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Book 5. (1 results) Assassin of Gor (Individual Quote)

The fact that my compartment did not have a lock was, I assumed, no accident. - (Assassin of Gor, Chapter 5, Sentence #33)
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5 33 The View more quotes about fact">fact that my compartment did not have a lock was, I assumed, no accident.

Book 5. (7 results) Assassin of Gor (Context Quote)

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5 30 Lastly it might be mentioned that it is a capital offense for a locksmith, normally a member of the Metal Workers, to make an unauthorized copy of a key, either to keep for himself or for another.
5 31 The door to my compartment, however, in the House of Cernus, did not have a lock.
5 32 The two beams, of course, could effectively secure it, but they could only be used when someone was inside.
5 33 The fact that my compartment did not have a lock was, I assumed, no accident.
5 34 I decided it would not be wise to insist that a lock be placed on the door.
5 35 Such a demand might seem importunate or to evince a concern for secrecy not in place in a house where I, supposedly, had taken gold for the use of my steel.
5 36 Such a demand might have incited suspicion that I was not what I seemed.
Lastly it might be mentioned that it is a capital offense for a locksmith, normally a member of the Metal Workers, to make an unauthorized copy of a key, either to keep for himself or for another. The door to my compartment, however, in the House of Cernus, did not have a lock. The two beams, of course, could effectively secure it, but they could only be used when someone was inside. The fact that my compartment did not have a lock was, I assumed, no accident. I decided it would not be wise to insist that a lock be placed on the door. Such a demand might seem importunate or to evince a concern for secrecy not in place in a house where I, supposedly, had taken gold for the use of my steel. Such a demand might have incited suspicion that I was not what I seemed. - (Assassin of Gor)