Book 34. (7 results) Plunder of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 33 | 222 | One does not View more quotes about understand">understand a mode of speech, or an accent, and then, suddenly, one does. |
| 33 | 223 | It is the language one knows but it was seemingly distorted, concealed, or transformed, and then, as though the curtain was swept aside or the key suddenly revealed, all that which a moment ago defied comprehension is suddenly made manifest, simple, even embarrassingly so. |
| 33 | 224 | "I do not understand," said he who had admitted us. |
| 33 | 225 | "Continue," said Kurik. |
| 33 | 226 | "Long ago, in Ar, I had had a similar experience, on Emerald, in the vicinity of the fountain of Aiakos," I said. |
| 33 | 227 | "The intelligence of slaves is quick," said the fellow with the lantern. |
| 33 | 228 | "Of some slaves," said Kurik. |
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One does not understand a mode of speech, or an accent, and then, suddenly, one does.
It is the language one knows but it was seemingly distorted, concealed, or transformed, and then, as though the curtain was swept aside or the key suddenly revealed, all that which a moment ago defied comprehension is suddenly made manifest, simple, even embarrassingly so.
"I do not understand," said he who had admitted us.
"Continue," said Kurik.
"Long ago, in Ar, I had had a similar experience, on Emerald, in the vicinity of the fountain of Aiakos," I said.
"The intelligence of slaves is quick," said the fellow with the lantern.
"Of some slaves," said Kurik.
- (Plunder of Gor)