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| 32 | 78 | So why then, when he returns, will he View more quotes about find">find you still here? Perhaps the slave thief is a rank amateur, hoping to find you unsecured, as slaves often are, or the keys conveniently about, in the apartment, perhaps in a drawer or chest, perhaps dangling just outside your reach? More likely, he was interrupted, or alarmed, in his work, sounds within the building, conversations in the street, or such, and feared discovery, or despaired of carrying you away, bound and gagged. |
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| 32 | 75 | Why should one waste a slave, even one as miserable and worthless as you, a shallow creature extracted from a desecrated, unloved world? I have broken in, rudely, leaving blatant evidence of a forced entry, in order to convey to Bruno of Torcadino the impression that his premises have been violated by a thief, presumably a slave thief, a thief of slaves, that, as I shall not rifle or disturb the room. |
| 32 | 76 | Surely many must have noticed you in his keeping, here and there, on the walkways, and so on. |
| 32 | 77 | Would it not be simple to steal from a cripple, thus to secure an easy acquisition, even if the quality of the loot might be less than would be desired? A slave thief would be likely to bring with him tools, at least adequate to open a link and free a girl from a ring. |
| 32 | 78 | So why then, when he returns, will he find you still here? Perhaps the slave thief is a rank amateur, hoping to find you unsecured, as slaves often are, or the keys conveniently about, in the apartment, perhaps in a drawer or chest, perhaps dangling just outside your reach? More likely, he was interrupted, or alarmed, in his work, sounds within the building, conversations in the street, or such, and feared discovery, or despaired of carrying you away, bound and gagged. |
| 32 | 79 | Thus Bruno of Torcadino returns and finds you as he left you, chained to the ring, shackled and back-braceleted. |
| 32 | 80 | Upon his return, he will doubtless ask you many questions, to which you will indicate "Yes" or "No," by nodding, shaking your head, and such. |
| 32 | 81 | To such questions you will give no indication whatsoever of my identity or the nature of my intrusion. |