Book 21. (1 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 19 | 473 | It had been Ephialtes of View more quotes about torcadino">Torcadino himself who had cleverly directed my attention away from himself, focusing it on an innocent vintner. |
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Book 21. (7 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 19 | 470 | There I could see people still waiting in line, and other carts coming up to the point. |
| 19 | 471 | I could also see the twisted, bent body of Ephialtes of Torcadino on the impaling pole, and the flutter of papers nailed to it. |
| 19 | 472 | I had been a fool. |
| 19 | 473 | It had been Ephialtes of Torcadino himself who had cleverly directed my attention away from himself, focusing it on an innocent vintner. |
| 19 | 474 | In a way I had to admire him. |
| 19 | 475 | It seemed clear to me now that, in asking if I was carrying valuables, he had tricked me into inadvertently betraying their hiding place, by the incipient movement of my hand toward the sheath. |
| 19 | 476 | Too, he had certainly removed the letters of safety from my sheath with great skill, even replacing the blade. |
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There I could see people still waiting in line, and other carts coming up to the point.
I could also see the twisted, bent body of Ephialtes of Torcadino on the impaling pole, and the flutter of papers nailed to it.
I had been a fool.
It had been Ephialtes of Torcadino himself who had cleverly directed my attention away from himself, focusing it on an innocent vintner.
In a way I had to admire him.
It seemed clear to me now that, in asking if I was carrying valuables, he had tricked me into inadvertently betraying their hiding place, by the incipient movement of my hand toward the sheath.
Too, he had certainly removed the letters of safety from my sheath with great skill, even replacing the blade.
- (Mercenaries of Gor)