Book 35. (1 results) Quarry of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 8 | 694 | At a View more quotes about second">second stroke on the drum, with the other mallet, the oars moved. |
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Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 8 | 691 | "Master?" I asked. |
| 8 | 692 | At a gesture from the captain, the hortator struck his drum with a resounding blow from one of his two mallets. |
| 8 | 693 | The oars then entered the water. |
| 8 | 694 | At a second stroke on the drum, with the other mallet, the oars moved. |
| 8 | 695 | Almost at the same time we heard, from across the water, a similar sound from the approaching ship. |
| 8 | 696 | They had not used the drum until now, perhaps hoping that their presence had not yet been discovered. |
| 8 | 697 | Sometimes the stroke, by the hortator or an officer, is called from amidships, even softly. |
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"Master?" I asked.
At a gesture from the captain, the hortator struck his drum with a resounding blow from one of his two mallets.
The oars then entered the water.
At a second stroke on the drum, with the other mallet, the oars moved.
Almost at the same time we heard, from across the water, a similar sound from the approaching ship.
They had not used the drum until now, perhaps hoping that their presence had not yet been discovered.
Sometimes the stroke, by the hortator or an officer, is called from amidships, even softly.
- (Quarry of Gor)