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Book 35. (1 results) Quarry of Gor (Individual Quote)

Later a great sea battle took place. - (Quarry of Gor, Chapter 11, Sentence #59)
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11 59 View more quotes about later">Later a great sea battle took place.

Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor (Context Quote)

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11 56 In the midst of this confusion, fear, and chaos, an amazing, startling rumor was suddenly abroad, first whispered, from ear to ear, and then shouted out, ringing from wall to wall.
11 57 Men who had betrayed Home Stones, men who had abandoned them, men who had, by deeds or words, dishonored Home Stones, men who had lived for years, lost and separate, alone and miserable, without Home Stones, looked suddenly at one another, wildly.
11 58 Port Kar had a Home Stone! Men then, resolute and joyous, no longer fled, but, weeping, embraced one another as fellows and brothers, and rushed to the great arsenal to seize oars and take their places on the rowing benches of waiting ships.
11 59 Later a great sea battle took place.
11 60 This battle is recalled, and celebrated, each Twenty-Fifth of Se'Kara.
11 61 Port Kar had a Home Stone.
11 62 Those of Port Kar do not, of course, speak of their city as the "Scourge of Thassa," though, as I understand it, they find it convenient that others should do so.
In the midst of this confusion, fear, and chaos, an amazing, startling rumor was suddenly abroad, first whispered, from ear to ear, and then shouted out, ringing from wall to wall. Men who had betrayed Home Stones, men who had abandoned them, men who had, by deeds or words, dishonored Home Stones, men who had lived for years, lost and separate, alone and miserable, without Home Stones, looked suddenly at one another, wildly. Port Kar had a Home Stone! Men then, resolute and joyous, no longer fled, but, weeping, embraced one another as fellows and brothers, and rushed to the great arsenal to seize oars and take their places on the rowing benches of waiting ships. Later a great sea battle took place. This battle is recalled, and celebrated, each Twenty-Fifth of Se'Kara. Port Kar had a Home Stone. Those of Port Kar do not, of course, speak of their city as the "Scourge of Thassa," though, as I understand it, they find it convenient that others should do so. - (Quarry of Gor)