civilized noises.
Then without warning, with a bitter laugh, at once a lament and a cry of rage, he hurled the glass violently to the wall.
It shattered into a million sporadic gleaming fragments, shocking the place into a moment of supreme silence.
And in that sudden instant of startled, awe-struck silence, I heard him clearly, intensely, repeat in a hoarse whisper that strange phrase, "Ta-Sardar-gor!" The bartender, a heavy, soft-faced man, waddled to the table.
One of his fat hands nervously clutched a short leather truncheon, weighted with shot.
The bartender jerked his thumb toward the door.
He repeated the gesture.
- (Outlaw of Gor, Chapter )