Book 15. (1 results) Rogue of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 31 | 155 | "Be ready". |
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Book 15. (7 results) Rogue of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 31 | 152 | View more quotes about kliomenes">Kliomenes, I suspected, would then have been left in charge of the holding. |
| 31 | 153 | That, at any rate, was my hope. |
| 31 | 154 | "The gate is soon to be closed," said the pirate. |
| 31 | 155 | "Be ready". |
| 31 | 156 | It takes less time to close the gate than open it, but that, too, because of the weights involved, the windlass stress and the need to control the windlass, requires a considerable effort. |
| 31 | 157 | To make the gate fall with extreme swiftness, incidentally, as was done when my galley was shattered, it is necessary only to disengage one of the counterweights. |
| 31 | 158 | The polelike spokes, of course, by which the windlass is normally turned, or managed, should be freed of the windlass before this is done, a disengagement which is effected by loosing the pin-and-lock devices and withdrawing the poles from the windlass. |
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Kliomenes, I suspected, would then have been left in charge of the holding.
That, at any rate, was my hope.
"The gate is soon to be closed," said the pirate.
"Be ready".
It takes less time to close the gate than open it, but that, too, because of the weights involved, the windlass stress and the need to control the windlass, requires a considerable effort.
To make the gate fall with extreme swiftness, incidentally, as was done when my galley was shattered, it is necessary only to disengage one of the counterweights.
The polelike spokes, of course, by which the windlass is normally turned, or managed, should be freed of the windlass before this is done, a disengagement which is effected by loosing the pin-and-lock devices and withdrawing the poles from the windlass.
- (Rogue of Gor)