Book 2. (1 results) Outlaw of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 18 | 163 | Above, whoever worked the valve must have grown impatient and thrown it open completely, or perhaps the sudden torrent of water had been intended as a gesture of mercy to drown any survivors quickly. |
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Book 2. (7 results) Outlaw of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 18 | 160 | Some lost their footing, and bodies were wedged in the shaft. |
| 18 | 161 | It was impossible to breathe, to move, to see. |
| 18 | 162 | Then as suddenly as it had begun, the cataract ceased. |
| 18 | 163 | Above, whoever worked the valve must have grown impatient and thrown it open completely, or perhaps the sudden torrent of water had been intended as a gesture of mercy to drown any survivors quickly. |
| 18 | 164 | As soon as I had caught my breath, I shook the sopping hair from my eyes. |
| 18 | 165 | I peered up into the sodden blackness, crowded with chained bodies. |
| 18 | 166 | "Keep climbing!" I said. |
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Some lost their footing, and bodies were wedged in the shaft.
It was impossible to breathe, to move, to see.
Then as suddenly as it had begun, the cataract ceased.
Above, whoever worked the valve must have grown impatient and thrown it open completely, or perhaps the sudden torrent of water had been intended as a gesture of mercy to drown any survivors quickly.
As soon as I had caught my breath, I shook the sopping hair from my eyes.
I peered up into the sodden blackness, crowded with chained bodies.
"Keep climbing!" I said.
- (Outlaw of Gor, Chapter 18)