Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 24 | 54 | How horrible I thought it would be to be trapped in these tunnels, waiting for the beetle, able to avoid it perhaps for hours, perhaps days, but not daring to sleep or to stop, not knowing if one were going down a blind passage, if the beetle were suddenly to confront one at the next turn. |
| 24 | 55 | No, I supposed the beetle did not need speed in its tunnels. |
| 24 | 56 | I set Vika down. |
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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.
How horrible I thought it would be to be trapped in these tunnels, waiting for the beetle, able to avoid it perhaps for hours, perhaps days, but not daring to sleep or to stop, not knowing if one were going down a blind passage, if the beetle were suddenly to confront one at the next turn.
No, I supposed the beetle did not need speed in its tunnels.
I set Vika down.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter )