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Book 10. (1 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Individual Quote)

I did not know what their standing orders might be. - (Tribesmen of Gor, Chapter 22, Sentence #35)
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22 35 I did not View more quotes about know">know what their standing orders might be.

Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)

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22 32 Too, the kaiila, given its head, is excellent in locating water.
22 33 It seemed not improbable to me that there might be a recognition signal, to be given by the approaching riders in the vicinity of the ship, to be answered by a countersignal, before they would bring the kaiila in.
22 34 Not receiving it I had little doubt that they would investigate most warily, or, possibly, simply withdraw.
22 35 I did not know what their standing orders might be.
22 36 I was not prepared to risk the second alternative.
22 37 I threw the shelter which I had rigged down to the sand, behind the ship.
22 38 I tossed the steel flask of water down, too.
Too, the kaiila, given its head, is excellent in locating water. It seemed not improbable to me that there might be a recognition signal, to be given by the approaching riders in the vicinity of the ship, to be answered by a countersignal, before they would bring the kaiila in. Not receiving it I had little doubt that they would investigate most warily, or, possibly, simply withdraw. I did not know what their standing orders might be. I was not prepared to risk the second alternative. I threw the shelter which I had rigged down to the sand, behind the ship. I tossed the steel flask of water down, too. - (Tribesmen of Gor)