Book 2. (7 results) Outlaw of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | 93 | I laughed. |
| 4 | 94 | "Did you, Oh Dark Brother of the Night, think to keep me from Ko-ro-ba?" How absurd it seemed to me that a mere sleen should have stood between me and my city. |
| 4 | 95 | Irrationally I laughed, thinking how foolish the animal had been. |
| 4 | 96 | But how could it have known? How could it have known that I was Tarl of Ko-ro-ba, and that I was returning to my city? There is a Gorean proverb that a man who is returning to his city is not to be detained. |
| 4 | 97 | Was the sleen not familiar with that saying? I shook my head, to clear it of the wild thoughts. |
| 4 | 98 | I sensed that I was irrational, perhaps a bit drunk after the kill and the first food I had had in several hours. |
| 4 | 99 | Then, soberly, though I acknowledged it as a superstition, I performed the Gorean ritual of looking into the blood. |
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I laughed.
"Did you, Oh Dark Brother of the Night, think to keep me from Ko-ro-ba?" How absurd it seemed to me that a mere sleen should have stood between me and my city.
Irrationally I laughed, thinking how foolish the animal had been.
But how could it have known? How could it have known that I was Tarl of Ko-ro-ba, and that I was returning to my city? There is a Gorean proverb that a man who is returning to his city is not to be detained.
Was the sleen not familiar with that saying? I shook my head, to clear it of the wild thoughts.
I sensed that I was irrational, perhaps a bit drunk after the kill and the first food I had had in several hours.
Then, soberly, though I acknowledged it as a superstition, I performed the Gorean ritual of looking into the blood.
- (Outlaw of Gor, Chapter )