Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 3 | 52 | A bar signifies the View more quotes about beginning">beginning of a watch, struck once, twice for the second Ahn of the watch, and so on. |
| 3 | 53 | The first watch begins with the commencement of the day's first Ahn, the second with the sixth Ahn, the third with the eleventh Ahn, and the fourth with the sixteenth Ahn. |
| 3 | 54 | The final division of the fourth watch commences with the twentieth Ahn. |
| 3 | 55 | Interestingly, at least to those unaccustomed to the routine of the round ship, the bars which do not pertain to one are scarcely noticed, no more than the creaking of timbers, the wash of waves against the hull. |
| 3 | 56 | One is not likely to much notice, and may easily sleep through, bars which do not pertain to one's watch, but note, and even awaken to, a bar pertinent to one's own watch. |
| 3 | 57 | The bars are usually unobtrusive. |
| 3 | 58 | The consistent, repetitive ringing of a bar is a signal of alarm, a sound much dreaded. |
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A bar signifies the beginning of a watch, struck once, twice for the second Ahn of the watch, and so on.
The first watch begins with the commencement of the day's first Ahn, the second with the sixth Ahn, the third with the eleventh Ahn, and the fourth with the sixteenth Ahn.
The final division of the fourth watch commences with the twentieth Ahn.
Interestingly, at least to those unaccustomed to the routine of the round ship, the bars which do not pertain to one are scarcely noticed, no more than the creaking of timbers, the wash of waves against the hull.
One is not likely to much notice, and may easily sleep through, bars which do not pertain to one's watch, but note, and even awaken to, a bar pertinent to one's own watch.
The bars are usually unobtrusive.
The consistent, repetitive ringing of a bar is a signal of alarm, a sound much dreaded.
- (Mariners of Gor)