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I would usually walk east on one side, the "Thieves' Way South," and then cross the "Thieves' Bridge," and return to the Golden Chain, walking west on the "Thieves' Way North". - (Quarry of Gor, Chapter 11, Sentence #130)

A slave, unless commanded by her master, would not dare to touch, let alone assume, the garmenture of a free woman. I enjoyed my occasional walks alone, on one walkway or another. My favorite was the "Thieves' Way," whose walkways bordered the "Thieves' Canal". I would usually walk east on one side, the "Thieves' Way South," and then cross the "Thieves' Bridge," and return to the Golden Chain, walking west on the "Thieves' Way North". One of the pleasures of this particular walk was the number and variety of shops and offices one passed, particularly on the Thieves' Way South. There were shops for clothing and footwear for the free; the robings and veilings for free women were particularly rich, abundant, luxurious, and colorful; I suspect that there are fewer free women in Port Kar than in most cities; this doubtless has something to do with the history of the city; I am told, incidentally, that there is one city on Gor, Tharna, noted for its silver mines, in which there is but one free woman, Lara, its Tatrix; doubtless this also has something to do with the history of that city; men of Tharna are commonly recognized by the two yellow cords, each some eighteen inches long, that they wear at their belt; such cords are convenient for the binding of a woman, hand and foot; visiting free women in Tharna must be in the custody of a male, and must be licensed and tagged; the custodial male must see that his charge spends no more than four days in the city or she will be seized and collared; some men bring unsuspecting free women to the city, sometimes arrogant free women interested in seeing such a city, to scorn it and its customs, willing even to endure the humiliation of tagging and licensing for such a pleasure, but somehow, doubtless inadvertently, fail to inform them of the law; the woman then, on the fifth day, is seized and reduced to bondage; she finds herself then become no more than another Tharnan slave; there were also shops for manufactured or crafted goods such as cups, goblets, vessels, pans, pitchers, dishes, and utensils; care and art commonly characterize even such simple objects on this world; there was a leather worker's shop and a cloth worker's shop, some weavers in view, at their looms, and two metal worker's shops. Outside the cloth worker's shop was a bin for irregular cloths, discarded patches, strips, shreds, and such; some masters, doubtless of a thrifty sort, avail themselves of such a trove to outfit their slaves; patches, even small patches, may be sewn together, to repair, or even form, a garment, say, a tunic; to the girls, of course, any clothing is precious, even a motley, scanty rag; do not we beg for even so little, and hope that it will be granted to us by the masters; in any event, for the most part, little money is wasted on slaves; we are kept nude as the animals we are, or are inexpensively clad, muchly bared, as with tunics, camisks, ta-teeras, and such. - (Quarry of Gor)