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"I have a friend named Pertinax," I said. - (Rebels of Gor, Chapter 12, Sentence #26)

She is well aware that she is an object, a commodity, and that her value is as quantifiable, objectively, given market conditions and buyers, as that of other objects, or commodities, for example, in terms of coins, tarsks, sa-tarna, rice, or such. Two free women may each regard themselves as the superior of the other, each thinking herself more beautiful, more desirable, more exciting, than the other, but, if both were to be collared and placed on the block, well bared to buyers, as is appropriate for such goods, it is unlikely they would go for the same price. "We had several, many, for so small a price," he said, lifting his tea, regarding me over the rim of the cup. "I have a friend named Pertinax," I said. "I do not know if he would put out so much for her". "Pertinax!" she said, startled, softly. "Beware speaking the name of a free man," I said. - (Rebels of Gor)