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Whereas the first penalty is commonly only a severe beating, the second one often involves hamstringing, or the cutting of the tendons behind the knees; this cripples the girl and makes her generally useless save as a pathetic example to her sisters in bondage of the foolishness of attempted escape. - (Slave Girl of Gor, Chapter 18, Sentence #103)

It was not possible there for a girl to even step outside for a breath of air as it is in most taverns. There are double iron gates, and only the free may come and go as they please. Another deterrent to the escape of slave girls, of course, is the severity of the penalties connected with escape attempts. Whereas the first penalty is commonly only a severe beating, the second one often involves hamstringing, or the cutting of the tendons behind the knees; this cripples the girl and makes her generally useless save as a pathetic example to her sisters in bondage of the foolishness of attempted escape. I had been made aware of this sort of thing in Tabuk's Ford. I wished that I had been apprised of it earlier. The most interesting attempted escape which I know of, however, took place in a locked tavern, not unlike the Chatka and Curla. - (Slave Girl of Gor)