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  • Someone had undressed him long since, and his nightsilk undergarments had been washed and pressed, then hung in the large armoire.

    Darkness Modesitt, L. E. 2003

  • The nightsilk stopped the bullets, but the healer says that you've got a cracked rib, maybe two, and there's not a place below your shoulder on the left that's without bruising.

    Darkness Modesitt, L. E. 2003

  • For the first time in months, Alucius was not perspiring under his nightsilk undergarments, and it was also the first time that he wasn't riding into either battle or unfamiliar lands.

    Darkness Modesitt, L. E. 2003

  • "With the land and the equipment, many would reckon us well-off, " Alucius admitted, -but compared to the value of all that it takes to operate a stead and produce nightsilk, the golds we take in are few indeed.

    Darkness Modesitt, L. E. 2003

  • Alucius had also slipped on the nightsilk undervest over his undergarments.

    Darkness Modesitt, L. E. 2003

  • Only then did he fully realize that he was wearing a dark green, loose-fitting gown of some sort, of a fabric even smoother than nightsilk.

    Darkness Modesitt, L. E. 2003

  • He looked down and discovered he wore but simple under-drawers, rather than his nightsilk undergarments.

    Darkness Modesitt, L. E. 2003

  • It was almost harvest, but he was wearing nightsilk undergarments and a riding jacket, and the breeze through the canyon from the west was just pleasantly cool.

    Darkness Modesitt, L. E. 2003

  • From the pegs hung his uniform, his nightsilk undergarments, and his sabre.

    Darkness Modesitt, L. E. 2003

  • A long rent ran down Alucius's sleeve, cutting through both riding jacket and tunic, leaving the nightsilk beneath shimmering and untouched.

    Darkness Modesitt, L. E. 2003

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