Book 16. (1 results) Guardsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 10 | 53 | We had then withdrawn west to the View more quotes about chain">chain, where we had salvaged the Tuka. |
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Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 10 | 50 | On the night of our escape from our encirclement on the river, we had set afire the Olivia, our slowest and clumsiest ship, and directed her eastward against the enemy's shifting lines, opened and disarranged by the departure of the Tamira from her position. |
| 10 | 51 | This, we had hoped, would create a diversion, and lead the pirates, in the confusion and darkness, to assume that we were moving eastward, and that the Olivia had been set aflame by their own forces. |
| 10 | 52 | We had then lain to, in the movement of ships, pennons of the Voskjard on our lines, should we fall within the light of passing lanterns. |
| 10 | 53 | We had then withdrawn west to the chain, where we had salvaged the Tuka. |
| 10 | 54 | At this point the Tamira, which had tenaciously kept with us, and despairing of support, desperately attacked. |
| 10 | 55 | She had fallen prey to the swift Tais. |
| 10 | 56 | Twice struck, she had soon sunk. |
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On the night of our escape from our encirclement on the river, we had set afire the Olivia, our slowest and clumsiest ship, and directed her eastward against the enemy's shifting lines, opened and disarranged by the departure of the Tamira from her position.
This, we had hoped, would create a diversion, and lead the pirates, in the confusion and darkness, to assume that we were moving eastward, and that the Olivia had been set aflame by their own forces.
We had then lain to, in the movement of ships, pennons of the Voskjard on our lines, should we fall within the light of passing lanterns.
We had then withdrawn west to the chain, where we had salvaged the Tuka.
At this point the Tamira, which had tenaciously kept with us, and despairing of support, desperately attacked.
She had fallen prey to the swift Tais.
Twice struck, she had soon sunk.
- (Guardsman of Gor)