Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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17
4
But the answer, when I received an answer, whether by virtue of a golden tarn disk or mortal fear, was always the same—that she was kept in the tent of red and yellow silk.
17
5
I had no doubt that these minions of Pa-kur whom I either cajoled or terrorized surely believed that the girl in the cage was Talena.
17
6
Of those actually living in the compound of Pa-kur, it was perhaps only he who knew the true location of the girl.
17
7
In despair I realized I had done nothing more than make clear the fact that someone was desperately interested in the whereabouts of the girl, and, if anything, this information would make Pa-kur redouble his precautions for her security and doubtless attempt to apprehend the individual responsible for the inquiries.
17
8
In these days I did not wear the garb of the Caste of Assassins, but dressed as a nondescript tarnsman, wearing the insignia of no city.
17
9
Four times I eluded special patrols of Pa-kur, led by men I had questioned at sword point.
17
10
In the tent of Kazrak, ruefully I understood that my efforts had been futile and that the Tarnsman of Marlenus, so to speak, had at last been neutralized.
But the answer, when I received an answer, whether by virtue of a golden tarn disk or mortal fear, was always the same—that she was kept in the tent of red and yellow silk.
I had no doubt that these minions of Pa-kur whom I either cajoled or terrorized surely believed that the girl in the cage was Talena.
Of those actually living in the compound of Pa-kur, it was perhaps only he who knew the true location of the girl.
In despair I realized I had done nothing more than make clear the fact that someone was desperately interested in the whereabouts of the girl, and, if anything, this information would make Pa-kur redouble his precautions for her security and doubtless attempt to apprehend the individual responsible for the inquiries.
In these days I did not wear the garb of the Caste of Assassins, but dressed as a nondescript tarnsman, wearing the insignia of no city.
Four times I eluded special patrols of Pa-kur, led by men I had questioned at sword point.
In the tent of Kazrak, ruefully I understood that my efforts had been futile and that the Tarnsman of Marlenus, so to speak, had at last been neutralized.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter )