| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 25 | 243 | I met her blade, View more quotes about high">high, forcing it down; she slipped to one knee, looking up, trying to keep the blade away; she wept; she had no leverage, her strength was gone; I thrust her back, and she fell on her back before me on the tiles; my left boot, heavy, was on her right wrist; the small hand opened and the scimitar slipped to the tiles; she was then on her back before me; she could not roll, or rise; she lay between my booted feet; she looked up at me; the point of my blade was at her throat. |
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| 25 | 240 | I stepped back. |
| 25 | 241 | She stumbled from the pillar, wild. |
| 25 | 242 | Again she lifted the scimitar; again she tried to attack. |
| 25 | 243 | I met her blade, high, forcing it down; she slipped to one knee, looking up, trying to keep the blade away; she wept; she had no leverage, her strength was gone; I thrust her back, and she fell on her back before me on the tiles; my left boot, heavy, was on her right wrist; the small hand opened and the scimitar slipped to the tiles; she was then on her back before me; she could not roll, or rise; she lay between my booted feet; she looked up at me; the point of my blade was at her throat. |
| 25 | 244 | I stepped back. |
| 25 | 245 | "Stand up," I told her. |
| 25 | 246 | I broke her scimitar at the hilt and flung it to a corner of the room. |