Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 22 | 159 | In the View more quotes about distance">distance up the beach, toward the defile, I heard a drum. |
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Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 22 | 156 | The great ship lay some half pasang from shore, in the darkness. |
| 22 | 157 | Some, of those who could swim, may have reached her. |
| 22 | 158 | When I had been on the ship, I had, however, noted none who had reached her ropes and ladders from the water. |
| 22 | 159 | In the distance up the beach, toward the defile, I heard a drum. |
| 22 | 160 | It was not ours. |
| 22 | 161 | Given the irregularity of the beat, I took it that its role was tactical, signaling orders. |
| 22 | 162 | If this were so, the enemy, I thought, must be professional, disciplined, trained. |
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The great ship lay some half pasang from shore, in the darkness.
Some, of those who could swim, may have reached her.
When I had been on the ship, I had, however, noted none who had reached her ropes and ladders from the water.
In the distance up the beach, toward the defile, I heard a drum.
It was not ours.
Given the irregularity of the beat, I took it that its role was tactical, signaling orders.
If this were so, the enemy, I thought, must be professional, disciplined, trained.
- (Mariners of Gor)