Book 4. (7 results) Nomads of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 24 | 40 | Still I was not altogether View more quotes about satisfied">satisfied, for, on the whole, it seemed to me that Turia might yet have survived even had Kamchak's forces wrought much greater destruction than they had—for example, opening but a single gate and permitting only a few hundred, rather than thousands to escape the city. |
| 24 | 41 | "Is that all?" I asked. |
| 24 | 42 | "Is that the only reason that so many of Turia yet live beyond the city?" He looked at me, without expression. |
| 24 | 43 | "Surely, Commander," he said, "you have duties elsewhere". |
| 24 | 44 | I nodded curtly and turned and left the room, dismissed. |
| 24 | 45 | Long ago I had learned not to press the Tuchuk when he did not wish to speak. |
| 24 | 46 | But as I left I wondered at his comparative lenience. |
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Still I was not altogether satisfied, for, on the whole, it seemed to me that Turia might yet have survived even had Kamchak's forces wrought much greater destruction than they had—for example, opening but a single gate and permitting only a few hundred, rather than thousands to escape the city.
"Is that all?" I asked.
"Is that the only reason that so many of Turia yet live beyond the city?" He looked at me, without expression.
"Surely, Commander," he said, "you have duties elsewhere".
I nodded curtly and turned and left the room, dismissed.
Long ago I had learned not to press the Tuchuk when he did not wish to speak.
But as I left I wondered at his comparative lenience.
- (Nomads of Gor)