Book 9. (7 results) Marauders of Gor (Context Quote)
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Sentence #
Quote
13
416
"But who has told you that I choose to meet it?" Suddenly the men in the hall, both those of the Forkbeard and of Svein Blue Tooth, began to cheer.
13
417
I, too, was on my feet among them.
13
418
None of us had suspected it, and yet it was what one should have expected of such a man as the Forkbeard.
13
419
Never in the north had there been such a coup of honor! Though it might mean the death of us all, those who followed the Forkbeard, and that of perhaps hundreds of the men of Svein Blue Tooth, we cheered.
13
420
My heart bounded, my blood raced, I struck, again and again, my left shoulder with the palm of my right hand.
13
421
I heard swords clashing against the sides of plates, spear blades clattering on shields, and ringing, one against the other.
13
422
Slowly Svein Blue Tooth rose to his feet.
"But who has told you that I choose to meet it?" Suddenly the men in the hall, both those of the Forkbeard and of Svein Blue Tooth, began to cheer.
I, too, was on my feet among them.
None of us had suspected it, and yet it was what one should have expected of such a man as the Forkbeard.
Never in the north had there been such a coup of honor! Though it might mean the death of us all, those who followed the Forkbeard, and that of perhaps hundreds of the men of Svein Blue Tooth, we cheered.
My heart bounded, my blood raced, I struck, again and again, my left shoulder with the palm of my right hand.
I heard swords clashing against the sides of plates, spear blades clattering on shields, and ringing, one against the other.
Slowly Svein Blue Tooth rose to his feet.
- (Marauders of Gor, Chapter )