Book 2. (1 results) Outlaw of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 8 | 42 | When View more quotes about either">either party called off the bargaining, his fists were closed. |
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Book 2. (7 results) Outlaw of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 8 | 39 | The vendor would then hold up a higher number, sometimes bending his fingers at the knuckle to indicate a fraction of the value unit, which would be, presumably, the copper tarn disk. |
| 8 | 40 | The steward might then improve his offer, or prepare to depart. |
| 8 | 41 | The vendor would then either let him go or lower his price, by expressionlessly lifting fewer fingers than before. |
| 8 | 42 | When either party called off the bargaining, his fists were closed. |
| 8 | 43 | If a sale had been made, the steward would take a number of pierced coins, threaded on a string hung about his left shoulder, hand them to the vendor, pick up his article and depart. |
| 8 | 44 | When words were exchanged, they were whispered and curt. |
| 8 | 45 | As I left the marketplace, I noted two men, furtive, round-shouldered in their nondescript gray robes, who followed me. |
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The vendor would then hold up a higher number, sometimes bending his fingers at the knuckle to indicate a fraction of the value unit, which would be, presumably, the copper tarn disk.
The steward might then improve his offer, or prepare to depart.
The vendor would then either let him go or lower his price, by expressionlessly lifting fewer fingers than before.
When either party called off the bargaining, his fists were closed.
If a sale had been made, the steward would take a number of pierced coins, threaded on a string hung about his left shoulder, hand them to the vendor, pick up his article and depart.
When words were exchanged, they were whispered and curt.
As I left the marketplace, I noted two men, furtive, round-shouldered in their nondescript gray robes, who followed me.
- (Outlaw of Gor)