Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 195 | "The breaking of a well," said the View more quotes about merchant">merchant, "is an almost inconceivable criminal act". |
| 10 | 196 | Neither of us, Hassan, nor myself, responded to him. |
| 10 | 197 | What he said was true. |
| 10 | 198 | Earlier, though it had not been our original intention, following our commercial interaction, in which Hassan had exchanged his plunder, flesh and otherwise, for gold, we had been conducted by the merchant to the well, shattered, perhaps ruined. |
| 10 | 199 | Under torches men had labored, removing stone and sand in leather buckets on long ropes. |
| 10 | 200 | Hassan's fists had clenched. |
| 10 | 201 | We had then retired to the merchant's house for black wine. |
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"The breaking of a well," said the merchant, "is an almost inconceivable criminal act".
Neither of us, Hassan, nor myself, responded to him.
What he said was true.
Earlier, though it had not been our original intention, following our commercial interaction, in which Hassan had exchanged his plunder, flesh and otherwise, for gold, we had been conducted by the merchant to the well, shattered, perhaps ruined.
Under torches men had labored, removing stone and sand in leather buckets on long ropes.
Hassan's fists had clenched.
We had then retired to the merchant's house for black wine.
- (Tribesmen of Gor)