Book 15. (1 results) Rogue of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 27 | 114 | It was View more quotes about building">building stone brought in by a quarry galley several weeks ago. |
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Book 15. (7 results) Rogue of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 27 | 111 | It was true that I had put it there. |
| 27 | 112 | I had also, of course, removed it later from that place when I had carried it to the holding of Policrates. |
| 27 | 113 | Carefully, I removed one of the heavy granite blocks of stone, building stone, rectangular, some six inches by six inches, by eighteen inches, from the tiered pile of stones. |
| 27 | 114 | It was building stone brought in by a quarry galley several weeks ago. |
| 27 | 115 | The intended purchaser had defaulted on his contract and the stone was to be stored over the winter, beside the quarry warehouse, until the following spring, when it was to be auctioned. |
| 27 | 116 | In the spring prices tend to be highest on such materials. |
| 27 | 117 | In virtue of the temporary commercial inertness of the stone, and its weight and cheapness, it had seemed to me to provide an ideal hiding place for the topaz. |
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It was true that I had put it there.
I had also, of course, removed it later from that place when I had carried it to the holding of Policrates.
Carefully, I removed one of the heavy granite blocks of stone, building stone, rectangular, some six inches by six inches, by eighteen inches, from the tiered pile of stones.
It was building stone brought in by a quarry galley several weeks ago.
The intended purchaser had defaulted on his contract and the stone was to be stored over the winter, beside the quarry warehouse, until the following spring, when it was to be auctioned.
In the spring prices tend to be highest on such materials.
In virtue of the temporary commercial inertness of the stone, and its weight and cheapness, it had seemed to me to provide an ideal hiding place for the topaz.
- (Rogue of Gor)