The Fourth Rome (2009)
“Puli Weigand’s nerves felt as if they’d been stretched between pegs. He’d switched his faceshield to thermal viewing, though light amplification gave him a better view of the trail for riding. Right at the moment he was more concerned with someone waiting in ambush than he was with his horse stumbling.
“We should dismount now,” Gerd said in a voice thinned by pain. He actually managed to chuckle. “Not only are we close to our goal, I’m afraid that my body is about to imitate the wonderful o...ne-horse shay and fail at all points simultaneously.”
The analyst liked to borrow metaphors from time horizons he’d visited. Pauli didn’t understand the particular reference—he didn’t even know what a “shay” was—but he took Gerd’s meaning loud and clear.
They’d left the camp in the morning with three horses, all of them purchased within the column. Pauli led while Gerd and Beckie rode double so that she could hold the analyst in the saddle.MoreLess
“We should dismount now,” Gerd said in a voice thinned by pain. He actually managed to chuckle. “Not only are we close to our goal, I’m afraid that my body is about to imitate the wonderful o...ne-horse shay and fail at all points simultaneously.”
The analyst liked to borrow metaphors from time horizons he’d visited. Pauli didn’t understand the particular reference—he didn’t even know what a “shay” was—but he took Gerd’s meaning loud and clear.
They’d left the camp in the morning with three horses, all of them purchased within the column. Pauli led while Gerd and Beckie rode double so that she could hold the analyst in the saddle.MoreLess
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