Book 12. (1 results) Beasts of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 35 | 96 | View more quotes about thus">Thus began a slow and tortuous descent, inch by inch. |
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Book 12. (7 results) Beasts of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 35 | 93 | I did not know the depth of the shaft, but I supposed it must be a hundred or more feet, at least. |
| 35 | 94 | I had no rope. |
| 35 | 95 | I slipped into the shaft, sweating, my back against one side, my two feet against the other side. |
| 35 | 96 | Thus began a slow and tortuous descent, inch by inch. |
| 35 | 97 | The slightest mistake in judgment, as to position or leverage, and I would plummet within the shaft, helpless, until I struck its bottom, however far below it might be. |
| 35 | 98 | It took more than a quarter of an Ahn to descend the shaft. |
| 35 | 99 | The last twenty feet I slipped and, pushing and thrusting, fell clattering to its bottom. |
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I did not know the depth of the shaft, but I supposed it must be a hundred or more feet, at least.
I had no rope.
I slipped into the shaft, sweating, my back against one side, my two feet against the other side.
Thus began a slow and tortuous descent, inch by inch.
The slightest mistake in judgment, as to position or leverage, and I would plummet within the shaft, helpless, until I struck its bottom, however far below it might be.
It took more than a quarter of an Ahn to descend the shaft.
The last twenty feet I slipped and, pushing and thrusting, fell clattering to its bottom.
- (Beasts of Gor)