Book 36. (1 results) Avengers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 48 | 112 | Too, the View more quotes about same">same night, the Peasants closed in, merciless and determined. |
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Book 36. (7 results) Avengers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 48 | 109 | "One may speculate," said Thrasymedes. |
| 48 | 110 | "The affair of the tunnel turned out badly for the mercenaries, costing them men and, soon, by means of the same tunnel, in your attack, the loss of the great catapults. |
| 48 | 111 | On whose side was Tarchon? How could the mercenaries know? Might he not be a patriot of Mytilene? He doubtless told them of our shortage of supplies, but their scouts doubtless, too, reported the sounds of singing and feasting from within the walls. |
| 48 | 112 | Too, the same night, the Peasants closed in, merciless and determined. |
| 48 | 113 | Had Tarchon known of the gathering and rising of the Peasants? Was he trying to falsely inspirit the mercenaries, lulling them into patience and quiescence, holding them in place to be slaughtered?" "Interesting," I said. |
| 48 | 114 | "I suspect that they, under the circumstances, as matters unfolded, viewed him as a spy for Mytilene, and, accordingly, to his dismay and horror, treated him as such". |
| 48 | 115 | "War," I said, "has not only its secrets, but its surprises and ironies". |
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"One may speculate," said Thrasymedes.
"The affair of the tunnel turned out badly for the mercenaries, costing them men and, soon, by means of the same tunnel, in your attack, the loss of the great catapults.
On whose side was Tarchon? How could the mercenaries know? Might he not be a patriot of Mytilene? He doubtless told them of our shortage of supplies, but their scouts doubtless, too, reported the sounds of singing and feasting from within the walls.
Too, the same night, the Peasants closed in, merciless and determined.
Had Tarchon known of the gathering and rising of the Peasants? Was he trying to falsely inspirit the mercenaries, lulling them into patience and quiescence, holding them in place to be slaughtered?" "Interesting," I said.
"I suspect that they, under the circumstances, as matters unfolded, viewed him as a spy for Mytilene, and, accordingly, to his dismay and horror, treated him as such".
"War," I said, "has not only its secrets, but its surprises and ironies".
- (Avengers of Gor)