Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 40 | 31 | I View more quotes about joined">joined Lord Nishida, and Aëtius, at the stern castle. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 40 | 28 | Too, a pasang from the beach we could see two galleys aflame, and others had withdrawn from our path. |
| 40 | 29 | And so it was that at the mouth of the Alexandra, mighty, its passage now uncontested, as tarns returned to the ship, one by one, canvas fell from the yards, took the wind, and the ship of Tersites, her wings spread, set her prow westward. |
| 40 | 30 | There was shouting from the shore, as we passed, of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of men, and a drumming, rhythmic, that carried over the cold, green waters of gleaming Thassa. |
| 40 | 31 | I joined Lord Nishida, and Aëtius, at the stern castle. |
| 40 | 32 | "We are free of the river," I said. |
| 40 | 33 | "It is treacherous, a liquid snake," said Aëtius. |
| 40 | 34 | "It is a beautiful river," I said, "and one of the few this far north navigable by a vessel this deeply keeled". |
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Too, a pasang from the beach we could see two galleys aflame, and others had withdrawn from our path.
And so it was that at the mouth of the Alexandra, mighty, its passage now uncontested, as tarns returned to the ship, one by one, canvas fell from the yards, took the wind, and the ship of Tersites, her wings spread, set her prow westward.
There was shouting from the shore, as we passed, of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of men, and a drumming, rhythmic, that carried over the cold, green waters of gleaming Thassa.
I joined Lord Nishida, and Aëtius, at the stern castle.
"We are free of the river," I said.
"It is treacherous, a liquid snake," said Aëtius.
"It is a beautiful river," I said, "and one of the few this far north navigable by a vessel this deeply keeled".
- (Swordsmen of Gor)