Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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64
As if this were a signal, some of his tarnsmen entered the cave and seized me.
14
65
"Impale him," said Marlenus.
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66
The tarnsmen began to unlock the shackles, that I might be impaled freely on the lance, perhaps so that my struggles might provide a more interesting spectacle to the onlookers.
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67
I felt numb, even my back, which presumably would have been a riot of pain if I had not felt myself near death.
14
68
"Your daughter, Talena, is alive," I said to Marlenus.
14
69
He had not asked and did not now appear to have much interest in the matter.
14
70
Still, if he was human at all, I assumed this remote, kingly, dream-obsessed man would want to know.
As if this were a signal, some of his tarnsmen entered the cave and seized me.
"Impale him," said Marlenus.
The tarnsmen began to unlock the shackles, that I might be impaled freely on the lance, perhaps so that my struggles might provide a more interesting spectacle to the onlookers.
I felt numb, even my back, which presumably would have been a riot of pain if I had not felt myself near death.
"Your daughter, Talena, is alive," I said to Marlenus.
He had not asked and did not now appear to have much interest in the matter.
Still, if he was human at all, I assumed this remote, kingly, dream-obsessed man would want to know.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter )