Book 9. (7 results) Marauders of Gor (Context Quote)
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492
"Welcome to the hall of Ivar Forkbeard," he had said.
6
493
I had washed my hands and face in the bowl, held by the master of the house himself, and dried myself on the towel.
6
494
Then invited within I had been seated across from him in the place of honor.
6
495
Then from his chests, within the hall, he had given me a long, swirling cloak of the fur of sea sleen; a bronze-headed spear; a shield of painted wood, reinforced with bosses of iron; the shield was red in color, the bosses enameled yellow; a helmet, conical, of iron, with hanging chain, and a steel nosepiece, that might be raised and lowered in its bands; and, too, a shirt and trousers of skin; and, too, a broad ax, formed in the fashion of Torvaldsland, large, curved, single-bladed; and four rings of gold, that might be worn on the arm.
6
496
"My gratitude," said I.
6
497
"You play excellent Kaissa," had said he.
6
498
I surmised to myself that the help of the Forkbeard might, in the bleak realities of Torvaldsland, be of incalculable value.
"Welcome to the hall of Ivar Forkbeard," he had said.
I had washed my hands and face in the bowl, held by the master of the house himself, and dried myself on the towel.
Then invited within I had been seated across from him in the place of honor.
Then from his chests, within the hall, he had given me a long, swirling cloak of the fur of sea sleen; a bronze-headed spear; a shield of painted wood, reinforced with bosses of iron; the shield was red in color, the bosses enameled yellow; a helmet, conical, of iron, with hanging chain, and a steel nosepiece, that might be raised and lowered in its bands; and, too, a shirt and trousers of skin; and, too, a broad ax, formed in the fashion of Torvaldsland, large, curved, single-bladed; and four rings of gold, that might be worn on the arm.
"My gratitude," said I.
"You play excellent Kaissa," had said he.
I surmised to myself that the help of the Forkbeard might, in the bleak realities of Torvaldsland, be of incalculable value.
- (Marauders of Gor, Chapter )