Book 5. (1 results) Assassin of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 22 | 375 | The starting rope was strung before the View more quotes about tarns">tarns. |
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Book 5. (7 results) Assassin of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 22 | 372 | His lean face was now calm; there was a cruel smile about his lips, his eyes. |
| 22 | 373 | He looked to me, and laughed. |
| 22 | 374 | I readied myself for the sound of the judge's bar. |
| 22 | 375 | The starting rope was strung before the tarns. |
| 22 | 376 | I noted, to my surprise, that the padding on the rings had been removed by attendants, and replaced with bladelike edges, used not in races but in exhibitions of daring riding, stunts in effect, in which riders appear to court death at the rings. |
| 22 | 377 | The crowd, all factions, cried out in protest at this. |
| 22 | 378 | The riders, with the exception of myself and Menicius of Port Kar, looked from one to the other warily, puzzled. |
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His lean face was now calm; there was a cruel smile about his lips, his eyes.
He looked to me, and laughed.
I readied myself for the sound of the judge's bar.
The starting rope was strung before the tarns.
I noted, to my surprise, that the padding on the rings had been removed by attendants, and replaced with bladelike edges, used not in races but in exhibitions of daring riding, stunts in effect, in which riders appear to court death at the rings.
The crowd, all factions, cried out in protest at this.
The riders, with the exception of myself and Menicius of Port Kar, looked from one to the other warily, puzzled.
- (Assassin of Gor)