Signal Quotes from the Gor Series (332 Results)

Book 1. (2 results) Tarnsman of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
4	40	I released the reins, letting them hang on the saddle-ring, which is the *signal* for a constant and straight flight, no pressure on the throat strap.	10
14	64	As if this were a *signal*, some of his tarnsmen entered the cave and seized me.	10

Book 2. (4 results) Outlaw of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
14	19	I walked slowly to the foot of the golden wall, where lay the golden scarf of the Tatrix, that scarf whose fluttering *signal* had initiated the Amusements.	10
14	185	When he spots a tabuk in the fields below, or, indeed, any animal in the prey range of the tarn, he may cry "Tabuk!" and this is the *signal* that the tarn may hunt.	10
17	94	When it fell, that would be the *signal* that they might rush to the trough.	10
20	43	He offered no resistance, he showed no anger, when I leaped to his back and cried, as before, "One-strap!" at which *signal*, with a shrill cry and a mighty spring, those gigantic wings cracked like whips and beat their way aloft in the glory of flight.	10

Book 3. (11 results) Priest-Kings of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
8	146	At the sight of raiders one tower would set its beacon aflame, glittering by night, or dampen it with green branches by day to produce a white smoke, and this *signal* would be relayed from tower to tower.	10
12	86	At a *signal* from Sarm they leaped to their feet and stood alertly beside the dais, their feet spread, their heads high, their arms folded.	10
17	74	"The reason for observation within the atmosphere," said Sarm, "is that it is simpler to get more definition in the *signal* because of greater proximity to its source.	10
17	85	"The projection points for the Flame Death are located in the surveillance craft," said Sarm, "but the coordinates are fixed and the firing *signal* is relayed from this room.	10
20	97	His companion then snapped a switch at the wall panel and the globe seemed to come alive, humming and clicking, coils suddenly glowing and tiny *signal* lights flashing on and off.	10
27	174	Though the translator which still hung about Sarm's neck with the string of silverish tools was not turned on I would not have needed it to interpret the desperate odor-*signal* emitted by the First Born.	10
27	175	It was, indeed, though shorter and more intense, the first odor-*signal* that had ever been addressed to me, only then it had come from Misk's translator in the chamber of Vika.	10
27	188	I sensed a *signal* from the Mother, the first I had sensed, and it was scarcely detectable.	10
27	256	I hardly saw it coming but an instant before its flight began I had seen the tremor of a fiber in his shoulder and I knew the *signal* for its strike had been transmitted.	10
28	176	It unnerved the Priest-Kings to pass unknowingly within feet of, say, a pale, agile fellow from the Fungus Chambers, who might be crouching in a nearby ventilator shaft with a heat torch, who might have burned their antennae for them if he had pleased; or to suddenly find themselves surrounded by a ...	10
29	135	There was a sudden fearful scream of odor from the *signal* glands of the Priest-King and he tipped to one side, reaching for me with his grasping appendages.	10

Book 4. (5 results) Nomads of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	181	"Hear my name," cried he, "I am Kamchak of the Tuchuks!" As suddenly as he had finished, as soon as the men had named themselves, as if a *signal* had been given, the four kaiila bounded forward, squealing with rage, each rider bent low on his mount, lance gripped in his right hand, straining to be th...	10
9	197	The musicians, at a *signal* from the Feast Steward, took up their instruments again and the acrobats rushed back among the tables, tumbling and leaping about.	10
10	223	As soon as the hundreds of ponderous tharlarion had been marshaled into an order, a lance, carrying a fluttering pennon, dipped and there was a sudden *signal* on the tharlarion drums.	10
26	72	I thought this might *signal* the beginning of the storming of the compound, but none of the men below moved.	10
26	177	"As you wish," said Kamchak and raised his hand to *signal* the archers.	10

Book 5. (11 results) Assassin of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
7	69	There was a moment's pause and then, from the ship, there came an answering light, repeating the *signal, except that its signal* terminated with two reds.	10
5	170	There was rather only a set of odors, secreted from his *signal* glands, picked up by the translator and transduced into mechanically reproduced Gorean words, each spoken separately, none with emotion.	10
5	223	But, from a central, guarded panel, and from individual transmitters, those of their owners, a *signal* may be transmitted which causes the two bracelets and the two anklets to immediately snap together at the flat plates, thus, even at a distance, binding the slave.	10
5	224	There are individual signals and a master *signal*, permitting an individual slave to be immediately secured, no matter where he is in the Nest, or every slave in the Nest.	10
5	253	There was a tiny click and a small odor *signal* was emitted from the apparatus closed about Elizabeth's head.	10
7	81	"The trip was uneventful, I trust," said Cernus, putting the *signal* apparatus back in his robes.	10
12	196	At a *signal* from Ho-Tu the guard carried Virginia to the branding rack and placed her in the rack, spinning the lever that locked her thigh in place.	10
17	226	On the twentieth day of Camerius the great *signal* bars suspended about the walls of the city rang out the enthronement of a Ubar of Ar.	10
22	544	I heard an exultant shout from behind me and saw the leader of the tarnsmen *signal* his men across the dividing wall again, to meet me at the left center rings.	10
22	570	I saw four crossbowmen at the box of the Ubar, on a *signal* from Saphronicus, who stood there, fire.	10
24	106	At times we walked up swirling gradients, at times stairs, swirling and broad, leading higher and higher into the cylinder; sometimes we walked through marble-floored passageways, in which, through narrow windows, designed to be too small for a body to pass, but large enough for use as crossbow port...	10

Book 6. (6 results) Raiders of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
14	120	I did not even, following my plan, *signal* this move to my other ships.	10
14	133	I ordered the trumpeter and the man on the flags to now *signal* flight to them.	10
14	469	"Thurnock," said I, "*signal* seventeen of my twenty ships to present themselves to our approaching friends.	10
17	89	I kept in reserve fifty-five tarn ships, which, simultaneously with the fifth wave, that of the flanking fleets, would draw within *signal* distance of the Dorna.	10
17	178	And simultaneously with the initiation of the pincers attack the balance of my fleet, the reserves, fifty-five tarn ships, should draw within *signal* distance of the Dorna.	10
18	12	Men ran to *signal* ships among the reserves, that they might draw toward our engaged fleet, recalling it.	10

Book 7. (4 results) Captive of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	90	I had not tried to *signal* anyone when I had found the phones had been destroyed.	10
4	120	"This device," he said, "transmits a *signal*, which can be picked up by our equipment at a distance of one hundred miles".	10
16	253	The snapping of the leash, jerking against itself, or the leash's collar ring, is a common preparatory *signal*.	10
16	254	This *signal* received, the slave knows that, imminently, she is to be walked.	10

Book 8. (6 results) Hunters of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
6	405	My men, at my *signal*, did likewise.	10
14	28	Then, at a given *signal*, the panther girls within, abetted by the men of Tyros from without, would have, with clubs and ropes, and the butts of their spears, sprung to the attack.	10
14	223	At a sign from Hura the man from Tyros thrust the iron back into the brazier, to draw it forth again at her *signal*.	10
18	32	There would have to be, I knew, a *signal*.	10
18	169	Lit, this beacon would constitute the prearranged *signal* to the ships.	10
18	485	He had a *signal* to observe.	10

Book 9. (13 results) Marauders of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
17	58	The *signal* would be a shield *signal*, taking the morning sun, a flash, and then the attack.	10
5	46	"Now we will not be forced to wind the *signal* horns across the water".	10
5	115	Then he said to the rowers on the starboard side, "When I give the *signal*, let us display to Thorgard of Scagnar what we can of the riches of the temple of Kassau!" The men laughed.	10
12	6	Two men of Svein Blue Tooth rose to their feet and silenced the crowd with two blasts on curved, bronze *signal* horns, of a sort often used for communication between ships.	10
12	15	The blasts had been the *signal* for attention.	10
13	453	This cry, like a stimulus, acted upon the others, as well; almost instantly, with the velocity that the stranger *signal* can course through a pack of urts, this shriek was picked up by those with it; then, the hall filled with their horrid howling, eyes blazing, led by the Kur with the golden band, f...	10
17	332	The *signal* spear, in the hand of the frenzied Blue Tooth, its scarlet talmit wrapped at the base of its blade, was lifted.	10
17	335	The *signal* spear thrust to the valley.	10
18	149	There, already lifted, we saw the *signal* spear of Svein Blue Tooth.	10
18	153	No Kur who approached the *signal* spear did not die.	10
18	158	The Blue Tooth himself now stood with Rollo, his own hand on the *signal* spear.	10
18	208	Rollo went to the *signal* spear.	10
22	37	Conscious I was indeed of the *signal* honor seen fit to be bestowed upon me.	10

Book 10. (19 results) Tribesmen of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	213	Free girls, not yet companions, but of an age appropriate for the companionship, sometimes *signal* their availability to possible swains by belling their left ankles with a single "virgin bell".	10
5	688	Seeing my *signal*, she stiffened; she hesitated.	10
5	741	At a *signal* from Ibn Saran, Alyena drew the veil about her body, and around it, and, with one small hand, threw it aside.	10
6	59	At a *signal* from the judge the handle was released.	10
6	91	At a *signal* from the judge the slave at the handle of the girl's rack, pushing it with his two hands, moved the handle.	10
6	114	The judge gave a *signal* and the long handle of the rack, fitting through a rectangular hole in the axle, moved again.	10
6	122	He gave a *signal*.	10
7	189	"Upon my *signal*," said Ibn Saran, speaking in swift Gorean, "attacking in a line, slash every inch of this room.	10
11	538	"On my *signal*," said Hassan, "have them throw open the gate to the stable yard, and ride!" I went to the edge of the roof overlooking the burning yard.	10
11	542	"I relay the *signal* of Hassan," said I.	10
11	543	"Upon this *signal*, take flight!" "Two kaiila are saddled for you," said he, indicating two mounts.	10
11	544	"Upon the *signal*," said I, "take flight".	10
11	545	"What of you," he cried, "and Hassan!" "Upon the *signal*," I said, "take flight".	10
11	549	"Hassan!" One must watch, to see when the escape might best emerge from the yard, another must convey the *signal*.	10
12	46	As the raiders returned, from their column, by mirror, a *signal* was flashed to the kasbah.	10
12	47	On receipt of this *signal* a pennon, a victory pennon, was raised on the gate tower.	10
12	276	"The door," said she, "by the guards outside, opens only to my *signal*".	10
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.	10
26	441	There are many ways in which the slave may *signal* her need to the master, and some of these will vary, of course, amongst particular masters and slaves.	10

Book 11. (11 results) Slave Girl of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
22	555	I heard *signal* horns, and saw flags on the *signal* lines.	10
3	284	It is the *signal* that the game has begun, that the girl is now available, that she is now at large for capture.	10
5	879	He held his hand, the visible *signal* of preparation, poised over his thigh.	10
7	260	"You will take your first step with your left foot," said Lehna, "upon my *signal*.	10
7	283	"On the left foot, on my *signal*," said Lehna.	10
22	114	"*Signal* our intentions to the flagship.	10
22	116	"Yes, Captain!" said the first officer, and called swiftly to men to run the *signal* flags of Cos to the mast.	10
22	134	The *signal* flags of Cos snapped in the wind.	10
22	191	Too, from afar, I heard *signal* horns.	10
22	234	*Signal* horns could be heard.	10
22	559	I heard more *signal* horns.	10

Book 12. (6 results) Beasts of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	416	"Enough time," I said, "to press it between the bars of the sleen cage and whisper to the beast the *signal* for the hunt".	10
6	22	Usually one spots game from the saddle and calls "Tabuk," which is the tarn's hunting *signal*.	10
12	271	This culture *signal*, incidentally, is not applicable to a man's slaves in the north.	10
35	1275	First, a *signal* is transmitted from the complex to the steel worlds.	10
35	1276	This *signal*, which can also be received by the probe ships and the fleet, will inform them of the destruction of the complex, the loss of these munitions and supplies".	10
35	1299	"The *signal* to the worlds, the ships, the fleet, is transmitted.	10

Book 13. (5 results) Explorers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
11	182	"Please," she wept, "I've told you all I know!" At a *signal* from the man near her the two large fellows drew the girl from her feet, until she hung suspended some six inches from the floor.	10
12	373	It was about where a paga slave might kneel, close enough to be ready to serve at the merest *signal*, far enough away to be unobtrusive.	10
19	97	Actually he had been within, in the hire of Msaliti, awaiting his *signal* with the lamp.	10
41	12	A *signal* which we had failed to note had doubtless been given.	10
51	113	When I give the *signal*, unloop the tether as though it were unbound.	10

Book 14. (4 results) Fighting Slave of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	104	"The expression is a '*signal* word,' a word selected for its emotive connotation, not its cognitive meaning.	10
3	192	The woman in the black leather, she whom I had taken as my jailer, gave a *signal*.	10
11	610	"It is a *signal*," she said, "that it is time for the guards to begin their rounds".	10
12	152	Thus, when you saw the slave struggle, obedient to my *signal*, I thought the farcicality of his activity would be evident.	10

Book 15. (3 results) Rogue of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
31	141	The *signal* to raise or lower the gate is given by a guard on the wall, at the west gate tower, one of two towers flanking the sea gate.	10
31	142	It is a voice *signal*.	10
31	184	"Did you not hear the *signal*?" called the man on the balcony.	10

Book 16. (12 results) Guardsman of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	35	Across the chain I heard *signal* horns.	10
1	77	Behind him an officer would relay his *signal*.	10
4	134	*Signal* cloths, pennons and squares, in mixed colors and designs, acknowledging these commands, ran fluttering and streaming onto the stem-castle lines of the Tais.	10
4	166	*Signal* horns sounded frantically.	10
6	53	We listened to the *signal* horns from the Voskjard's fleet.	10
8	412	It was at this time that I heard the *signal* horns of the pirate fleet.	10
9	75	"I shall have the *signal* horns sounded," said an officer to Callimachus.	10
9	361	"*Signal* Calliodorus!" "No," said Callimachus, grimly.	10
10	64	Before we had left the vicinity of the encounter between the Tais and the Tamira, I had called loudly, as though to Callimachus, "We have made good our immediate escape! Let us hasten now to Tetrapoli, where our safety most securely may be sought!" There had been an answering cheer from the crew of ...	10
12	25	"Return the *signal*," said Callimachus.	10
12	128	This *signal* was rapidly relayed to the west gate tower and, as the fellow below leapt into the water, to swim for the gate, it, with a thunderous rattle of weight and chaining, shaking and sliding, crashed downward, smiting and dividing a galley just aft of amidships, and then anchored itself in pla...	10
12	131	"*Signal* our fellows in the marshes! Let the attack flags be raised!" There was a cheer upon the walls.	10

Book 17. (2 results) Savages of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	314	"They do not *signal* their recognition of our presence," said Samos.	10
15	15	The common smoke *signal* is produced by placing greenery, such as branches, leaves or grass, on a fire.	10

Book 18. (9 results) Blood Brothers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
28	212	We then gave our attention to Mahpiyasapa, awaiting his *signal*.	10
28	235	"See the *signal* of Mahpiyasapa," said another.	10
30	10	"No man is to flee until Mahpiyasapa gives the *signal*," said a man.	10
30	17	"Wait for the *signal* of Mahpiyasapa," cautioned another.	10
33	367	"When I give the *signal*," I said, "lean forward and step out with your left foot.	10
37	147	Once we had heard two notes of the fleer, but, that time, as it had turned out, the source of the *signal* had not been Cuwignaka but, to our frustration, an actual fleer.	10
44	560	"He will then give the *signal*".	10
47	110	There, concealed by day and trained by night, and housed within striking distance of Council Rock, they had waited for our *signal*.	10
47	121	Eagerly, awaiting no command or *signal*, his neck outstretched, Ubar of the Skies took to the air.	10

Book 19. (3 results) Kajira of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
8	79	The young man then tapped a complex *signal* on the inner iron door.	10
8	241	I did not doubt but what the girls on the tiles, if they were found sufficiently displeasing to the trainer, or too frequently required the admonitory *signal* of the cracking leather, would soon hear the snap of the lash not in their mere vicinity but on their own bared bodies.	10
26	412	"I am going to *signal* to the musicians, Tiffany," said Aemilianus.	10

Book 20. (3 results) Players of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
14	353	The hideous squeal which was so terrifying, so shrill and piercing, which had such an effect on the other animals, was presumably something like a stranger-in-our-midst *signal, a stranger-recognition signal*, so to speak.	10
5	102	"Doubtless Mistress has arranged a *signal* with her men," I said.	10
14	409	Behind me I suddenly heard again that hideous squeal of an urt, once more the stranger-recognition *signal*.	10

Book 21. (4 results) Mercenaries of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
8	27	"Watch for our *signal*," I said.	10
8	123	"Perhaps you should *signal* Mincon," I said.	10
26	158	Presumably he would wish to *signal* his fellow down the corridor in some way.	10
26	501	"But perhaps," I said, "it is a matter rather of the innate and *signal* superiority of the free woman, that she scorns such unspeakable vulgarities, that such things are not for her, that she is too lofty for them, that she is above such things".	10

Book 22. (4 results) Dancer of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	901	It was a *signal* to me.	10
20	411	I saw the first of my master's men make the sign, the *signal* of designation.	10
24	184	This action on his part seemed some sort of *signal* to the others.	10
25	74	These serve as guides to tarnsmen aflight, and, too, may be used to *signal* their recall, and such.	10

Book 23. (12 results) Renegades of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	158	Too, it often functions as an attention-garnering device, a *signal*, so to speak, preparing the beast for the sequent issuance of verbal commands, to which it is trained to respond.	10
10	27	The coordination between the collapse of the wall and the attack can be sharpened when the supports are struck away, the same *signal*, say, the blast of trumpets, initiating both actions.	10
10	224	I quickly then, that she would feel the authoritative *signal* of the leash and collar rings while she was looking at the tall fellow, shook the leash.	10
13	111	At my *signal* she had crawled across the floor, through the straw, and then knelt before me, her head down, submitted.	10
14	189	"They *signal* the attack".	10
15	872	But before he could draw twice on the leash, giving the prisoner her *signal*, she thrust her head down, to his feet, reaching for them, as she had earlier for mine.	10
15	897	He shook the leash once, to alert the prisoner that a leash *signal* was imminent.	10
17	406	"Then return to your fellows, and watch for my *signal*.	10
17	431	"Return now to your fellows," I said, "and watch for my *signal*.	10
17	484	Immediately following this *signal* the defenders on both the left and right began an orderly withdrawal, rear lines first, front lines backing, fighting, down the stairways closest to them, the two gate stairways, one to the west of the gate, the other to the east of the gate.	10
19	116	"They will probably *signal* the other fellows, out where the harbor is closed," said a man, "so that they can attack on two sides at once".	10
23	254	Sometimes, indeed, a girl would single out a desirable male in the crowd and *signal* to him in no uncertain manner that she begs to wear his collar, and that she wants only the opportunity to become for him a dream of love and pleasure.	10

Book 24. (8 results) Vagabonds of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	568	He glanced once at Temione, who moved, frightened, but he did not *signal* to her to rise.	10
3	419	That is a command used often in tarsk hunting, a *signal* to ride the animal down, plunging your lance into its back or side.	10
13	38	I feared he might, in his excitement, with the closing on the barge, slip with the knife, when the attack *signal* was uttered.	10
13	40	I sensed the *signal* would be soon given.	10
28	529	"Should I manage to reach Holmesk," he said, "I might be granted *signal* honors.	10
29	10	Thrice in our trek had we heard the sound of the marsh jard, our agreed-upon *signal*, warning us of danger.	10
29	15	In our camps during the day, we had twice heard the same *signal*, alerting us to the passage of someone, in both cases, rencers, going about their business, fishing, gathering rence.	10
29	106	In this particular *signal*, one of several which, from city to city, might have similar import, the downward movement of the hand indicates that the girl is to kneel, the place where she is to kneel is indicated in effect by pointing, and the spreading of the fingers indicates how she is to kneel, in...	10

Book 25. (4 results) Magicians of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
7	105	This happened so quickly, however, that it was doubtless accomplished not by the fellows at the bells apprehending that those most inward in the city had ceased to ring but rather in virtue of some *signal, presumably conveyed from the Central Cylinder, a signal* doubtless relayed immediately, success...	10
7	339	"She, in her own name, and in the name of the people and Home Stone of Ar, gives thanks to our friends and brothers of Cos, for the delivery of her city from the tyranny of Gnieus Lelius and for the liberation of her people!" At this point, doubtless by a prearranged *signal*, the great bars of the Ce...	10
7	384	Peals of rejoicing rang from the *signal* bars about the city.	10
9	807	It was interesting to see the varying alacrities of their response to this *signal*.	10

Book 26. (16 results) Witness of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
9	8	One knows when to place them before the bars because there is a *signal*, the ringing of a suspended bar, from somewhere outside.	10
9	9	At the *signal* one puts the empty bowls and the wastes vessel near the bars, and then assumes the indicated position, one of prone helplessness, facing the back of the cell.	10
10	27	To be sure, I had then, warned by the *signal* bar, been prone at the back of the cell, helplessly spread-eagled.	10
10	354	The original *signal* and its response constituted the exchange of a sign and countersign.	10
10	957	"That was the first *signal*," he said.	10
14	1071	She seemed startled at this but, responsive to my command, and doubtless, too, not failing to comprehend the leash *signal*, rose swiftly to her feet.	10
15	47	While they do this one's name is repeated, so that they will associate the name, which may then figure in a *signal*, with the scent.	10
15	52	The *signal* given the two sleen rushed upon it and tore it to pieces, ignoring the other meat, to which they had not been given access.	10
15	57	"Shall I give them the *signal* for you?" he asked.	10
16	25	He must have given some *signal* to the musicians, for they began to play, softly, in the background.	10
16	242	This time, doubtless in virtue of some arrangement with, or *signal* conveyed to, the musicians, it was an extreme adagio melody to which I must move.	10
19	70	The flash was not unlike that from mirrors used as *signal* devices in the mountains.	10
19	74	The flash of the mirrors, the sight of the smoke *signal*, the glimpse of a fire, such things, it might be recollected, convey their message at the speed of light, far faster than a tarn can fly, incomparably more swift, even, than the flighted sound of a distant bar.	10
31	590	His lips parted, to utter the *signal* that would unleash the quarrels.	10
37	143	Both of these sleen had also been imprinted, I knew, with the scent, and some name, or *signal*, associated with the peasant, and could be set upon him.	10
43	146	I did not doubt but what it was a prearranged *signal*.	10

Book 27. (16 results) Prize of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
4	292	Tutina, of course, must await the consent, the *signal*, of the older woman.	10
5	19	There was a man outside sometimes, a doorman, or guard, who attended to the admittance, and egress, on a *signal*, of the young ladies.	10
15	113	She supposed that he must have received some *signal* from her master to do this.	10
15	114	The guard then withdrew, apparently having received some *signal* to do this from her master.	10
16	1075	It is not a chronological classification; it is a *signal* that he regards her as lying within an ideal prey range for his aggressive dispositions.	10
17	1038	She then felt two tugs, the *signal*, she knew from her training, that she was to be led, imminently, that she must be ready, at the next tug, to follow docilely, an obedient domestic animal, on her tether.	10
17	1054	There was a pause then, as though a *signal* might have been awaited, or a permission granted, by as little as the nod of a head.	10
19	242	"Give the *signal*," said Portus.	10
19	245	"Give the *signal*".	10
19	557	Portus lifted his arm, and Fel Doron, and Tersius Major, behind him, acknowledged this *signal*.	10
19	656	He made no move to *signal* the train of tarns nor did he rush to sound an alarm.	10
20	270	How then could he *signal* them? Then, to her amazement, she sensed that something was very different in the tarn train, and realized, with a start, that the line connecting the tarn and basket of Tersius Major and the following tarns and baskets was free, perhaps cut.	10
20	281	There seemed to have been signals exchanged, or at least a *signal* given by Tersius Major.	10
20	282	Had that *signal* been intended for Portus Canio and Fel Doron, or for others? Others, surely.	10
20	283	Indeed, perhaps Portus Canio and Fel Doron were aware of the *signal*, it forming a part of their plans.	10
20	284	This must then be the rendezvous? It seemed there had been a responding *signal*, far off.	10

Book 28. (10 results) Kur of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	384	It was a *signal, doubtless, perhaps of warning, of alarm, perhaps a sign of urgency, perhaps a signal* for recall, for regrouping or retreat.	10
1	1094	Tarl Cabot lifted his head, for he had detected the feeding *signal*, the odor connected with the liquid food dispensed through the tube at the height of the cylinder.	10
15	31	It is a *signal* to the Kurii, thought Cabot, a clear indication, far more clear than killing her in the forest, that they understand the Kur ruse, and that they may expect such stratagems to be not only ineffective, but to result in the savage demise of a perhaps valued pet, or slave.	10
18	29	Amongst Kurii nibblings and bitings are common, not to injure, but rather to *signal* that harm, which might be done, is not done.	10
21	65	"Yes," said Cabot, "of war, and the march, sometimes to measure the stroke of oars, occasionally to *signal* the opening and closing of markets, of gates, and such".	10
31	58	"We set the fire, as a *signal*, three nights ago," said Cabot.	10
31	59	"This might be the *signal* that it was seen".	10
31	61	"Lord Grendel would not know it was your *signal*," she said.	10
56	76	The forces of Agamemnon, forewarned, had, at a *signal*, it was later determined, closed or covered their eyes, opening them, adjusted as they had been for the darkness, a moment later, and opened fire.	10
80	153	Down at the gate a Kur, who had perhaps been waiting for this *signal*, turned aside, disappeared for a moment beyond the wall, and then, in another moment, reappeared, together with another Kur, and another figure, one much smaller.	10

Book 29. (12 results) Swordsmen of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
5	257	This was, I supposed, a *signal* to return to the ship.	10
5	399	I now suspected the meaning of the *signal* smoke near the bow of the round ship, and why she had recalled her longboat, had swung about and unfurled her sail.	10
16	12	"Three-strap," I called, and Ichiro blew the *signal*, and the flock turned downward and to the right.	10
16	67	I gave the *signal* for putting arrows to the string, and drew my tarn up, over the cavalry, to better observe the outcome of the exercise.	10
16	271	At that moment, from high above, I heard the war horn of Ichiro, signaling the alarm, and then the *signal* to mount.	10
19	227	In a few Ehn I gave a *signal* and, one by one, so that they would be immediately visible within the stable I had the lighting of six fires begun, lit at intervals of twenty Ihn, these fires to ring the threshold of the stable.	10
25	1	A Lantern Will Fail to Convey its *Signal* in Due Course; I Am Invited to an Interview Outside the tent I stopped, and lifted my head, and looked up, into the night, to the stars.	10
26	61	By means of such beacons, fire by night, smoke by day, an alarm, or *signal*, or message, could be conveyed a thousand pasangs in a matter of Ehn.	10
26	89	I supposed the downed rider would have the *signal* lantern, and might make his presence known to searchers.	10
32	20	In response to this *signal* a long column of men, in rows of ten, mercenaries, armed and accoutered, came about the platform, made its way to the beach, spread itself along the water's edge, in five rows of pairs, and then turned, so that these rows of pairs, of which there was a large number, faced ...	10
37	41	A *signal* was conveyed by a banner from the stern castle of the great ship, and the hammers struck again.	10
38	520	I now expected to hear once more the whistles from the stern castle, which would now be the final *signal*, or warning, that prior to casting off.	10

Book 30. (20 results) Mariners of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	58	The consistent, repetitive ringing of a bar is a *signal* of alarm, a sound much dreaded.	10
15	38	I remembered the *signal*, the beacon.	10
16	74	"Men have been about," I said, "there has been noise, shouting, the bar was hammered, to *signal* an alert".	10
21	1	I Fear Disorder; The *Signal*; Slaves are Returned to their Mats I stood at the rail, with many others.	10
21	23	"I have not seen the *signal*," said Lord Nishida.	10
21	31	"We shall await the *signal*," said Lord Nishida.	10
21	145	"In any event, it is from this coastline that the *signal* is to rise," said Lord Okimoto.	10
21	149	"Something may be told from the *signal*".	10
21	150	"Or," said Lord Nishida, "if there is no *signal*".	10
21	153	"There will be no *signal*," said Lord Okimoto, "if our presence is unnoted".	10
21	157	"No," said Lord Okimoto, "not without the *signal*".	10
21	171	I gathered this was a precaution, taken to minimize the chances of missing a possible *signal*.	10
21	266	"Thus," said Cabot, "it seems only one *signal*, the red, would suffice".	10
22	220	Now, however, to a new drum *signal*, hurrying between suddenly opening, evenly spaced gaps in the enemy forces, we saw what must have been one hundred to one hundred and fifty archers, with the large Pani bows.	10
22	244	Although I could not read the *signal*, its import was clear.	10
22	268	We waited in place, as did our foes, for the *signal* of the drum.	10
25	2	Obviously I did not wish to *signal* her out, suggesting that she might be of special interest.	10
33	302	"No," I said, "it is the *signal* of a new docking, a round ship, doubtless".	10
33	309	"Is the *signal* commonly so vigorous?" asked the stranger.	10
36	373	The grating is raised, which is a *signal* to fish in the vicinity that a feeding is at hand.	10

Book 31. (15 results) Conspirators of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
9	336	But, strangely, it seemed no ordinary noise, some sort of *signal*, or a revelation of a mood, but a subtly articulated stream of sound, and scarcely had it ceased than I heard Gorean, the words clearly sounded, but oddly spaced, produced, apparently, by means of some sort of device, some sort of mach...	10
10	41	This was a *signal*, to a trained animal.	10
10	50	Again he administered the simple leash *signal*.	10
15	135	Was I to stay here all night? I then became afraid, even though it was the middle of the night, that I might be apprehended in the market, in the morning, when guardsmen, at the praetor's *signal*, opened the market to the stallsmen, merchants, and dealers.	10
15	315	That is the *signal* to move.	10
15	317	If the slave follows her master, no such *signal* is required.	10
15	359	Shortly after dawn the lantern on its pole at the edge of the market of Cestias would be extinguished, and, a bit later, the market pennon would be hoisted to the height of the pole, above the lantern arm, after which, at the praetor's *signal*, guardsmen would open the market.	10
24	34	"It was a mistake to *signal* your band," said Desmond.	10
24	36	"Was there a response to your *signal*?" asked Desmond.	10
24	48	"May I inquire the purport of your recent *signal* to your band?" asked Desmond.	10
24	56	"Do not *signal* them to act," said Desmond.	10
29	22	The guard, who now had the translator slung about his neck, presumably that it might be convenient, as I was about, reached back and, with a small mallet, removed from a peg, struck a hanging bar, which emitted a sharp, clear note, in response to which *signal* a second Kur shortly appeared at the por...	10
35	237	"And how," he asked, "does the house obtain its advantage? Are there apertures in the ceiling through which an accomplice, perhaps with a glass, might somehow *signal* the house's player, are there loitering observers nearby, in a position to read cards, and convey signals?" "I do not think so," I sai...	10
49	40	The larl had been stationed near the exit of the Cave by the food *signal*, which it had come to recognize.	10
49	45	From the larl's point of view, which had been given the food *signal*, it seemed that that which emerged from the Cave must either bring food or be food.	10

Book 32. (12 results) Smugglers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
9	185	It then occurred to me that there might have been another *signal, a different signal, possibly, to bring the second ship to the shore, or would be such a signal*.	10
9	184	There must have been a *signal* from the forest, a particular *signal*, I thought, to bring us to shore here.	10
9	63	There must have been a *signal* of some sort.	10
10	28	"That is the *signal*?" I asked.	10
25	20	The bars may also mark other Ahn, depending on the city, and may serve as a *signal* of alarm, of sorrow, of victory, of celebration, and such.	10
26	136	He suddenly lifted his hand, and I heard then the first stroke of the bar, beginning to *signal* the tenth Ahn.	10
38	11	If these additional forces were beyond the reach of the whistle, so far that not even their lari might take note of the *signal*, I was to return to Shipcamp, and bring men, following the river west.	10
38	252	Two raised their spears, a common *signal* of readiness before an engagement.	10
50	773	Perhaps it was he who had put her in the gown, to *signal* her out for envy and derision.	10
52	243	"We have received the *signal* from the dock," he said.	10
52	279	"We are expecting any Ehn now the *signal* that the second whistle has sounded; then we must leave".	10
52	280	I supposed a keen ear could hear the whistle from across the width of the Alexandra, but those on this side of the river were apparently reading a flag *signal*, or such, informing them of the state of departure.	10

Book 33. (21 results) Rebels of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
44	239	"*Signal* Ichiro, on the summit, *signal*, 'Retreat' and 'Scatter'! 'Retreat' and 'Scatter'!" The large object now turned about, gracefully, the large, slow-moving wings orienting it.	10
1	154	Surely there had been no *signal* arrows from the lower posts, no torches, no cries of warning.	10
2	62	Again the mighty appendages found their beat, and the bird again sped, with no altered *signal* from the straps, on the course I had set.	10
2	174	He, or they, had lit their tiny *signal*, and I, in the madness of my rage and shame, had failed to understand, and respond.	10
3	55	The branch on which I had stepped was isolated; it was no prepared device of warning, a *signal* meaningful to one who might be alert, even in sleep, to that particular tiny sound.	10
4	130	The fire of life within him did not seem to me that much different from the small, pathetic *signal* fire, that tiny beacon, now dying, which he had set in the darkness.	10
9	57	Apparently, at a common *signal*, well over two thousand Pani warriors had had recourse to the ritual knife.	10
9	73	At this *signal* hundreds of hitherto prostrate Pani, armed, sprang up, and began to fall on the looters, many of whom had cast away weapons, that they not be encumbered in bearing away their booty.	10
11	23	"I must raise the flag at the castle," he said, "on the closing of the courtyard gates, to *signal* the beginning of the cavalry attack on the camp of Lord Yamada.	10
11	304	A *signal* of light, from either the second or third parapet, or from a window of the castle, would be far more likely to be noted".	10
25	203	The other Ashigaru was looking down, toward us, presumably waiting to see if a small movement by the shogun, a nod, a lifted hand, a dismissive gesture, would *signal* that the criminal would be dislodged, to plunge to the pool below.	10
31	18	"It took you long enough to respond to my *signal*," he said.	10
31	19	"It took you long enough to *signal*," said the leader of the intruders.	10
31	40	"The girls," said he whom I had taken to be the innkeeper, "would abide our sham, giving not the least *signal* of our deception, or have their throats cut".	10
41	89	He at point, he first in our group, should be able, easily, and at a distance, to detect the approach of a squad of searchers, and will be able to *signal* us, enabling all of us, if all goes well, to disappear amongst the tents.	10
44	43	Banners on the summit of the holding could *signal* it instantly.	10
44	67	"*Signal* Ichiro on the summit," I said.	10
44	68	"*Signal* 'Saddles' and 'One-strap'".	10
44	159	"That I might be slain for treachery, if all did not proceed as planned?" "You may command from here, by the summit, by flags and *signal* horns," said Lord Temmu.	10
50	229	"The confirmation device, the authentication *signal*, the sign, the password, is simple," said the first beast.	10
61	170	Had I been in the wilderness, a small fire, visible only from above, would *signal* my position.	10

Book 34. (10 results) Plunder of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
11	180	This small *signal*, I conjectured, might hearten those about, generating some hope that I might recover.	10
18	45	This *signal* may be repeated".	10
32	205	"Perhaps you know the *signal* upon which your conjectured bowmen will fire?" "Ela," said Kurik, "I do not".	10
32	217	So, claim the package now, friend, or I will issue the *signal* and, in the instant, you will have two quarrels in your back".	10
39	44	"I think we might now *signal* our distress, and assure our friends that we are well aware of our plight".	10
49	111	In short, the truce standards were raised, and hundreds of men, from each army, came onto the field, gathered up the birds in their helmets and the basins of their shields, and returned to their respective camps, where the birds were nursed, being warmed and fed, and, two days later, on a common sig...	10
60	274	There was then a roar in Kur that coursed through the stands amongst the Kurii therein, that was taken up by the Kurii about, on the ground, those apparently waiting for the sounding of the trumpet, to *signal* the new hunt.	10
61	483	Attack upon my *signal*".	10
63	154	There was a blast on a horn, a bugle, trumpet, or such, and the formation, as a single flock, ascended sharply; another *signal* and it veered to its left; another and it descended to perhaps two hundred feet, far off now, and then veered to its right, and then returned to its original line of flight,...	10
65	207	"Upon my *signal*," cried the first voice, "loose your quarrels".	10

Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
7	66	Chance bestowed upon us a *signal* advantage, as, delightfully, an independent fire broke out on the wharves, originating in the house of Flavius Minor.	10
33	122	"The *signal* has been answered," whispered Bruno of Torcadino, with satisfaction.	10
33	141	It had responded to the *signal* of the man in the bow of the canal boat.	10
37	168	One hopes to accommodate oneself as perfectly as possible to the least *signal* from the captor's grasp, to the least whim or caprice of his will.	10
40	356	Did the feast not *signal* that? Much intelligence of interest had apparently been gained from the interrogation of Dorna.	10
45	18	When I give the *signal*, flee".	10
45	172	I also noted that the blue and yellow lanterns had been removed from the *signal* pole of the skerry.	10

Book 36. (22 results) Avengers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
4	92	"*Signal* the helmsmen to approach," I said.	10
4	102	"A child could ignite the *signal* powder and discharge such a weapon".	10
21	100	"Each of my spies has a secret device, a *signal*, a reference, a code phrase, a password, that sort of thing".	10
27	162	"The last time," said Melete, angrily, "the quarry ship did not respond to our *signal*.	10
28	41	"We have no way to *signal* a ship!" cried Iantha, "no whistling, climbing, streaming flares, visible for pasangs".	10
30	14	These latter men would receive the reports of spies, and, should the Cove of Harpalos be seized by the enemy, *signal* us from high crags before we returned to port, possibly proceeding into a trap.	10
31	2	They had approached it, this group, some four hundred we conjectured, cautiously, as inconspicuously as possible, and had then, say, a hundred yards from the gate, crouching down in the grass, waited for the *signal* of attack, and then the rushing forward, the shouting, and the brandishing of weapons...	10
32	8	Had there been I would have expected a point with flankers to the side, proceeding through the grass, each of whom would be in contact, by sound or visual *signal*, with the column itself.	10
32	55	He fitted a *signal* arrow to his bow, an artifact whose nature and use I had learned from the high warriors of the Pani, the men of two swords, at the World's End.	10
32	62	Well before the *signal* arrow had begun its descent, Thurnock had set a fresh arrow to his string and no sooner had the missile begun its descent than one of the corsairs, one in a crested helmet, knelt in the road, perhaps unclear as to what had occurred, and then collapsed.	10
41	217	At a given *signal*, the blasting of trumpets, the clashing of cymbals, the whistling of smoke arrows, the beating of drums, or such, the timbers are removed by ropes or blows, not fire, as fire is unpredictable and slow.	10
42	11	In the vicinity, awaiting my *signal*, were some three hundred men, mostly citizens of Mytilene, armed with pikes, knives, spears, stones, axes, hammers, chains, and clubs.	10
42	66	"Extinguish the lamps and torches, and prepare, on my *signal*, to light them again".	10
50	114	We must now *signal* Tab on the Dorna to separate from us and proceed alone.	10
51	85	At seventy Ihn I tensed, preparing to slash my hand downward, at which *signal* the oars would be thrust outboard, be poised, would enter the water together, and the keleustes, his mallet already lifted, would deliver his first blow to the metal-headed drum.	10
52	117	"Ho!" cried a mariner on the stern deck of the Dorna, pointing abeam, to his starboard side, "a mast, a mast!" "That is a *signal*," I said, "the raising of a mast".	10
52	125	The other four ships had then raised their own masts, acknowledging the *signal*.	10
55	24	"Thurnock," I called, "*signal* the Dorna to come alongside, and see to the lashing of the ships together".	10
57	158	"On my *signal*," I said.	10
58	136	"So *signal* the Dorna," said Sakim.	10
58	237	"*Signal* that all is well," I said.	10
60	313	"Let me then *signal* the crews and ready ourselves for departure".	10