Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 131 | I frantically looked about for a weapon, and then, hardly believing my eyes, I saw, woven roughly into the nest sticks, the remains of my harness and saddle. |
| 12 | 132 | I seized my spear from the saddle sheath and turned. |
| 12 | 133 | The beast had waited a moment too long; he had been too confident of his trapped quarry. |
| 12 | 134 | As he stalked forward, oblivious of the spear, I hurled the broad-headed weapon deep into his breast. |
| 12 | 135 | His legs gave way, and his body, wings outspread, sank to the granite flooring of the ledge. |
| 12 | 136 | Head jerking and eyes glassy, the bird twitched and trembled uncontrollably—a cluster of spasmodic reflexes. |
| 12 | 137 | He had died the instant the spear had entered his heart. |
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I frantically looked about for a weapon, and then, hardly believing my eyes, I saw, woven roughly into the nest sticks, the remains of my harness and saddle.
I seized my spear from the saddle sheath and turned.
The beast had waited a moment too long; he had been too confident of his trapped quarry.
As he stalked forward, oblivious of the spear, I hurled the broad-headed weapon deep into his breast.
His legs gave way, and his body, wings outspread, sank to the granite flooring of the ledge.
Head jerking and eyes glassy, the bird twitched and trembled uncontrollably—a cluster of spasmodic reflexes.
He had died the instant the spear had entered his heart.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter )