Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 3 | 372 | View more quotes about long">Long ago, in Turia, it is said that a free woman, armed with a dagger, disguised as a slave, attempted to assassinate a Ubar in his cups. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 3 | 369 | The justification for this grasp is practical and aesthetic, practical in the sense of assuring greater control of the vessel, and aesthetic, having to do with symmetry, and a framing of the slave's beauty. |
| 3 | 370 | But, too, in this fashion the position of the slave's hands is clear. |
| 3 | 371 | No hand is free, for example, to grasp a dagger, or slip powder into the drink. |
| 3 | 372 | Long ago, in Turia, it is said that a free woman, armed with a dagger, disguised as a slave, attempted to assassinate a Ubar in his cups. |
| 3 | 373 | Fortunately for the Ubar the attack was botched. |
| 3 | 374 | Unfortunately for the would-be assassin, she failed to make her escape. |
| 3 | 375 | It seems her anonymous employers had had no intention that she should escape, as arrangements for such a withdrawal might have been dangerous, and might have resulted, should confederates be captured, in the exposure of their identities. |
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The justification for this grasp is practical and aesthetic, practical in the sense of assuring greater control of the vessel, and aesthetic, having to do with symmetry, and a framing of the slave's beauty.
But, too, in this fashion the position of the slave's hands is clear.
No hand is free, for example, to grasp a dagger, or slip powder into the drink.
Long ago, in Turia, it is said that a free woman, armed with a dagger, disguised as a slave, attempted to assassinate a Ubar in his cups.
Fortunately for the Ubar the attack was botched.
Unfortunately for the would-be assassin, she failed to make her escape.
It seems her anonymous employers had had no intention that she should escape, as arrangements for such a withdrawal might have been dangerous, and might have resulted, should confederates be captured, in the exposure of their identities.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)