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Book 4. (1 results) Nomads of Gor (Individual Quote)

I gathered that reading the signs was a subtle business, calling for sophisticated interpretation and the utmost delicacy and judgment. - (Nomads of Gor, Chapter 13, Sentence #175)
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13 175 I View more quotes about gathered">gathered that reading the signs was a subtle business, calling for sophisticated interpretation and the utmost delicacy and judgment.

Book 4. (7 results) Nomads of Gor (Context Quote)

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13 172 One haruspex, as we left, I heard cry out that he had found a favorable liver.
13 173 Another, from an adjoining altar had rushed to his side.
13 174 They were engaged in dispute.
13 175 I gathered that reading the signs was a subtle business, calling for sophisticated interpretation and the utmost delicacy and judgment.
13 176 Even as we made our way back to the kaiila I could hear two more haruspexes crying out that they had found livers that were clearly unfavorable.
13 177 Clerks, with parchment scrolls, were circulating among the altars, presumably, I would guess, noting the names of haruspexes, their peoples, and their findings.
13 178 The four chief haruspexes of the peoples remained at the huge central altar, to which a white bosk was being slowly led.
One haruspex, as we left, I heard cry out that he had found a favorable liver. Another, from an adjoining altar had rushed to his side. They were engaged in dispute. I gathered that reading the signs was a subtle business, calling for sophisticated interpretation and the utmost delicacy and judgment. Even as we made our way back to the kaiila I could hear two more haruspexes crying out that they had found livers that were clearly unfavorable. Clerks, with parchment scrolls, were circulating among the altars, presumably, I would guess, noting the names of haruspexes, their peoples, and their findings. The four chief haruspexes of the peoples remained at the huge central altar, to which a white bosk was being slowly led. - (Nomads of Gor)