Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 8 | 33 | The View more quotes about officer">officer's eyes narrowed. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 8 | 30 | "They have decreed a sacrifice to the Priest-Kings to ask them to have mercy and to restore the Home Stone". |
| 8 | 31 | In that moment I detested the Initiates of Ar, who, like other members of their caste throughout Gor, were only too eager to seize some particle of the political power they had supposedly renounced in choosing to wear the white robes of their calling. |
| 8 | 32 | The real purpose of the "sacrifice to the Priest-Kings" was probably to remove possible claimants to the throne of Ar and thereby strengthen their own political position. |
| 8 | 33 | The officer's eyes narrowed. |
| 8 | 34 | He jabbed me with his sword. |
| 8 | 35 | "Where," he demanded, "is the Home Stone?" "I don't know," I said. |
| 8 | 36 | The blade was at my throat. |
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"They have decreed a sacrifice to the Priest-Kings to ask them to have mercy and to restore the Home Stone".
In that moment I detested the Initiates of Ar, who, like other members of their caste throughout Gor, were only too eager to seize some particle of the political power they had supposedly renounced in choosing to wear the white robes of their calling.
The real purpose of the "sacrifice to the Priest-Kings" was probably to remove possible claimants to the throne of Ar and thereby strengthen their own political position.
The officer's eyes narrowed.
He jabbed me with his sword.
"Where," he demanded, "is the Home Stone?" "I don't know," I said.
The blade was at my throat.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)