Book 33. (7 results) Rebels of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 6 | 28 | Much of this, of course, was speculative on my part, but there seemed an alarming plausibility in these untoward speculations. |
| 6 | 29 | But, I thought, if there should be something to this, that a strange, invisible game was afoot, it seemed unlikely to me that it would be a game fairly played, a game innocently played. |
| 6 | 30 | Too much was at stake. |
| 6 | 31 | Well was I aware of the subtlety and deviousness of priest-kings, well was I aware of the determination and cunning of Kurii. |
| 6 | 32 | I doubted that either might trust the other. |
| 6 | 33 | Would the cards not be marked, the dice weighted? Might a hand not surreptitiously move a piece, or insert another? And who is to say on what tiny matters, a sedative pellet scarcely visible, a sliver of iron in the foot, might hang the performance of even the mighty tharlarion? Too, to my dismay, I knew not which pieces were backed by which players. |
| 6 | 34 | Then I dismissed these arrant conjectures. |
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Much of this, of course, was speculative on my part, but there seemed an alarming plausibility in these untoward speculations.
But, I thought, if there should be something to this, that a strange, invisible game was afoot, it seemed unlikely to me that it would be a game fairly played, a game innocently played.
Too much was at stake.
Well was I aware of the subtlety and deviousness of priest-kings, well was I aware of the determination and cunning of Kurii.
I doubted that either might trust the other.
Would the cards not be marked, the dice weighted? Might a hand not surreptitiously move a piece, or insert another? And who is to say on what tiny matters, a sedative pellet scarcely visible, a sliver of iron in the foot, might hang the performance of even the mighty tharlarion? Too, to my dismay, I knew not which pieces were backed by which players.
Then I dismissed these arrant conjectures.
- (Rebels of Gor, Chapter )