Book 23. (1 results) Renegades of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 9 | 141 | That in View more quotes about itself">itself was an index of the straits of the defenders, their will and numbers. |
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Book 23. (7 results) Renegades of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 9 | 138 | Similarly I was not interested, in the midst of friendly overtures, in receiving a bucket of flaming oil in the face or, say, being struck from a ladder by a roofing tile brought from the interior of the city. |
| 9 | 139 | I had also considered trying to enter the city through its main gate, in the confusion, when it opened for sorties by the defenders. |
| 9 | 140 | There had been no sorties, however, for twenty days. |
| 9 | 141 | That in itself was an index of the straits of the defenders, their will and numbers. |
| 9 | 142 | Also, it did not seem to me practical to try to enter the city during the daylight hours from the harbor side because of the besiegers. |
| 9 | 143 | Similarly, during the night hours, it seemed the defenders might be unusually alert. |
| 9 | 144 | I did not, of course, know any appropriate signs and countersigns. |
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Similarly I was not interested, in the midst of friendly overtures, in receiving a bucket of flaming oil in the face or, say, being struck from a ladder by a roofing tile brought from the interior of the city.
I had also considered trying to enter the city through its main gate, in the confusion, when it opened for sorties by the defenders.
There had been no sorties, however, for twenty days.
That in itself was an index of the straits of the defenders, their will and numbers.
Also, it did not seem to me practical to try to enter the city during the daylight hours from the harbor side because of the besiegers.
Similarly, during the night hours, it seemed the defenders might be unusually alert.
I did not, of course, know any appropriate signs and countersigns.
- (Renegades of Gor)