Book 4. (1 results) Nomads of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 12 | 391 | View more quotes about once">Once at the foot of the stairs she stopped and stood for a long moment. |
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Book 4. (7 results) Nomads of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 12 | 388 | Kamchak's eyes were gleaming. |
| 12 | 389 | Even Elizabeth had lifted her head now from my shoulder and was rising on her knees a bit for a clearer view. |
| 12 | 390 | The figure of the woman, swathed in black, heavily veiled, descended the steps of the slave wagon. |
| 12 | 391 | Once at the foot of the stairs she stopped and stood for a long moment. |
| 12 | 392 | Then the musicians began, the drums first, a rhythm of heartbeat and flight. |
| 12 | 393 | To the music, beautifully, it seemed the frightened figure ran first here and then there, occasionally avoiding imaginary objects or throwing up her arms, ran as though through the crowds of a burning city—alone, yet somehow suggesting the presence about her of hunted others. |
| 12 | 394 | Now, in the background, scarcely to be seen, was the figure of a warrior in scarlet cape. |
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Kamchak's eyes were gleaming.
Even Elizabeth had lifted her head now from my shoulder and was rising on her knees a bit for a clearer view.
The figure of the woman, swathed in black, heavily veiled, descended the steps of the slave wagon.
Once at the foot of the stairs she stopped and stood for a long moment.
Then the musicians began, the drums first, a rhythm of heartbeat and flight.
To the music, beautifully, it seemed the frightened figure ran first here and then there, occasionally avoiding imaginary objects or throwing up her arms, ran as though through the crowds of a burning city—alone, yet somehow suggesting the presence about her of hunted others.
Now, in the background, scarcely to be seen, was the figure of a warrior in scarlet cape.
- (Nomads of Gor)