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Book 21. (1 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Individual Quote)

Sometimes rogues and brigands, and even slavers, hang about the gates, seeking to trap late comers against the walls. - (Mercenaries of Gor, Chapter 9, Sentence #88)
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9 88 View more quotes about sometimes">Sometimes rogues and brigands, and even slavers, hang about the gates, seeking to trap late comers against the walls.

Book 21. (7 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Context Quote)

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9 85 It is called that because it is commonly opened at dawn and closed at dusk.
9 86 Once a Gorean city closes its gates it is usually difficult to leave the city.
9 87 They are seldom opened and closed to suit the convenience of private persons.
9 88 Sometimes rogues and brigands, and even slavers, hang about the gates, seeking to trap late comers against the walls.
9 89 Many a lovely woman has fallen to the slaver's noose in just such a fashion.
9 90 To be sure, a given gate, the "night gate," is usually maintained somewhere, through which bona-fide citizens, known in the city, or capable of identifying themselves, may be admitted.
9 91 Two of the gate guards crawled into the wagon.
It is called that because it is commonly opened at dawn and closed at dusk. Once a Gorean city closes its gates it is usually difficult to leave the city. They are seldom opened and closed to suit the convenience of private persons. Sometimes rogues and brigands, and even slavers, hang about the gates, seeking to trap late comers against the walls. Many a lovely woman has fallen to the slaver's noose in just such a fashion. To be sure, a given gate, the "night gate," is usually maintained somewhere, through which bona-fide citizens, known in the city, or capable of identifying themselves, may be admitted. Two of the gate guards crawled into the wagon. - (Mercenaries of Gor)