Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 12 | 379 | No bird so flies, not so View more quotes about swift">swift, not so straight, so piercing the wind. |
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Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 12 | 376 | The mast swung with the rolling of the ship, a surprising swell, perhaps from the helmsman's work. |
| 12 | 377 | Almost at the same instant I sensed something pass my head, like a sudden, fierce whisper in the air. |
| 12 | 378 | I instantly threw myself to the platform, within the ring. |
| 12 | 379 | No bird so flies, not so swift, not so straight, so piercing the wind. |
| 12 | 380 | An instant after something new struck the mast, ringing on a metal brace, and caromed far off, over the side, abeam. |
| 12 | 381 | I would later discover a gouge on the brace, rather where my head, a moment before, might have stood. |
| 12 | 382 | Why did the alarm bar not ring? To my relief I saw several men begin to emerge from the hatches, doubtless responsive to the ship's change of motion. |
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The mast swung with the rolling of the ship, a surprising swell, perhaps from the helmsman's work.
Almost at the same instant I sensed something pass my head, like a sudden, fierce whisper in the air.
I instantly threw myself to the platform, within the ring.
No bird so flies, not so swift, not so straight, so piercing the wind.
An instant after something new struck the mast, ringing on a metal brace, and caromed far off, over the side, abeam.
I would later discover a gouge on the brace, rather where my head, a moment before, might have stood.
Why did the alarm bar not ring? To my relief I saw several men begin to emerge from the hatches, doubtless responsive to the ship's change of motion.
- (Mariners of Gor)