Book 4. (7 results) Nomads of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 21 | 253 | Beneath the unbelted tunic of the Bakers, slung under my left arm, its lineaments concealed largely by a short brown cloak worn over the left shoulder, there hung my sword and with it, the quiva. |
| 21 | 254 | I now, not hurrying, removed the weapons from my tunic, removed the cloak and wrapped them inside it. |
| 21 | 255 | I then looked once more over the parapet. |
| 21 | 256 | The dust was closer now. |
| 21 | 257 | In a moment I would be able to see the kaiila, the flash of light from the lance blades. |
| 21 | 258 | Judging from the dust, its dimensions, its speed of approach, the riders, perhaps hundreds of them, the first wave, were riding in a narrow column, at full gallop. |
| 21 | 259 | The narrow column, and probably the Tuchuk spacing, a Hundred and then the space for a Hundred, open, and then another Hundred, and so on, tends to narrow the front of dust, and the spaces between Hundreds give time for some of the dust to dissipate and also, incidentally, to rise sufficiently so that the progress of the consequent Hundreds is in no way impeded or handicapped. |
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Beneath the unbelted tunic of the Bakers, slung under my left arm, its lineaments concealed largely by a short brown cloak worn over the left shoulder, there hung my sword and with it, the quiva.
I now, not hurrying, removed the weapons from my tunic, removed the cloak and wrapped them inside it.
I then looked once more over the parapet.
The dust was closer now.
In a moment I would be able to see the kaiila, the flash of light from the lance blades.
Judging from the dust, its dimensions, its speed of approach, the riders, perhaps hundreds of them, the first wave, were riding in a narrow column, at full gallop.
The narrow column, and probably the Tuchuk spacing, a Hundred and then the space for a Hundred, open, and then another Hundred, and so on, tends to narrow the front of dust, and the spaces between Hundreds give time for some of the dust to dissipate and also, incidentally, to rise sufficiently so that the progress of the consequent Hundreds is in no way impeded or handicapped.
- (Nomads of Gor, Chapter )