Book 35. (1 results) Quarry of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 43 | 161 | There was a debris of timbers and oars in the View more quotes about water">water, and men, too, some swimming, some clinging to wreckage. |
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Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 43 | 158 | There was a sudden rending of wood and the iron-reinforced prow of our canal boat rose out of the water, climbing the gunwales of the other boat, and then, after a terrible moment, plunged back into the water, scattered planking and timbers on each side. |
| 43 | 159 | "Well done, lads," cried Seremides. |
| 43 | 160 | "Now, on, on, through the gate, to victory, to safety and riches, to the Skerry of Lars! Stroke, lads, stroke!" I looked back. |
| 43 | 161 | There was a debris of timbers and oars in the water, and men, too, some swimming, some clinging to wreckage. |
| 43 | 162 | I saw the barred leaves of the Southern Gate, fastened back, high on each side, slip past. |
| 43 | 163 | Then the boat shook and rolled, free in the troubled, stirring waters of the Tamber Gulf. |
| 43 | 164 | The wind was cold and the sky dark. |
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There was a sudden rending of wood and the iron-reinforced prow of our canal boat rose out of the water, climbing the gunwales of the other boat, and then, after a terrible moment, plunged back into the water, scattered planking and timbers on each side.
"Well done, lads," cried Seremides.
"Now, on, on, through the gate, to victory, to safety and riches, to the Skerry of Lars! Stroke, lads, stroke!" I looked back.
There was a debris of timbers and oars in the water, and men, too, some swimming, some clinging to wreckage.
I saw the barred leaves of the Southern Gate, fastened back, high on each side, slip past.
Then the boat shook and rolled, free in the troubled, stirring waters of the Tamber Gulf.
The wind was cold and the sky dark.
- (Quarry of Gor)