Book 23. (7 results) Renegades of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | 189 | A quarrel struck the outside of the wall a foot or so from my face. |
| 17 | 190 | It was like an ice pick suddenly driven into ice, but what burst forth was not ice but stone. |
| 17 | 191 | He hung tenaciously to the spear. |
| 17 | 192 | Did he not truly, in that moment of terror, I wonder, comprehend what was supporting him, that it was not the spear, but I? Despairing of gaining the spear I released it. |
| 17 | 193 | His hand reached out wildly then, belatedly, for the ladder, but his hand could not close on it. |
| 17 | 194 | I drew back. |
| 17 | 195 | Another movement sped past, like a puff of breath passing my ear. |
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A quarrel struck the outside of the wall a foot or so from my face.
It was like an ice pick suddenly driven into ice, but what burst forth was not ice but stone.
He hung tenaciously to the spear.
Did he not truly, in that moment of terror, I wonder, comprehend what was supporting him, that it was not the spear, but I? Despairing of gaining the spear I released it.
His hand reached out wildly then, belatedly, for the ladder, but his hand could not close on it.
I drew back.
Another movement sped past, like a puff of breath passing my ear.
- (Renegades of Gor, Chapter )