Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | 47 | Now, scrambling after me in the tunnel, I could hear the approach of the Golden beetle. |
| 24 | 48 | I turned and jogged on. |
| 24 | 49 | After a few Ehn I stopped again and once more listened. |
| 24 | 50 | Apparently my conjecture as to the mobility of the Golden beetle had been correct and the speed of its pursuit had quickly slackened. |
| 24 | 51 | Yet I knew that somewhere back there it would still be coming, that it would not yield its vengeance and its prey so easily. |
| 24 | 52 | It was still coming, somewhere back there in the darkness, slowly, patiently, implacably, like the coming of winter or the weathering of a stone. |
| 24 | 53 | I wondered at the nature of the beetle's pursuit of his prey. |
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Now, scrambling after me in the tunnel, I could hear the approach of the Golden beetle.
I turned and jogged on.
After a few Ehn I stopped again and once more listened.
Apparently my conjecture as to the mobility of the Golden beetle had been correct and the speed of its pursuit had quickly slackened.
Yet I knew that somewhere back there it would still be coming, that it would not yield its vengeance and its prey so easily.
It was still coming, somewhere back there in the darkness, slowly, patiently, implacably, like the coming of winter or the weathering of a stone.
I wondered at the nature of the beetle's pursuit of his prey.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter )