Book 33. (7 results) Rebels of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 54 | 217 | The shogun, Temmu, and his daimyos, Lords Nishida and Okimoto, predictably, had refused to evacuate the holding. |
| 54 | 218 | Lord Yamada's ultimatum had been issued, and rejected, and this now was the third day, toward noon, following the rejection of the ultimatum, the day on which the iron dragon was to take to the sky. |
| 54 | 219 | The holding would be his, or it would cease to exist, had said Lord Yamada. |
| 54 | 220 | Walls will crumble, the mountaintop will be black, ashes will blow out to sea, he had said. |
| 54 | 221 | I could see the rationale of this decision. |
| 54 | 222 | Lord Temmu would destroy the holding before allowing it to fall into the hands of Lord Yamada. |
| 54 | 223 | That being the case, why might not the iron dragon strike? Surely Lord Yamada would not care for the inconvenience, the delay, and the economic hardships of maintaining a second siege, perhaps lasting years, to obtain a prize which would be destroyed before it could be grasped. |
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The shogun, Temmu, and his daimyos, Lords Nishida and Okimoto, predictably, had refused to evacuate the holding.
Lord Yamada's ultimatum had been issued, and rejected, and this now was the third day, toward noon, following the rejection of the ultimatum, the day on which the iron dragon was to take to the sky.
The holding would be his, or it would cease to exist, had said Lord Yamada.
Walls will crumble, the mountaintop will be black, ashes will blow out to sea, he had said.
I could see the rationale of this decision.
Lord Temmu would destroy the holding before allowing it to fall into the hands of Lord Yamada.
That being the case, why might not the iron dragon strike? Surely Lord Yamada would not care for the inconvenience, the delay, and the economic hardships of maintaining a second siege, perhaps lasting years, to obtain a prize which would be destroyed before it could be grasped.
- (Rebels of Gor, Chapter )