Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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44
I looked about me.
10
45
In the moonlight I could see that kaiila had trodden the gardens.
10
46
I saw two walls broken, the high walls of red clay used to shade courtyards and as a protection against raiders.
10
47
I counted eleven palm trees, date palms, cut down, their trunks fallen at an angle into the dust, the palm leaves dried and lifeless, the fruit unripened.
10
48
It takes years for such a tree to grow to the point at which it will bear fruit.
10
49
"They struck here last night," said the merchant.
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50
"But we drove them off".
I looked about me.
In the moonlight I could see that kaiila had trodden the gardens.
I saw two walls broken, the high walls of red clay used to shade courtyards and as a protection against raiders.
I counted eleven palm trees, date palms, cut down, their trunks fallen at an angle into the dust, the palm leaves dried and lifeless, the fruit unripened.
It takes years for such a tree to grow to the point at which it will bear fruit.
"They struck here last night," said the merchant.
"But we drove them off".
- (Tribesmen of Gor, Chapter )