Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | 31 | I slipped my sword into its sheath and knelt beside Vika's body, not taking my eyes off the creature who stood about four yards distant. |
| 24 | 32 | By feeling I closed the lids of her eyes in order that they might no longer stare blindly out with that look of frozen horror. |
| 24 | 33 | Her body was stiff yet from the venom which had induced the paralysis, but now, perhaps because of the removal of the five eggs, it seemed somewhat warmer and more yielding than before. |
| 24 | 34 | As I touched the girl the beetle took another step forward. |
| 24 | 35 | It began to hiss. |
| 24 | 36 | This noise unnerved me for a moment because I had been used to the uncanny silence of Priest-Kings. |
| 24 | 37 | Now the beetle began to poke its head out from beneath the shelter of those domed, golden wings and its short antennae, tufted with golden fluff, thrust out and began to explore the chamber. |
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I slipped my sword into its sheath and knelt beside Vika's body, not taking my eyes off the creature who stood about four yards distant.
By feeling I closed the lids of her eyes in order that they might no longer stare blindly out with that look of frozen horror.
Her body was stiff yet from the venom which had induced the paralysis, but now, perhaps because of the removal of the five eggs, it seemed somewhat warmer and more yielding than before.
As I touched the girl the beetle took another step forward.
It began to hiss.
This noise unnerved me for a moment because I had been used to the uncanny silence of Priest-Kings.
Now the beetle began to poke its head out from beneath the shelter of those domed, golden wings and its short antennae, tufted with golden fluff, thrust out and began to explore the chamber.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter )