Book 19. (1 results) Kajira of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 6 | 390 | The contestants were sturdy men, View more quotes about stripped">stripped to the waist, in half tunics, bronzed and handsome, with rippling muscles. |
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Book 19. (7 results) Kajira of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 6 | 387 | From one set of contests, however, I could not, to his surprise, be budged. |
| 6 | 388 | I had sat on the tiers, close to the fenced enclosure, thrilled. |
| 6 | 389 | These were contests of sheathed swords, the sheaths chalked with red, so that hits might be noted. |
| 6 | 390 | The contestants were sturdy men, stripped to the waist, in half tunics, bronzed and handsome, with rippling muscles. |
| 6 | 391 | As they thrust at one another and fended blows, moving with great speed and skill, in their swift passages, under the watchful eye of the referee, backed by two independent scorers, I could scarcely conjecture what would be involved in actual swordplay, with steel unencumbered with sheaths. |
| 6 | 392 | I was terrified to consider it. |
| 6 | 393 | And women, I thought, must abide its outcome. |
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From one set of contests, however, I could not, to his surprise, be budged.
I had sat on the tiers, close to the fenced enclosure, thrilled.
These were contests of sheathed swords, the sheaths chalked with red, so that hits might be noted.
The contestants were sturdy men, stripped to the waist, in half tunics, bronzed and handsome, with rippling muscles.
As they thrust at one another and fended blows, moving with great speed and skill, in their swift passages, under the watchful eye of the referee, backed by two independent scorers, I could scarcely conjecture what would be involved in actual swordplay, with steel unencumbered with sheaths.
I was terrified to consider it.
And women, I thought, must abide its outcome.
- (Kajira of Gor)