Book 9. (1 results) Marauders of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 16 | 146 | But he had View more quotes about entered">entered the chamber, torch high, moving quickly. |
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Book 9. (7 results) Marauders of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 16 | 143 | These would have spread from village to village, from remote farm to remote farm, from hall to hall. |
| 16 | 144 | One such legend, quite naturally, might have been that Torvald, the great Torvald, was not truly dead, but only asleep, and would waken when once again his land had need of him. |
| 16 | 145 | "Wait!" I called to the Forkbeard. |
| 16 | 146 | But he had entered the chamber, torch high, moving quickly. |
| 16 | 147 | I followed him, swiftly, tears in my eyes. |
| 16 | 148 | When he looked down, torch lifted, upon the bones and fragile cloths of what had once been a hero, when the myth had been shattered, the crystal of its dream beneath the iron of reality, I wanted to stand near him. |
| 16 | 149 | I would not speak to him. |
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These would have spread from village to village, from remote farm to remote farm, from hall to hall.
One such legend, quite naturally, might have been that Torvald, the great Torvald, was not truly dead, but only asleep, and would waken when once again his land had need of him.
"Wait!" I called to the Forkbeard.
But he had entered the chamber, torch high, moving quickly.
I followed him, swiftly, tears in my eyes.
When he looked down, torch lifted, upon the bones and fragile cloths of what had once been a hero, when the myth had been shattered, the crystal of its dream beneath the iron of reality, I wanted to stand near him.
I would not speak to him.
- (Marauders of Gor)