Magicians of Gor by John Norman

Author:John Norman
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Gor (Imaginary Place), Fantasy, General, Science Fiction, Adventure, Erotica, Fiction
ISBN: 9780759219861
Publisher: e-reads.com
Published: 2009-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

“Surely you remember his recounting of his powers? Surely you remember him

asking if I wished the Central Cylinder moved, if I wished the walls of Ar

rebuilt overnight, if I wished a thousand tarns tamed in one afternoon!”

“Yes,” I said. “I think I recall that.”

“Yes,” he said, miserably.

“Perhaps you should have asked for the Central Cylinder to be moved, instead,” I

said.

“Purloining the Home Stone would be child’s play,” he said, “compared to moving

the Central Cylinder.”

“Probably,” I admitted.

“I would think it very likely,” he said.

“You are probably right,” I said. “But I am not an expert on such matters.”

“It is all my fault,” he said.

“Recall clearly now,” I said. “he only asked you if you wished the Central

Cylinder moved, and such things. Certainly it would have been easy enough for

you to have wished for that, and such things.”

“What?’ asked Marcus.

“It is obviously one thing for him to find out if you wished to have the Central

Cylinder moved, and quite another for him to move it.”

(pg. 403) “I do not understand,” he said.

“It is not important,” I said.

“It is all my fault that we do not have the stone,” he said.

“How do you know we do not have it?” I asked.

“Do not jest,” he said, angrily.

“I am serious,” I said.

“I saw,” he said. “I watched. I did not take my eyes from him. I watched with

care. I watched with attention. I watched closely. I watched like a tarn.

Nothing escaped me. Nothing, not even the tiniest of movements!”

“You did watch carefully,” I said. I certainly had to give him that. He would

have been watching more carefully than anyone there, unless perhaps myself. The

others about, of course, would not have been watching as we were. They would not

have known anything might be afoot. They would not have been suspecting

anything, or looking for anything.

“Yes,” he said.

“But perhaps you did not watch as carefully as you thought,” I said.

“No,” said Marcus. “I watched very carefully.”

“But perhaps you were carefully watching in the wrong place at the wrong time,”

I said.

“I do not understand,” he said.

“It is not important,” I said.

“I must have the stone,” said Marcus. “I shall not leave Ar without it!”

“I do not think you will have to,” I said.

“I do not understand,” he said.

“Perhaps we have the stone,” I said.

“No,” said Marcus. “Even from here I can see it, on its plank.”

“You see some stone,” I said.

“It is the Home Stone of Ar’s Station,” he said.

“Are you sure?” I asked.

“It has to be,” he said. “I did not take my eyes off it the whole time.”

“Perhaps you only think you did not take your eyes off it the whole time,” I

said.

“This is not a time for joking,” he said.

“Sorry,” I said.

“I am prepared to rush forth and seize the stone,” he said. “Are you with me?”

“No,” I said.

“Then I shall go alone,” he said.

“I would not do so, if I were you,” I said.

(pg. 404) “Why not?” he asked.

“I really do not think it is necessary,” I said.

“Why not?” he asked.

“I think we have it already,” I said.

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