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Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)

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23 169 But the arm of Baram, the vizier, did not strike forward, the lances with it.
23 170 Instead, suddenly, he turned in the saddle, lifting both arms, signaling to the lines, "Stop!" The lances of readiness and of the charge slipped to the stirrup boots.
23 171 Slowly, not hurrying, between the lines, came a single rider, in swirling Kavar white.
23 172 In his right hand he held a high lance, from which fluttered a broad and mighty pennon, scarlet and white, that of Haroun, high Pasha of the Kavars.
23 173 Behind him and to the side staggered four stripped wretches, their wrists crossed and bound, each on his own tether to the pommel of the saddle.
23 174 Baram, swiftly, with his guard, rode to meet the rider.
23 175 The lines, on each side, shifted, but did not move.
But the arm of Baram, the vizier, did not strike forward, the lances with it. Instead, suddenly, he turned in the saddle, lifting both arms, signaling to the lines, "Stop!" The lances of readiness and of the charge slipped to the stirrup boots. Slowly, not hurrying, between the lines, came a single rider, in swirling Kavar white. In his right hand he held a high lance, from which fluttered a broad and mighty pennon, scarlet and white, that of Haroun, high Pasha of the Kavars. Behind him and to the side staggered four stripped wretches, their wrists crossed and bound, each on his own tether to the pommel of the saddle. Baram, swiftly, with his guard, rode to meet the rider. The lines, on each side, shifted, but did not move. - (Tribesmen of Gor, Chapter )