Book 35. (1 results) Quarry of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 47 | 205 | "View more quotes about given">Given the number of his men, we would have been unable to hold it, nor, soon, the holding itself," he said. |
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Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 47 | 202 | "She, Adraste, or Talena, might have been acquired by Pa-Kur, of the Assassins," I said, "had you, and others, not seized on the stratagem of disguising yourselves as cohorts amongst the intruders, by means of red scarves". |
| 47 | 203 | "Few stratagems were available," said Addison Steele. |
| 47 | 204 | "Why did you not seal off the parapet, to prevent the withdrawal of Pa-Kur's forces?" I asked. |
| 47 | 205 | "Given the number of his men, we would have been unable to hold it, nor, soon, the holding itself," he said. |
| 47 | 206 | "Rather we wished to sow uncertainty, confusion, and panic amongst the intruders, and then, while they were disconcerted and fearful, provide them with an inviting, undefended exit from the holding, a beckoning escape route". |
| 47 | 207 | "I see," I said. |
| 47 | 208 | "It is a common ruse of war," he said. |
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"She, Adraste, or Talena, might have been acquired by Pa-Kur, of the Assassins," I said, "had you, and others, not seized on the stratagem of disguising yourselves as cohorts amongst the intruders, by means of red scarves".
"Few stratagems were available," said Addison Steele.
"Why did you not seal off the parapet, to prevent the withdrawal of Pa-Kur's forces?" I asked.
"Given the number of his men, we would have been unable to hold it, nor, soon, the holding itself," he said.
"Rather we wished to sow uncertainty, confusion, and panic amongst the intruders, and then, while they were disconcerted and fearful, provide them with an inviting, undefended exit from the holding, a beckoning escape route".
"I see," I said.
"It is a common ruse of war," he said.
- (Quarry of Gor)