Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 17 | 20 | View more quotes about free">Free women, incidentally, tend to avoid the Street of the Writhing Slave. |
| 17 | 21 | It frightens them, it seems, to walk upon it. |
| 17 | 22 | I supposed I could not blame them. |
| 17 | 23 | What free woman would dare to walk upon such a street, particularly at night? Her throat might suddenly feel the capture loop of a slaver and, by morning, branded, gag-hooded and chained, she might be fifty pasangs downriver, on her way to a market in Ven or Turmus. |
| 17 | 24 | By putting out my hands I could almost touch the walls of the facing houses. |
| 17 | 25 | I thought I heard the sound of a bell. |
| 17 | 26 | I smiled. |
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Free women, incidentally, tend to avoid the Street of the Writhing Slave.
It frightens them, it seems, to walk upon it.
I supposed I could not blame them.
What free woman would dare to walk upon such a street, particularly at night? Her throat might suddenly feel the capture loop of a slaver and, by morning, branded, gag-hooded and chained, she might be fifty pasangs downriver, on her way to a market in Ven or Turmus.
By putting out my hands I could almost touch the walls of the facing houses.
I thought I heard the sound of a bell.
I smiled.
- (Guardsman of Gor)