Book 5. (1 results) Assassin of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 5 | 81 | "And View more quotes about thus">thus he knows," said Elizabeth, "whether or not the compartment has been entered in his absence". |
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Book 5. (7 results) Assassin of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 5 | 78 | "The problem is to reconstruct the knot after it has been untied". |
| 5 | 79 | "The owner of the compartment," said Elizabeth, "returning to the compartment and untying the knot can tell immediately whether or not it is his own knot". |
| 5 | 80 | "Correct," I said. |
| 5 | 81 | "And thus he knows," said Elizabeth, "whether or not the compartment has been entered in his absence". |
| 5 | 82 | "Yes," I said. |
| 5 | 83 | "Sometimes," I added, "someone enters the compartment and has a confederate on the outside attempt to duplicate the knot, that the man inside may surprise the occupant on his return, but commonly this stratagem is unsuccessful, because of the difficulties of duplicating the knot". |
| 5 | 84 | Elizabeth then watched in silence while I, trying to recall the intricacies of my signature knot, worked the boskhide cords. |
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"The problem is to reconstruct the knot after it has been untied".
"The owner of the compartment," said Elizabeth, "returning to the compartment and untying the knot can tell immediately whether or not it is his own knot".
"Correct," I said.
"And thus he knows," said Elizabeth, "whether or not the compartment has been entered in his absence".
"Yes," I said.
"Sometimes," I added, "someone enters the compartment and has a confederate on the outside attempt to duplicate the knot, that the man inside may surprise the occupant on his return, but commonly this stratagem is unsuccessful, because of the difficulties of duplicating the knot".
Elizabeth then watched in silence while I, trying to recall the intricacies of my signature knot, worked the boskhide cords.
- (Assassin of Gor)