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Book 6. (1 results) Raiders of Gor (Individual Quote)

He must have brought the Venna and the Tela into the wind, cutting away even the storm sails, and risked the destruction of the two ships in the high sea, not to be driven from Port Kar, and then, when the storm had lulled, they had put about and raced for the harbor. - (Raiders of Gor, Chapter 18, Sentence #638)
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18 638 He View more quotes about must">must have brought the Venna and the Tela into the wind, cutting away even the storm sails, and risked the destruction of the two ships in the high sea, not to be driven from Port Kar, and then, when the storm had lulled, they had put about and raced for the harbor.

Book 6. (7 results) Raiders of Gor (Context Quote)

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18 635 Men were fleeing from my holding but, even more important, approaching down the canal, oars flashing, mast down, came a tarn ship, and then another.
18 636 "It is the Venna!" I cried.
18 637 "And the Tela!" Standing at the prow of the Venna, shield on his arm, helmeted, spear in hand, was Tab.
18 638 He must have brought the Venna and the Tela into the wind, cutting away even the storm sails, and risked the destruction of the two ships in the high sea, not to be driven from Port Kar, and then, when the storm had lulled, they had put about and raced for the harbor.
18 639 The rest of the fleet was still doubtless a hundred or more pasangs to the south.
18 640 "A seaman truly worthy of Port Kar," said Samos.
18 641 "Do you love the city so?" I asked.
Men were fleeing from my holding but, even more important, approaching down the canal, oars flashing, mast down, came a tarn ship, and then another. "It is the Venna!" I cried. "And the Tela!" Standing at the prow of the Venna, shield on his arm, helmeted, spear in hand, was Tab. He must have brought the Venna and the Tela into the wind, cutting away even the storm sails, and risked the destruction of the two ships in the high sea, not to be driven from Port Kar, and then, when the storm had lulled, they had put about and raced for the harbor. The rest of the fleet was still doubtless a hundred or more pasangs to the south. "A seaman truly worthy of Port Kar," said Samos. "Do you love the city so?" I asked. - (Raiders of Gor)