Book 16. (1 results) Guardsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 31 | View more quotes about lifting">Lifting my head I saw the enemy galley back-oaring on the starboard side, and then, straightened, back-oaring from the chain. |
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Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 28 | The other arrow with a flash of sparks struck the mooring cleat on the bulwark to my right and glanced away into the water. |
| 1 | 29 | I heard the snap of bow strings on my own vessel, returning the fire. |
| 1 | 30 | "Hold your fire!" called Callimachus. |
| 1 | 31 | Lifting my head I saw the enemy galley back-oaring on the starboard side, and then, straightened, back-oaring from the chain. |
| 1 | 32 | Some fifty yards away I heard another galley strike at the chain. |
| 1 | 33 | A cheer drifted across the water. |
| 1 | 34 | Again, it seemed, the chain had held. |
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The other arrow with a flash of sparks struck the mooring cleat on the bulwark to my right and glanced away into the water.
I heard the snap of bow strings on my own vessel, returning the fire.
"Hold your fire!" called Callimachus.
Lifting my head I saw the enemy galley back-oaring on the starboard side, and then, straightened, back-oaring from the chain.
Some fifty yards away I heard another galley strike at the chain.
A cheer drifted across the water.
Again, it seemed, the chain had held.
- (Guardsman of Gor)