This blade had fought its way up the stairs of the Central Cylinder of Ar, when I had rescued Marlenus, embattled Ubar of that city.
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It had crossed with that of Pa-Kur, master assassin, on the roof of Ar's Cylinder of Justice, when I had fought for my love, Talena.
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And now again I held it in my hand.
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I wondered why, and knew only that the priest-kings had intended it so.
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There were two items I had hoped to find in the bundle which were not there, a tarn-goad and a tarn-whistle.
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The tarn-goad is a rodlike instrument, about twenty inches long.
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It has a switch in the handle, much like an ordinary flashlight.
This blade had fought its way up the stairs of the Central Cylinder of Ar, when I had rescued Marlenus, embattled Ubar of that city.
It had crossed with that of Pa-Kur, master assassin, on the roof of Ar's Cylinder of Justice, when I had fought for my love, Talena.
And now again I held it in my hand.
I wondered why, and knew only that the priest-kings had intended it so.
There were two items I had hoped to find in the bundle which were not there, a tarn-goad and a tarn-whistle.
The tarn-goad is a rodlike instrument, about twenty inches long.
It has a switch in the handle, much like an ordinary flashlight.
- (Outlaw of Gor, Chapter )