Book 9. (7 results) Marauders of Gor (Context Quote)
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From the doors to the hall, swung wide, now approaching, came four figures, Ottar, who had accompanied the Forkbeard to the Thing, two of the Forkbeard's men, with spears, and, between them, clad in rich robes of concealment, such as are worn in the south, even to the veils, the figure of a girl.
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These four stopped before the table, opposite the high seat of Svein Blue Tooth.
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The girl stood among the gold, and the heaped sapphires.
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Her robes were marvelously wrought, subtle, soft, seeming almost in their sheens, like the jewels, to shift their colors in the light of the lamps and the flickering torches.
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The robes were hooded; she was twice veiled, once in white silk and, under it, in purple silk.
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"What mockery is this?" demanded the Blue Tooth, sternly.
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"No mockery, my Jarl," said the Forkbeard.
From the doors to the hall, swung wide, now approaching, came four figures, Ottar, who had accompanied the Forkbeard to the Thing, two of the Forkbeard's men, with spears, and, between them, clad in rich robes of concealment, such as are worn in the south, even to the veils, the figure of a girl.
These four stopped before the table, opposite the high seat of Svein Blue Tooth.
The girl stood among the gold, and the heaped sapphires.
Her robes were marvelously wrought, subtle, soft, seeming almost in their sheens, like the jewels, to shift their colors in the light of the lamps and the flickering torches.
The robes were hooded; she was twice veiled, once in white silk and, under it, in purple silk.
"What mockery is this?" demanded the Blue Tooth, sternly.
"No mockery, my Jarl," said the Forkbeard.
- (Marauders of Gor, Chapter )