Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 123 | I clung to the log, floating in the shallow water over the quicksand, and reached down again and again into the mire. |
| 7 | 124 | At last my hand clutched something—the girl's wrist—and I drew her slowly upward out of the sand. |
| 7 | 125 | My heart leaped with joy as I heard her whimpering, choking gasps, her lungs spasmodically sucking in the fetid but vivifying air. |
| 7 | 126 | I shoved the log back and finally, carrying the filthy body soaked in its absurd garments, made my way to a ledge of green, dry land at the edge of the swamp. |
| 7 | 127 | I set her down on a bed of green clover. |
| 7 | 128 | Beyond it, some hundred yards away, I could see the border of a yellow field of Sa-Tarna and a yellow thicket of Ka-la-na trees. |
| 7 | 129 | I sat beside the girl, exhausted. |
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I clung to the log, floating in the shallow water over the quicksand, and reached down again and again into the mire.
At last my hand clutched something—the girl's wrist—and I drew her slowly upward out of the sand.
My heart leaped with joy as I heard her whimpering, choking gasps, her lungs spasmodically sucking in the fetid but vivifying air.
I shoved the log back and finally, carrying the filthy body soaked in its absurd garments, made my way to a ledge of green, dry land at the edge of the swamp.
I set her down on a bed of green clover.
Beyond it, some hundred yards away, I could see the border of a yellow field of Sa-Tarna and a yellow thicket of Ka-la-na trees.
I sat beside the girl, exhausted.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter )