Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 18 | 99 | An enormous slab, View more quotes about perhaps">perhaps fifty feet square, had slid upward and backward, revealing a great, dim, squarish tunnel beyond, a tunnel large enough for a flying tarn. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 18 | 96 | My hand clutched a valve, and I turned it fiercely as far as it would go. |
| 18 | 97 | At the same time from the escarpment came a smooth, rolling sound as a great weight was effortlessly balanced and lifted by hydraulic means. |
| 18 | 98 | To my amazement, I saw that an immense opening had appeared in the wall. |
| 18 | 99 | An enormous slab, perhaps fifty feet square, had slid upward and backward, revealing a great, dim, squarish tunnel beyond, a tunnel large enough for a flying tarn. |
| 18 | 100 | I seized the tarn reins and drew the beast into the opening. |
| 18 | 101 | Inside the door I saw another valve, corresponding to the one hidden under the water of the cistern. |
| 18 | 102 | Turning it, I closed the great gate behind me, thinking it wise to protect the secret of the tunnel as long as possible. |
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My hand clutched a valve, and I turned it fiercely as far as it would go.
At the same time from the escarpment came a smooth, rolling sound as a great weight was effortlessly balanced and lifted by hydraulic means.
To my amazement, I saw that an immense opening had appeared in the wall.
An enormous slab, perhaps fifty feet square, had slid upward and backward, revealing a great, dim, squarish tunnel beyond, a tunnel large enough for a flying tarn.
I seized the tarn reins and drew the beast into the opening.
Inside the door I saw another valve, corresponding to the one hidden under the water of the cistern.
Turning it, I closed the great gate behind me, thinking it wise to protect the secret of the tunnel as long as possible.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)