Book 34. (1 results) Plunder of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 8 | 14 | It is not View more quotes about unusual">unusual for a girl's former name, in a sense, particularly in the case of barbarians, to be kept on her. |
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Book 34. (7 results) Plunder of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 8 | 11 | A slave is grateful for the privilege of serving her master. |
| 8 | 12 | "What did they call you in the training house?" he asked. |
| 8 | 13 | "'Phyllis'," I said. |
| 8 | 14 | It is not unusual for a girl's former name, in a sense, particularly in the case of barbarians, to be kept on her. |
| 8 | 15 | To be sure, technically, it is not the same name, as the legal name vanishes with the girl's freedom. |
| 8 | 16 | 'Phyllis' was now a slave name, bestowed at the discretion of a master or mistress, as any animal might be named by its master or mistress. |
| 8 | 17 | The retention of a former name is convenient, of course, as easily solving a naming problem, and a barbarian slave is well identified by being given a barbarian name, which is commonly done, her former name, or another such name. |
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A slave is grateful for the privilege of serving her master.
"What did they call you in the training house?" he asked.
"'Phyllis'," I said.
It is not unusual for a girl's former name, in a sense, particularly in the case of barbarians, to be kept on her.
To be sure, technically, it is not the same name, as the legal name vanishes with the girl's freedom.
'Phyllis' was now a slave name, bestowed at the discretion of a master or mistress, as any animal might be named by its master or mistress.
The retention of a former name is convenient, of course, as easily solving a naming problem, and a barbarian slave is well identified by being given a barbarian name, which is commonly done, her former name, or another such name.
- (Plunder of Gor)