Book 35. (1 results) Quarry of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 33 | 117 | I had heard of this View more quotes about bird">bird, but had never seen it or heard its cry. |
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Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 33 | 114 | Then the man in the bow reached within his cloak and raised his hand to his mouth. |
| 33 | 115 | There were then three soft, birdlike notes. |
| 33 | 116 | "Those are the sounds of the nesting marsh kite," whispered Bruno of Torcadino. |
| 33 | 117 | I had heard of this bird, but had never seen it or heard its cry. |
| 33 | 118 | It weaves its nest of rence, which floats on the water. |
| 33 | 119 | Some speculate that the humans who had long ago taken to the vast, formidable delta marshes, perhaps fleeing to them, might have realized the possibility of rence islands from the nest building of the marsh kite. |
| 33 | 120 | Certainly the vast, trackless, treacherous marshes would discourage invasion or pursuit; would they not constitute a barrier more immense and impenetrable than a thousand walls of stone? Shortly thereafter the three notes were repeated. |
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Then the man in the bow reached within his cloak and raised his hand to his mouth.
There were then three soft, birdlike notes.
"Those are the sounds of the nesting marsh kite," whispered Bruno of Torcadino.
I had heard of this bird, but had never seen it or heard its cry.
It weaves its nest of rence, which floats on the water.
Some speculate that the humans who had long ago taken to the vast, formidable delta marshes, perhaps fleeing to them, might have realized the possibility of rence islands from the nest building of the marsh kite.
Certainly the vast, trackless, treacherous marshes would discourage invasion or pursuit; would they not constitute a barrier more immense and impenetrable than a thousand walls of stone? Shortly thereafter the three notes were repeated.
- (Quarry of Gor)