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Book 34. (354 results) Plunder of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
48	184	Certainly I had gathered the intelligence I had been dispatched to obtain; the messenger of Decius Albus was not alone; two others were about, who might be watched for in the future, a free woman, in Merchant colors, who stood high in the house of Decius Albus, in charge of whom was the slave, and, ...	10
41	172	"The slave master in the house of Decius Albus," she said, "he who is in charge of the slaves of Decius Albus".	10
49	60	At that point, the throng in the room gathered about Kurik and Decius Albus, and Decius Albus began to introduce them, or most of them, one after the other, to Kurik, and all were exchanging hand clasps, hand to wrist, in the Gorean fashion, which grip is more secure than the hand-to-hand clasp, wit...	10
53	110	Apparently Drusus Andronicus had been selected either by Surtak or Decius Albus, most likely Decius Albus, for the choice might be immaterial to Surtak, and Lord Grendel, of course, selected his colleague and ally, my master, Kurik, of Victoria.	10
56	126	Have we not already met, and without bloodshed, representatives of Decius Albus? Have we not already released the Lady Alexina, and seen to her safe return to the House of a Hundred Corridors?" "It is as you say," said Drusus Andronicus, "and, beyond this, let it be known that the noble Decius Albus...	10
59	24	"Bind him," had said Decius Albus, and three of the four guards remaining with Decius Albus had set upon my master, who struggled wildly, until his arms were pinned back by two of the guards, one to each arm, and the other, standing close to him, struck him a sudden, heavy blow to the body, followin...	10
59	38	"Noble Albus," said the guard who stood near me, he who had held my leash, and then discomfited me, "what of the slave?" "Put her with the others," had said Master Albus.	10
60	175	"Let us return to the box, noble Albus," said Drusus Andronicus, supporting Decius Albus, who might otherwise have fallen.	10
61	303	But how had she dared to speak? Did she not know she had been cautioned to silence? And how dared she use the expression 'my master' to him, when she belonged to another, to Decius Albus? How tragic can be the lot of a helpless slave! In her heart she was the slave of Drusus Andronicus, but, in the ...	10
61	558	"Have I the honor of addressing the noble Decius Albus, trade advisor to Marlenus, Ubar of Ar?" "Current Ubar of Ar," said Decius Albus.	10
61	661	"This quarrel, noble Albus," cried Kurik of Victoria, "is for you! For its residence it would choose your heart! Order your men to throw down their weapons!" "Men, men!" cried Decius Albus, in terror.	10
35	29	"Decius Albus," she said, "trade advisor to the Ubar".	10
35	127	"In the house of Decius Albus," she said, "off the Plaza of Tarns".	10
36	31	"You mentioned that she was a display slave of Decius Albus".	10
36	34	"Then I am not surprised," he said, "for the wealth and taste of Decius Albus, high counselor to the Ubar, trade advisor to the Ubar, are well known in Ar, as is the quality of his display slaves.	10
36	118	"From your encounter this afternoon," he said, "it is clear Decius Albus is somehow involved in this matter".	10
36	143	"If our friend, Decius Albus, is of the faction of Lord Arcesilaus," he said, "doubtless to welcome me to Ar, to offer me instruction, and abet my cause".	10
37	24	"You are far from the house of Decius Albus," I said.	10
37	32	Decius Albus would see to it that she had a coin, to add credence to her story.	10
37	39	"It is common knowledge," I said, "that Decius Albus will not buy a cheap slave, any who might go appropriately for less than eight silver tarsks".	10
37	112	She was hurrying, perhaps fearing to be late in her return to the house of Decius Albus.	10
37	120	I was pleased that I had not given away the location of my master's domicile, and was eluding any possible pursuit, but, in another way, I was frightened as I had been given no message to convey to my master, for it seemed clear, then, that Decius Albus, whose business Paula was discharging, was no ...	10
38	3	"Decius Albus then," he said, "is in league with Lord Agamemnon".	10
38	17	But, too, she may be an unwitting dupe in the plans of Decius Albus.	10
38	21	"If there was no message," he said, "then the purpose of the rendezvous, in the plans of Decius Albus, was to locate me in Ar".	10
38	31	"If there was no message, Decius Albus would be in league with Lord Agamemnon, and he would have had you followed, that I might be discovered.	10
38	51	"The slave," he said, "if he were a slave, was an agent of Decius Albus, and you led him to my doorstep!" "He was kind," I said.	10
39	225	"It seems Master Decius Albus is in league with the faction of Lord Agamemnon," I said.	10
40	120	"I had hoped," he had said, musingly, "for the assistance of adherents in Ar, for that, given the contact made by the slave, Paula, of Decius Albus, but clearly he is our foe.	10
41	177	"It must be pleasant to be slave master in a house such as that of Decius Albus," I said.	10
41	181	"They are reserved for the master, Decius Albus".	10
44	47	"Welcome to one of the houses of Decius Albus, loyal ally of Lord Arcesilaus, Twelfth Face of the Nameless One, Theocrat of the World".	10
44	94	"Decius Albus," I said, "whose house this is, is amongst the richest men in Ar".	10
45	16	I recalled the post of Decius Albus in the administration of the city.	10
45	39	The long-armed, red-robed fellow who had first lifted his cup to Lord Grendel, initiating this gesture of recognition and esteem, signaling out and honoring him, was the same as he who had first cordially saluted him upon his entrance into this house, apparently one of several owned by Decius Albus.	10
45	40	Decius Albus himself, as far as I could tell, was not present.	10
45	45	In any event, Decius Albus was not, as far as I could tell, present.	10
45	59	I had little doubt that the handsome, red-robed fellow was important, and stood high in the service of Decius Albus.	10
45	87	"I am the slave of Decius Albus, of Ar," she said.	10
45	143	"I do not think my master, Decius Albus, even knows I exist," she said.	10
45	144	"You are chained behind the couch of Drusus of Ar, of the service of Decius Albus," I said.	10
45	181	Needless to say, the serving of this beverage at our small collation, or feast, was an indication of the formidable wealth, and widely ranging connections, of Decius Albus, trade advisor to the Ubar of Ar, a man named Marlenus.	10
45	254	"Haste, through the kitchen! You have but ten Ehn to relieve yourselves, wash, and crawl to your cages!" Drusus, of the service of Decius Albus, then released me, and I backed away, on my knees.	10
46	44	I also learned that the fuller name of Drusus, who apparently stood high in the house of Decius Albus, was 'Drusus Andronicus'.	10
46	246	"There were many humans at the feast," I said, "such as Master Drusus, humans doubtless in league with the house of Decius Albus, and the Kurii of Lord Agamemnon.	10
46	262	He was looking back, toward the house of Decius Albus.	10
46	277	He is a free man, Drusus Andronicus, in the service of Decius Albus!" "Where is your tunic?" he said.	10
46	417	"By now," he said, "I suspect the Lady Bina is a prisoner in the palace of Decius Albus".	10
47	2	"Surely the Lady Bina is held in the palace of Decius Albus," said Kurik.	10
47	6	"No," said Kurik, "too many quarrels and swords would lie between you and the throat of Decius Albus".	10
48	39	"I am Paula, Master," she said, "slave of Decius Albus, of Ar.	10
48	57	"My master," she said, "Decius Albus, of Ar, Trade Advisor to the Ubar, welcomes Lord Grendel to the city.	10
48	112	"She is of the house of Decius Albus," she said, "the city house, the House of a Hundred Corridors.	10
48	115	I think she may be the confidante of Decius Albus himself.	10
48	135	"No, another, as well," she said, "Drusus Andronicus, servitor to Decius Albus".	10
48	152	I am the slave of Decius Albus.	10
48	153	And I do not think Decius Albus even knows I exist.	10
48	166	"You are the slave of Decius Albus," I said.	10
48	167	"Decius Albus knows few of his slaves, and has little interest in them," she said.	10
49	8	I took this personage, affable and pleasant, to be Decius Albus himself.	10
49	55	"Behold Lord Grendel," said Decius Albus to the gathered assembly, indicating Kurik of Victoria, "ambassador and plenipotentiary of the great Ubar, Lord Arcesilaus, of rich Mytilene, amongst the Farther Islands, well beyond Cos and Tyros, come to establish ties of friendship and commerce between tha...	10
49	58	On the other hand, much of Gor was terra incognita, and who would be likely, I gathered, to challenge the confident assertion of an individual as prominent and powerful, and as presumably well informed, as Decius Albus.	10
49	113	"Ho!" cried Decius Albus, jovially, lifting his hand, and separating himself from the group about Kurik.	10
49	122	"The matter," asked a fellow, in the white and gold, "should be mentioned to the Ubar?" "Of course," said Decius Albus.	10
49	125	"Yes, noble Albus," said the man, bowing and withdrawing.	10
49	126	It took but a few moments for the throng to depart, and then Decius Albus, Kurik, and myself were alone.	10
49	128	"Yes, ela," said Decius Albus.	10
49	132	"I think not," said Decius Albus.	10
49	138	"They will be frustrated," said Decius Albus, "but they will merely suspect that Mytilene is a code name on which we had agreed, to conceal the identity of an actual city.	10
49	141	"Of course," said Decius Albus.	10
49	143	"Business is war," said Decius Albus.	10
49	145	"Oh, yes," said Decius Albus.	10
49	148	"Understood, of course," said Decius Albus, affably.	10
49	150	"You have a pretty slave," said Decius Albus.	10
49	152	Surely the remark of Decius Albus might have been responded to more simply, as with a polite acknowledgement.	10
49	153	"To the business at hand," said Decius Albus.	10
49	155	Decius Albus then turned about, and clapped his hands, twice, and a portal opened behind the dais, and three individuals entered the room, two men and a woman, a free woman, and approached the round table, that appointed with identical chairs.	10
49	156	"Drusus Andronicus," announced Decius Albus, "agent and advisor, loyal and reliable servitor, swordsman, warrior.	10
49	160	Drusus looked to Decius Albus.	10
49	161	"Tenrik of Siba," said Decius Albus.	10
49	165	Decius Albus then turned to the second man who had entered.	10
49	167	"Meet Marcellus, of Ar, Dealer in Fabrics and Furs," said Decius Albus, to Kurik.	10
49	170	"That is not always wise," said Decius Albus.	10
49	174	"But admire the fine robes, surely, the shimmering white, the gloss of the gold," said Decius Albus, smiling.	10
49	176	"I gather you may have met," said Decius Albus.	10
49	178	"I see," said Decius Albus.	10
49	180	"Perhaps not," said Decius Albus.	10
49	182	"I was not aware of all this," said Decius Albus.	10
49	184	"Somewhat," said Decius Albus.	10
49	187	He removed his hand from the hilt, responding, however reluctantly, to a slight, dismissive, admonitory gesture from Decius Albus.	10
49	189	"But, happily," said Decius Albus, "things seem to have turned out well, even splendidly".	10
49	193	"Come now," said Decius Albus.	10
49	203	"Puzzled?" asked Decius Albus.	10
49	208	"Not a stranger," said Decius Albus.	10
49	212	Was the sun so bright in this room? Did she fear a sudden torrent of rain might fall from the ceiling, from which a parasol, even so improbable a defense, might serve to protect her? "Tenrik, of Siba," said Decius Albus.	10
49	222	"It is a famous house," said Kurik to Decius Albus.	10
49	225	"This is all very interesting," said Decius Albus, "but let us attend to business".	10
49	228	"I see Lord Grendel did not come himself," said Decius Albus.	10
49	230	About the table were six curule chairs, five of which would be occupied, those by Decius Albus; Drusus Andronicus; Tyrtaios; Kurik of Victoria, my master; and the Lady Alexina.	10
49	233	"No," said Decius Albus.	10
49	235	"Are you surprised?" asked Decius Albus.	10
49	237	"Our friends might attract attention in the streets," said Decius Albus.	10
49	242	"Are you authorized to negotiate?" asked Decius Albus.	10
49	244	"That is what I supposed," said Decius Albus.	10
49	248	"And wisely," said Decius Albus.	10
49	251	"Lord Grendel," said Decius Albus, "will doubtless recognize the veil, and, I suspect, will by scent, as well, verify its authenticity".	10
49	253	"The terms of my principal—," said Decius Albus.	10
49	255	"Quite," said Decius Albus, "are simple—we will return the Lady Bina to the care of your principal, Lord Grendel, well and unharmed, in exchange for his oath, that he will be a loyal and active servitor to Lord Agamemnon, obedient and zealous in his service".	10
49	257	"Then the Lady Bina will suffer the consequences," said Decius Albus.	10
49	262	"An indiscretion that will be overlooked," said Decius Albus.	10
49	264	"He will not," said Decius Albus, "he is Kur, or much like a Kur".	10
49	269	"No, tarry, be here a bit, a moment," said Decius Albus, placing his hand gently on Kurik's arm.	10
49	271	"I am distressed," said Decius Albus, drawing back his hand, as though in disappointment.	10
49	273	"Forgive me, noble Albus," said Kurik, "but I find little here in which to rejoice".	10
49	274	"You are a realist," said Decius Albus.	10
49	293	I hated her! How could I compete with her, half-naked, in a tunic, collared, on my knees? "A single bottle," said Decius Albus, "may cost as much as a golden tarsk".	10
49	309	Clearly Decius Albus was perusing the slave.	10
49	318	"How long have we owned her?" inquired Decius Albus.	10
49	336	"What do we call her?" asked Decius Albus.	10
49	338	"A barbarian name," said Decius Albus.	10
49	339	"She is barbarian, noble Albus," said Drusus.	10
49	340	Paula, humbly, head down, placed the first tiny glass before Decius Albus, who was her master.	10
49	341	"Next, dear," said Decius Albus, "our noble guest, Tenrik of Siba".	10
49	345	"Forgive me, lady," said Decius Albus, "he is our honored guest".	10
49	360	"What a difference," said Decius Albus.	10
49	374	"Forgive us, fine lady," said Decius Albus, "but our guest, the esteemed Tenrik of Siba, is male".	10
49	377	"They do have their purposes," said Decius Albus.	10
49	380	After this, she placed the last glass before Drusus, as though he might have been her master, which behavior, happily, was not noted by Decius Albus.	10
49	383	How precious then, I thought, must be the beverage! "I shall not propose a toast," said Decius Albus, "as I am unsure we share a common sentiment, but let us drink, as might friends".	10
49	386	"How is it?" inquired Decius Albus.	10
49	389	"I trust you find it satisfactory," said Decius Albus.	10
49	391	"I once, in Venna," said Decius Albus, "exchanged five girls for a bottle".	10
49	395	"Drink again," said Decius Albus.	10
49	399	"Join with us," said Decius Albus, "and you may swill the ka-la-na of Naxos with the same abandon as vat paga".	10
49	401	"True," smiled Decius Albus, "but it would be a desecration well within your means".	10
49	404	"I am sure she is not a trained serving slave," said Decius Albus, "and she belongs to our guest".	10
49	406	"Surely not," said Decius Albus.	10
49	442	"Nicely done, girl," said Decius Albus.	10
49	444	"Not so nicely done, noble Albus," said the Lady Alexina.	10
49	452	We must convey the proposal of the noble Albus to our principal, Lord Grendel".	10
49	460	"I thank you, noble Albus," said Kurik.	10
49	465	"Surely the pleasure here is that of the house," said Decius Albus.	10
49	490	"Why would one such as she, a high woman of the Merchants, of a jewelry house in Victoria, be here, enleagued with Decius Albus?" "She is not of Victoria, nor of the house of Portia," said Kurik.	10
50	127	Lord Grendel had well surmised that the Kurii associated with Decius Albus would be quartered away from the city, probably in the house off the Viktel Aria, where the supper had been held.	10
50	149	"Your proposal will be conveyed to the House of a Hundred Corridors by my master," I said, "and Surtak, and his cohorts, will be soon apprised of the situation, but I do not see how this will effect a favorable resolution in the matter of the Lady Bina, a matter both Decius Albus and Lord Agamemnon ...	10
50	154	"Decius Albus," I said, "Tyrtaios, perhaps even Drusus Andronicus".	10
50	193	"Release me," she cried, "foul brigands! You do not know whom you have discomfited! I am Alexina, from the House of a Hundred Corridors, colleague of the mighty Decius Albus! You have judged unwisely, my fine fellows! Do not think you can hold one so important as I for ransom! Consider your error! T...	10
50	203	Presumably, then, she would have supposed, in her involvement in the intrigues of Decius Albus, that Lord Agamemnon and Lord Grendel were men, and that the entire matter was one dealing merely with differences between competitive human factions.	10
50	236	"I am the favorite of Decius Albus, his ally, agent, and confidante.	10
50	268	Further, as noted, I am the favorite of Decius Albus, and am his ally, agent, and confidante.	10
50	270	"I doubt," said Kurik, "that you are the favorite of Decius Albus.	10
50	286	"The Lady Bina is worth far more to Lord Agamemnon and the noble Decius Albus than a replaceable hireling".	10
50	300	Certainly she knew Lord Grendel and had been present at the interview in the house of Decius Albus near the Viktel Aria.	10
50	334	"If you do," she said, "I will be purchased by Decius Albus, and instantly freed".	10
50	337	Do you not think your noble Decius Albus has given some thought to how you would look, chained at his couch ring?" "You would not dare enslave me," she said.	10
50	492	"The vengeance of Decius Albus," she said.	10
50	493	"By tomorrow," said Kurik, "Decius Albus will realize you are in our hands, and will discard you, a tool that is no longer useful, and, unfortunately, will change the location of the Lady Bina".	10
51	2	Kurik flourished the ribbon of yellow paper, embossed with the red seal of Decius Albus.	10
51	6	Kurik's pretext for gaining admittance to the palace was twofold, first, supposedly to guarantee the current safety and well-being of the Lady Bina, for Lord Grendel, and, second, to make clear to Decius Albus, who would convey the information to Surtak and his cohorts, that Lyris was in our custody...	10
51	26	Decius Albus, Drusus, Tyrtaios, and some others, doubtless, would be aware of the coloring of the Lady Alexina, but many guards, we hoped, would not.	10
51	159	She had engaged him, when arranging the transportation of Lord Grendel, and a slave, to the late-evening meeting at the house of Decius Albus, off the Viktel Aria, purportedly to make contact with a representative or representatives of Lord Arcesilaus.	10
51	274	"So she is condemned," said the Lady Bina, "to the fangs of Kurii, or perhaps to the tortures of the house of Decius Albus?" "Not at all," said Kurik.	10
51	279	"Recently," said Kurik, "at the behest of Decius Albus, I, in the guise of a merchant envoy from a mythical city, Mytilene, was introduced in, and entertained in, the Commerce Court, one of the receiving courts of the palace, and there, in that guise, met numerous officiaries, administrators, dignit...	10
52	54	Decius Albus, from whose house, or palace, the Lady Bina had been removed, might be sick with terror.	10
52	78	"I bring words from Surtak, colleague of Decius Albus, to Lord Grendel".	10
52	93	But who would notice? "My principal, in this business, Surtak, high Kur," said Drusus, "informs Lord Grendel that his terms, expressed in the proposal recently tendered to Decius Albus, by Tenrik of Siba, in the House of a Hundred Corridors, are accepted".	10
52	101	Decius Albus is no longer interested in her, save perhaps to put her in a collar and sell her, but Surtak is interested in her".	10
52	153	Uncertain as to the outcome of this meeting, whose prospects now seem bright, I left her behind, in the house of Decius Albus, in the House of a Hundred Corridors".	10
52	164	"Perhaps she wishes the collar on her neck was other than that of Decius Albus".	10
53	63	He may have encountered his scent, about the apartment, and stairwell, in the house of Epicrates, when he had returned from the remote house of Decius Albus, off the Viktel Aria.	10
53	109	One human would accompany Surtak, presumably to report back to Decius Albus, and Lord Grendel, in turn, in balance, would be seconded by a human, as well.	10
53	213	"Let us return to the house of Decius Albus," we heard Lyris say, the words in Kur picked up by, and transmitted by, Surtak's translator.	10
53	228	It is one thing for the Lady Bina to be expeditiously removed from the House of a Hundred Corridors under the very nose of the fool, Decius Albus, and quite another for a Kur female, fully grown and supposedly intelligent, to be seized and carried away as easily as a human slaver or raider might hoo...	10
56	2	"Our good will was evidenced by the return of the prisoner, the Lady Alexina, to Decius Albus," said Kurik.	10
56	8	"I am not privy to the secret councils of Decius Albus and the—others".	10
56	45	The collar on her neck, of course, was that of Decius Albus.	10
56	51	Decius Albus does not wish to commit several men to an attack that might occasion attention in Ar, and lead the Ubar to inquire into the nature of the matter.	10
56	52	What has Decius Albus to do with beasts, if I may use the expression, or beasts with the state of Ar? Might not the disclosure of certain secrets invite banishment, a denial of bread, salt, and fire, if not impalement? And we expect you will find the proposal of a hiatus congenial, for your associat...	10
56	79	"I shall inform Decius Albus," said Drusus Andronicus.	10
56	85	"I can understand the possible reluctance of Decius Albus to invest several men in an effort that might prove difficult to explain, if not scandalous.	10
56	87	It could always be ascribed to a misadventure of independent thieves, with no obvious link to the house of Albus".	10
56	121	But what would take him from Ar? What might lead him to abandon Ar, an ideal center for clandestine operations, a repository of gold and diverse resources, and a fortress of relative safety, given the houses of Decius Albus, and the protection of his power in Ar, to accept the risks of travel and di...	10
56	130	"Please convey to the noble Albus," said Kurik, "that his salutation is accepted, that it is returned, and that his kind wishes are reciprocated, most heartily".	10
56	138	"Word from the noble Decius Albus," said Lord Grendel.	10
56	144	This feast is to take place four days from this day, at the fourteenth Ahn, at the house of Decius Albus, that which is a pasang from the Viktel Aria, which house is known to you".	10
56	146	"I shall convey to the noble Albus," said Drusus Andronicus, "that you thank him for his invitation but, due to pressing matters, must decline to accept".	10
57	1	"Welcome, noble friends," called out Decius Albus, hurrying forward, under the shading latticework through which the afternoon sun stroked the laden tables with a melody of light and shade.	10
57	6	"Noble Albus," said Lord Grendel, in intelligible Gorean.	10
57	7	"Noble Albus," said my master.	10
57	18	After all, I was an animal, so why should I not be displayed as one? Why should he not, if he wished, display an animal he owned? Were the men of Earth not proud of their dogs? "Help yourselves from the tables," said Decius Albus.	10
57	21	"He is detained," said Decius Albus.	10
57	25	"The noble Albus is most thoughtful," said my master.	10
57	26	"I must now attend to my other guests," said Decius Albus.	10
57	28	"Entertainment will be afforded later," said Decius Albus.	10
57	101	In a short time we had come to the feasting area, under the latticework, and I had been restored to my feet, and Decius Albus had approached us, to welcome us to the feast.	10
57	113	"Decius Albus spoke of entertainment," said Kurik.	10
57	142	Its presence at the feast in more than one vessel bespoke the affluence of Decius Albus.	10
57	223	"Decius Albus is a fool.	10
57	235	"In this I see the hand, and ignorance, of Decius Albus".	10
58	1	"Have you dined well?" inquired Decius Albus.	10
58	3	Behind Decius Albus were an officer and eight guards.	10
58	4	"And I trust your girl enjoyed her gruel," said Master Albus.	10
58	5	"As you can see, noble Albus," said Kurik, "the bowl has been licked clean".	10
58	13	Upon the arrival of Decius Albus and his small retinue, I had immediately knelt.	10
58	14	"Where is the esteemed Lord Grendel?" asked Master Albus, looking about.	10
58	17	Neither Decius Albus nor my master paid me any attention.	10
58	26	Are they not slave curves, in a more literal sense than is often understood? Have we not been bred to find our joy in bondage, in loving and belonging; have we not been bred to be slaves? "I am disappointed," said Decius Albus.	10
58	29	"Of course," said Decius Albus.	10
58	31	"I do not think it will," said Master Albus.	10
58	35	"Ah, see," said Decius Albus, sympathetically.	10
58	38	"I apologize," said Decius Albus.	10
58	45	I expected then to be directly relieved of the device but Decius Albus was looking at my ankles.	10
58	50	"Interesting," said Decius Albus.	10
58	52	"Even as other ankles," said Decius Albus.	10
58	57	"I do not think so, either," said Decius Albus.	10
58	59	"Oh?" said Decius Albus.	10
58	65	"Take off the hobbles," said Decius Albus.	10
58	70	"Now, Phyllis," said Decius Albus, "were you free of the leash and bracelets, you might leap about much as you might please, darting here and there".	10
58	73	"Now," said Decius Albus, "let us proceed to the entertainment".	10
59	4	We were somewhere within the house of Decius Albus.	10
59	31	"Ah, my dear Tenrik, of Siba, or whatever might be your name, as though it mattered," said Decius Albus, "it seems we are now ready to be off to the entertainment.	10
59	35	Decius Albus then turned about, in good humor.	10
59	40	"Yes," had said Decius Albus.	10
59	45	Surely this had nothing to do with the entertainment to which Decius Albus had alluded.	10
59	79	Although I was unsure at the moment, I deemed it likely, following the surmise of my master, that Decius Albus, wisely or not, by design or in ignorance, eager to appease and impress the Kurii, would have been generous in the distribution of paga.	10
60	9	The scene of the entertainment, as it had been spoken of, was not an arena or a theater, but it was, in effect, a closed area, closed on one side by the tiers, to my left, and, on another side, that behind me, by the house of Decius Albus.	10
60	14	In the center of the three men in the box, not surprisingly, was the true host of the festivities, large-bodied and coarse-featured, in white and gold robes, Decius Albus, trade advisor to the Ubar, Marlenus, and master of the House of a Hundred Corridors.	10
60	22	I saw no sign that the two Kurii in the box with Decius Albus had shared in the conviviality, the signs of which were so obvious amongst their cohorts.	10
60	23	Decius Albus seemed expansive, pleasant, jovial, and communicative, almost obsequious, in addressing himself, via their translators, to the two crouching, hirsute guests with whom he shared the honor of his box.	10
60	68	"I shall plead with Master Albus".	10
60	88	"What is going on? Where is Surtak? Why was the hiatus terminated? What has Master Albus to gain by this madness?" "Much," he said.	10
60	100	Decius Albus is desperate to please his dark allies.	10
60	116	"The noble Decius Albus must have his moment! He rises, if unsteadily".	10
60	117	Turning about, toward the stands, I saw Master Albus get to his feet.	10
60	128	Decius Albus quaffed once more.	10
60	129	"And now," called Decius Albus, swaying in the box, then steadied by Drusus Andronicus, "let us salute our revered and mighty allies, our friends from afar, whom we honor with these games".	10
60	130	Master Albus then quaffed once more.	10
60	134	"I have noted," called out Decius Albus, waving the goblet about, "that some of you, my dear friends of Ar, administrators and magistrates, companions and colleagues, have witnessed the pleasures of our friends with but subdued enthusiasm.	10
60	142	"Be silent!" "Did the prisoner speak?" called Master Albus, trying to focus his eyes.	10
60	144	I moaned, for the five occupants of the box, Master Albus, Drusus Andronicus, Tyrtaios, and two Kurii were making their way down the tiers, to approach us.	10
60	148	Decius Albus then stood before us.	10
60	150	"You spoke of the sword," said Decius Albus.	10
60	154	"The bow is your weapon," said Master Albus.	10
60	156	"I thought," said Master Albus, "to have you witness the slaughter of the beasts, four-legged and two-legged, and then have you eaten to death, prolonging it as long as possible, eaten bit by bit, bite by bite, by our noble allies, the High Ones, but, as you have seen, some members of our audience s...	10
60	158	"They are not soldiers, they are not armed," said Master Albus.	10
60	160	"That would disappoint our noble friends," said Decius Albus.	10
60	164	"In deference to the sympathies of the crowd," said Decius Albus, "I am prepared to be merciful".	10
60	166	"To you," said Decius Albus.	10
60	168	Master Albus turned to Tyrtaios.	10
60	172	"Will a tarsk-bit be sufficient?" asked Decius Albus.	10
60	174	"Two, then," said Decius Albus.	10
60	177	"A golden tarn then," called Decius Albus, the words slurring.	10
60	180	"You have had much paga, noble Albus," said Drusus Andronicus.	10
60	182	"A golden tarn!" roared Decius Albus.	10
60	186	What have you to fear? Your target is stationary, and cannot resist!" "A golden tarn," repeated Decius Albus, slowly, separating the words.	10
60	187	"I am a high Assassin," said Tyrtaios, turning angrily toward Decius Albus.	10
60	194	A child, or slave, could manage the matter!" "Noble friend!" protested Decius Albus, turning white.	10
60	201	It is the paga that speaks, not the noble Albus".	10
60	205	"Surely not," said Master Albus.	10
60	209	"It would be something for the crowd," said Drusus Andronicus to Decius Albus.	10
60	212	"—Yes, very well," said Decius Albus, leaning on Drusus Andronicus.	10
60	215	"No, no," said Decius Albus.	10
60	221	"Of course," said Decius Albus.	10
60	223	"It could mean our lives," said Decius Albus.	10
60	227	Decius Albus was then conducted across the small, bloody field, and assisted in climbing to his box, and, shortly thereafter, he sank into the curule chair at its center.	10
60	271	Even Decius Albus, half supported by Drusus Andronicus, was on his feet, staring blearily across the field.	10
60	272	The two Kurii who were in the box of Decius Albus, those of high station, who had accompanied Surtak in Brundisium, howled with pleasure and leaped about within the box itself, in what might be some bestial dance of victory, of triumph, of joy.	10
61	9	The noble Decius Albus, our esteemed ally, atoning for the loss of a hostage, seizing an initiative, devised a brilliant plan whereby might be brought to fruition the plan of Lord Agamemnon, now regrettably absent, the enlisting or destruction of a foe of significance, Grendel, high in the ranks of ...	10
61	22	Then he called out, "Yes!" "Wait!" said Decius Albus to him, who, after his recumbency in the box, seemed more in control of his body, less muddled in his mind.	10
61	41	"Peace, peace, fellowship!" called Decius Albus, standing in the box.	10
61	48	"Dear friends and colleagues," continued Decius Albus, "all differences can be negotiated.	10
61	52	I sensed that Decius Albus was not certain, given the Ring Challenge, of his Kur allies.	10
61	60	"Hold, hold, my friends!" called Decius Albus.	10
61	63	Now, let the games continue! See how I add to them! I have planned a surprise! Look to the gates!" Decius Albus lifted and lowered his hand, signaling.	10
61	69	We planned, with our esteemed ally, the noble Decius Albus, to have her slain before Surtak, before we did him justice, that he might see her blood before we took his own".	10
61	80	"Excellent, excellent!" called Decius Albus.	10
61	82	"We will now add to the games," called out Decius Albus, "as being of special interest, two kajirae, one who failed to well serve the House of a Hundred Corridors, a house that is reluctant to accept embarrassment or failure, and one that attests the good faith, the good will, the generosity, the bo...	10
61	88	Decius Albus again raised and lowered his hand, again signaling.	10
61	95	I suspected that Decius Albus had welcomed her return to his house, taken pains to allay her apprehensions, and treated her as before, honorably and bountifully, or even better, while contemplating all the while how he might best express his dissatisfaction with her service.	10
61	97	Decius Albus then lifted and lowered his hand again, signaling for the third time to the gate area, and another kajira was thrust into the open.	10
61	132	"Decius Albus," said Kurik.	10
61	154	"Let the festivities continue!" cried Decius Albus, desperately.	10
61	185	One of the few men left in the stands was Decius Albus, standing, white-faced, shaken, clutching the front railing of the box.	10
61	247	He had scarcely said this when Surtak, with a loud cry in Kur, a roar, rushed forward, and then halted, shaking his ax violently at Lucilius, removed in the box, near the distraught Decius Albus.	10
61	278	What verr would dare to slay a larl, what tarsk a sleen? Could such a thing be understood? Had not nature itself been outraged? "Peace, peace!" called Decius Albus, in his robes, soaked with the blood of Aelius.	10
61	288	"Peace!" screamed Decius Albus.	10
61	290	"Spare our humans, kill the others!" cried Decius Albus, pointing toward the stake, our small group, and the kajirae clustered about us.	10
61	293	"Traitor, traitor!" screamed Decius Albus to Drusus Andronicus, who stood ready, looking about himself.	10
61	307	How tragic to find herself longing for the chains of one master, and find herself fastened in the chains of another! "Officers, men at arms, loyal servitors of the house," called out Decius Albus, to the lines of soldiers, "do not threaten our allies, our Kur brothers".	10
61	325	Decius Albus, his robes bloody, standing in the box, ax-bearing Lucilius wild and snarling at his side, while the field was broken into warring factions, men against Kur, Kur against men, men against men, Kur against Kur, remonstrated again and again with his men, "Peace! Peace! Do not threaten our ...	10
61	330	"Return to your posts! Put up your weapons! Heed your officers, those loyal to me!" screamed Decius Albus to the soldiers and guards.	10
61	357	"Albus will summon more men," said Kurik.	10
61	481	"Your foes are there!" cried Decius Albus from the box, pointing toward Surtak, Drusus Andronicus, Kurik, and Lord Grendel.	10
61	505	Decius Albus raised his hand.	10
61	516	The men were naturally wary of the Kurii, not only because of the nature of the form of life, which would be justification enough, but because several were supposedly allies, somehow enleagued with Decius Albus.	10
61	556	Decius Albus himself seemed nonplused.	10
61	559	"I am he, Decius Albus".	10
61	562	"You are not veiled," said Decius Albus, less than pleased.	10
61	565	"Your face is as naked as that of a slave," said Decius Albus.	10
61	568	Decius Albus looked sharply about, failed to note any likely source of the aforementioned mirth, and then returned his attention to the small figure before him.	10
61	577	"Steady, steady," cautioned Decius Albus.	10
61	582	"This is no pet with whom I share the box of honor," said Decius Albus, "but a friend, and an esteemed colleague, a rational creature, of a sort with which you may be unfamiliar".	10
61	600	"Go!" said Decius Albus.	10
61	602	"You were not invited," said Decius Albus.	10
61	617	"From whom?" asked Decius Albus, warily.	10
61	619	"Lord Agamemnon," cried Decius Albus, "Eleventh Face of the Nameless One! Forgive me, dear, noble lady! I did not know! Forgive me! Welcome! How thoughtful of the noble lord to remember his unworthy servants, and how like him to transmit his gift, or gifts, by means of so wise and beauteous a messen...	10
61	620	"But—" said Decius Albus.	10
61	622	"How is it," asked Decius Albus, narrowly, "that you have heard of Lord Agamemnon?" "Surely you are interested in the gifts I have brought," she said.	10
61	623	"Of course," said Decius Albus.	10
61	627	"I trust," said Decius Albus, clutching the railing of the box, "your Home Stone is that of Glorious Ar".	10
61	633	"Kill her!" cried Decius Albus, and one of the Kurii at the foot of the stands lunged toward the small figure, who brought up her parasol between them, and the Kur crashed into it, shook his head, seized it in one hand, or paw, and tore part of the silk away, and then crouched down, jaws opened, fan...	10
61	637	"For this, I hold you, Decius Albus, responsible".	10
61	640	"Sword her, to the blade, strike her!" howled Decius Albus to a man at arms before the stands.	10
61	642	"She is a woman, a free woman!" "She has no Home Stone!" screamed Decius Albus, beside himself in fury.	10
61	650	"A shield, a shield!" cried Decius Albus, "and one, as well, for noble Lucilius!" The large Kur beside him in the box was crouched down, and the broad, double-edged blade of the Kur ax it bore was held across its body, before its chest, covering its heart.	10
61	652	Decius Albus drew back a yard in the box, turning white.	10
61	662	But a snarl of rage burst forth from the shaggy throat of Lucilius, and he, with a wide, violent, fierce, backward sweep of his long arm, struck Decius Albus back in the box, a blow that, I feared, might have broken his neck.	10
61	673	"Behold, men of glorious Ar, noble defenders of her walls, valiant holders of her gates," cried Kurik, "the beast has struck your leader, your lord, the noble Decius Albus! The blow was treacherous, cruel, and unprovoked! What could be owed to such beasts but vengeance? Prove yourselves worthy of yo...	10
61	674	Strike blows for the noble Albus!" Men milled about.	10
61	676	"It seems," said Drusus Andronicus, "the noble Albus is not as beloved by his men as you supposed.	10
61	679	It is not Decius Albus they serve, but his gold".	10
61	683	Our happy allies, the loyal servitors of the noble Decius Albus, with a hundred spears, will thrust aside any impediment to your hunt".	10
61	685	"Friends," he called, "humans, astute and wise, skilled and loyal, beloved allies, you did note how I intervened to save the life of your lord, the great Decius Albus, how I, at great personal risk, thrust him aside, away from the line of a quarrel's flight, just as he was about, boldly, at risk to ...	10
61	703	"The noble Albus, your brave and hardy leader, so decreed".	10
61	748	"These are members of the entourage of Decius Albus, armed retainers, consider their livery, contingents within a small, personal army, a private army, that of the trade advisor to the Ubar".	10
61	775	The slaves of Decius Albus were renowned about the city for their beauty.	10
61	810	"So, second," she said, "I have a counterproposal, one that the noble Decius Albus, to whom you owe your fee fealty, would find congenial, indeed, one he would, if able, embrace with enthusiasm".	10
61	817	I am assuming, one, that the noble and beloved Decius Albus is not currently conscious—" "He may be dead," said a fellow.	10
61	823	"Consider a desperate assault on the box of honor, where the noble Albus lies helpless, unconscious, unable to either flee or defend himself, an assault by several assailants.	10
61	826	"True," said the Lady Bina, "but I do not think the noble Albus could count on that.	10
61	830	"How many of you fellows," asked the Lady Bina, "would gladly sell your life to defend Decius Albus?" Clearly the response was less than overwhelming.	10
61	835	"Decius Albus, for considerations thoroughly satisfactory to himself, puts up a number of his properties for prizes, in a girl raffle".	10
61	934	"What of the human, Decius Albus?" asked a Kur.	10
61	937	I supposed that Master Albus might still be unconscious, reposing in a tharlarion wagon, hastening back to Ar, to the House of a Hundred Corridors.	10
61	958	"Decius Albus, if he survives, will still be mighty in Ar, as the Ubar's trade advisor".	10
61	960	"I suspect Decius Albus will take them back," said Drusus Andronicus.	10
62	171	"What will you do? What will become of us? Master Decius Albus did not die.	10
62	183	How is she safe? What of the noble Lord Grendel and his friend, Eve? What is to become of them? What of Surtak, and minions loyal to him? Will they remain in the vicinity of Ar, or depart? What of dreadful Lucilius, who fled the box of honor, on the field? What has become of him? Has he joined force...	10
63	130	He, rather as Decius Albus, and certain other high merchants, maintained their small private armies, which might consist of as many as a thousand men.	10
63	226	"Perhaps Kurii, perhaps Decius Albus, do not concern themselves with us, perhaps they do not begrudge us a quiet and unimpeded exit from Ar".	10
63	438	"To think that one so mighty and influential as Decius Albus, trade advisor to the Ubar, would be concerned with us," said Paula.	10
64	164	The spines on the ruined parasol, once the possession of a Lady Alexina, which the Lady Bina had carried to the amusements of Decius Albus, had been carefully wiped clean of their lethal coating by Lord Grendel and the entire accessory had been discarded.	10
64	192	This change of command had been effected at the games of Decius Albus.	10
64	201	"Decius Albus," said Lord Grendel, "abetted the ambitions of Lucilius and Aelius".	10
64	222	"I think," said Surtak, "he fled to Decius Albus".	10
65	54	Their participation would have been anticipated by Decius Albus and Lucilius, and the intruders will be prepared, equipped with bows and quarrels.	10
65	56	Too, Surtak and his cohorts, despite their reservations pertaining to Decius Albus, are oathed to Lord Agamemnon.	10
65	67	After all, the minions of Decius Albus would not know we had left the city, or when we might have left, or what route we might choose.	10
65	72	"Decius Albus has spies.	10
65	132	"Leaving the Lady Bina, a free woman, to the intruders, to the mercy of the minions of Decius Albus".	10
65	153	The humans were not in the livery of Decius Albus.	10
65	165	"Where is Grendel, who would not oath to Lord Agamemnon, Grendel, who freed the traitor, Surtak, Grendel, who disturbed the games of Decius Albus? Where, too, are the others of your party, the monster, Eve, and the two humans?" "They will return shortly," said the Lady Bina.	10
65	358	"And now," said Lord Grendel, "you may hasten, as you are, to Decius Albus and inform him of how your cohorts deserted you and how, despite your vigor and bravery, you were overcome by overwhelming numbers".	10
66	37	"I would suppose he has returned to the keeping of Decius Albus," said Paula.	10

Book 35. (1 results) Quarry of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
47	288	"There is, for example, Decius Albus, the trade advisor to the Ubar of Ar, Marlenus," said Addison Steele.	10