Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 2 | 214 | View more quotes about water">Water swept over the wreckage, and then drained from it, again and again. |
| 2 | 215 | I was often immersed. |
| 2 | 216 | My hands slipped on the bit of railing I held. |
| 2 | 217 | With my teeth I pulled off the heavy, water-filled oar gloves. |
| 2 | 218 | Within them my fingers seemed frozen. |
| 2 | 219 | I thrust the fingers of one hand into my mouth, and then those of my other hand, for a modicum of warmth. |
| 2 | 220 | It was late in the season, and the waters were cold, and I knew not how long I or another, in the sweep and washing of the water, might be able to cling to so negligible a support. |
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Water swept over the wreckage, and then drained from it, again and again.
I was often immersed.
My hands slipped on the bit of railing I held.
With my teeth I pulled off the heavy, water-filled oar gloves.
Within them my fingers seemed frozen.
I thrust the fingers of one hand into my mouth, and then those of my other hand, for a modicum of warmth.
It was late in the season, and the waters were cold, and I knew not how long I or another, in the sweep and washing of the water, might be able to cling to so negligible a support.
- (Mariners of Gor)