Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 38 | 253 | Needless to say this View more quotes about considerably">considerably depresses the market, and it is, accordingly, often the case that these coffles must be broken up and widely dispersed, or marched far afield, sometimes better than a thousand pasangs, to more favorable markets. |
| 38 | 254 | Sometimes too, the women are kept off the market, sometimes for months, while their owners wait, hoping for better prices. |
| 38 | 255 | During such times they are exercised and trained, which increases their value. |
| 38 | 256 | Slavers often buy such women in lots, for pittances, on speculation. |
| 38 | 257 | Considerations of these sorts, of course, as a matter of economics, appertain to any sort of goods, the value of which is likely to fluctuate according to the condition of the market. |
| 38 | 258 | "They are nearly ready," I said to Pertinax. |
| 38 | 259 | "I see," he said. |
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Needless to say this considerably depresses the market, and it is, accordingly, often the case that these coffles must be broken up and widely dispersed, or marched far afield, sometimes better than a thousand pasangs, to more favorable markets.
Sometimes too, the women are kept off the market, sometimes for months, while their owners wait, hoping for better prices.
During such times they are exercised and trained, which increases their value.
Slavers often buy such women in lots, for pittances, on speculation.
Considerations of these sorts, of course, as a matter of economics, appertain to any sort of goods, the value of which is likely to fluctuate according to the condition of the market.
"They are nearly ready," I said to Pertinax.
"I see," he said.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)