Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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27
Once again alone, sick at heart, I loosened my spear and shield in their saddle straps.
19
28
I entertained no hope now but to die with the girl unjustly condemned on the distant, gleaming tower.
19
29
I brought the tarn to flight and set its course for the Cylinder of Justice.
19
30
I noted grimly, as I flew, that large portions of the horde of Pa-kur were crossing the great bridges over the first ditch and moving toward the city, the sunlight flashing on their weaponry.
19
31
It seemed that the conditions of surrender meant little to the horde and that it was determined to enter the city, now and in the full panoply of war.
19
32
By night Ar would be in flames, its coffers broken open, its gold and silver in the bedrolls of the looters, its men slaughtered, its women, stripped, lashed to the pleasure-racks of the victors.
19
33
The Cylinder of Justice was a lofty cylinder of pure white marble, the flat roof of which was some hundred yards in diameter.
Once again alone, sick at heart, I loosened my spear and shield in their saddle straps.
I entertained no hope now but to die with the girl unjustly condemned on the distant, gleaming tower.
I brought the tarn to flight and set its course for the Cylinder of Justice.
I noted grimly, as I flew, that large portions of the horde of Pa-kur were crossing the great bridges over the first ditch and moving toward the city, the sunlight flashing on their weaponry.
It seemed that the conditions of surrender meant little to the horde and that it was determined to enter the city, now and in the full panoply of war.
By night Ar would be in flames, its coffers broken open, its gold and silver in the bedrolls of the looters, its men slaughtered, its women, stripped, lashed to the pleasure-racks of the victors.
The Cylinder of Justice was a lofty cylinder of pure white marble, the flat roof of which was some hundred yards in diameter.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter )