Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
21
67
When there several Muls flanked him on either side, still singing, and holding their torches and carrying their vessels which now brimmed with a pale, milky substance, something like white, diluted honey.
21
68
The priest-king, escorted by Muls, then began to move slowly, step by majestic step, down the passage outside of the chamber.
21
69
He was followed by another priest-king, and then another, until all but one priest-king had departed the chamber.
21
70
In the light of the last torches which left the chamber I could see that there remained one priest-king who, though emptied of Gur, still clung to the ceiling.
21
71
A heavy chain, fastened to a ring in the ceiling, led to a thick metal band which was locked about his narrow trunk between the thorax and the abdomen.
21
72
It was Misk.
21
73
I broke off the other end of the Mul-Torch, igniting it, and walked to the center of the chamber.
When there several Muls flanked him on either side, still singing, and holding their torches and carrying their vessels which now brimmed with a pale, milky substance, something like white, diluted honey.
The priest-king, escorted by Muls, then began to move slowly, step by majestic step, down the passage outside of the chamber.
He was followed by another priest-king, and then another, until all but one priest-king had departed the chamber.
In the light of the last torches which left the chamber I could see that there remained one priest-king who, though emptied of Gur, still clung to the ceiling.
A heavy chain, fastened to a ring in the ceiling, led to a thick metal band which was locked about his narrow trunk between the thorax and the abdomen.
It was Misk.
I broke off the other end of the Mul-Torch, igniting it, and walked to the center of the chamber.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter )