| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | 263 | On the View more quotes about steps">steps before the throne there stood a warrior, fully armed, who held in his hands the blue helmet of his city. |
| 24 | 264 | Thorn lowered his helmet slowly over his features. |
| 24 | 265 | He loosened the sword in its scabbard. |
| 24 | 266 | He unslung his shield and the long, broad-headed spear from his left shoulder. |
| 24 | 267 | "I have been waiting for you," he said. |
| 25 | 1 | The Roof of the Palace The war cries of Tharna and Ko-ro-ba mingled as Thorn hurled himself down the stairs toward me and I raced toward him. |
| 25 | 2 | Both of us cast our spears at the same instant and the two weapons passed one another like tawny blurs of lightning. |