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In this way an animal might escape a larger, more formidable animal entering its burrow, or, more frequently, utilize the additional opening to withdraw from its lair unnoticed, which may be of advantage in deceiving watchful prey, in surprising an enemy, and so on. - (Plunder of Gor, Chapter 15, Sentence #107)

Large Gorean houses are often constructed with more in mind than comfort and convenience, luxury or impressiveness; they are often sturdy and defensible, as well. Too, it is not unusual for them to have secret chambers and passages, at least one of which is likely to lead, by means of a tunnel, to another house, or structure, perhaps a quarter of a pasang distant. The burrow of the sleen, for example, has two, sometimes three, openings. In this way an animal might escape a larger, more formidable animal entering its burrow, or, more frequently, utilize the additional opening to withdraw from its lair unnoticed, which may be of advantage in deceiving watchful prey, in surprising an enemy, and so on. I had not known, until then, that there was a tunnel portal. I did know that a large Gorean house usually had a number of possible entrances and exits, not always obvious. Somewhere a wagon was to be waiting. - (Plunder of Gor)