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Book 4. (303 results) Nomads of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
9	416	There was a firm snap of the heavy lock in the back of the collar and the throat of Aphris of Turia had been encircled with slave steel! At the same instant Kamchak lifted her startled to her feet and turned her to face him, with both hands tearing the veil from her face! Then, before any of the sta...	10
11	151	"Do you wonder, Little Aphris," asked Kamchak, "why the barbarian—though slave—is not clad Kajir, why she does not wear ring, brand and collar?" "Why?" asked Aphris, frightened.	10
12	314	"But not better than Aphris," called Aphris.	10
8	166	"It is Aphris of Turia I want," he said.	10
9	1	Aphris of Turia There was little doubt that I, in the worn, red tunic of a warrior, and Kamchak, in the black leather of the Tuchuks, seemed somewhat out of place at the banquet of Saphrar, merchant of Turia.	10
9	160	The Feast Steward's voice was heard, "The Lady Aphris of Turia".	10
9	162	Down the stairway, slowly, in trailing white silk bordered with gold, the colors of the Merchants, there regally descended the girl who was Aphris of Turia.	10
9	165	Aphris of Turia, then, was of the Caste of Merchants.	10
9	174	The father of Aphris of Turia, Tethrar of Turia, had been the richest merchant in this city, itself one of the richest cities of Gor.	10
9	175	There had been no surviving male heir and the considerable wealth of Tethrar of Turia was now that of his daughter, Aphris, who would assume control of these remarkable fortunes upon attaining her majority, which event was to occur this spring.	10
9	189	"I must think on the matter," Kamchak was saying, not taking his eyes from Aphris of Turia.	10
9	200	Kamchak was still watching Aphris of Turia.	10
9	204	I barely noticed, as Aphris of Turia made her way toward the head of the table, that she did not speak to nor acknowledge in any way any of the women present, though their robes suggested they must be of wealth and position.	10
9	207	I thought perhaps Aphris was unwilling to acknowledge unveiled free women.	10
9	210	"The golden sphere for Aphris of Turia," Saphrar whispered to Kamchak.	10
9	213	"Very well," snapped Saphrar, "then you will not obtain the woman—I shall see to that—and somehow I shall have the sphere—understand that!" Kamchak now turned to watch Aphris of Turia.	10
9	215	"Honored Aphris of Turia, whom I love as my own daughter," he said.	10
9	218	Aphris nodded her head to the Feast Steward and he sent the acrobats running and tumbling from the room and the musicians began to play soft, honeyed melodies.	10
9	220	Aphris looked about her.	10
9	227	"I am sorry, Lady Aphris," said he, "but under the circumstances—" She looked about, and then it seemed she saw Kamchak.	10
9	232	"Please, if you wish, Lady Aphris, join us," wheezed Saphrar.	10
9	233	Aphris of Turia, pleased with herself, assumed her place between the merchant and Kamchak, kneeling back on her heels in the position of the Gorean free woman.	10
9	238	"I seem to recall," said Aphris, as though trying very hard to do so.	10
9	240	"Oh," said Aphris, "yes—I gave it to one of my slaves".	10
9	243	"Oh, yes!" laughed Aphris.	10
9	245	Aphris stopped laughing.	10
9	253	"The Tuchuk and his friend are guests, and ambassadors of the Wagon Peoples—they must not come to harm!" Aphris of Turia laughed merrily and Kamras, embarrassed, returned to his seat.	10
9	259	Again Aphris laughed merrily and was joined by those of the banquet.	10
9	261	"Who are you?" asked Aphris, looking at me.	10
9	279	I gathered he did not understand its true value, seeing that he had apparently discussed its exchange with some seriousness earlier in the evening—only that, apparently, he wanted more than Saphrar was offering, even though that might be Aphris of Turia herself.	10
9	280	Aphris now turned to me.	10
9	290	"I think not," snapped the angry Aphris of Turia, her eyes flashing above the golden border of her white silken veil.	10
9	300	"Did you truly think," asked Aphris of Turia arrogantly, "that a Tuchuk would be permitted to look upon the face of a free woman of Turia?" Kamchak's fists were clenched on the table, for no Tuchuk likes to be fooled.	10
9	305	"Are they not delightful?" spurred Aphris, after a time.	10
9	307	"Oh?" asked Aphris.	10
9	313	"I'm sure both could be arranged," remarked Aphris.	10
9	320	Aphris then turned to Saphrar.	10
9	323	"Please, Aphris," said Saphrar, shaking his fat, pinkish head, sweating.	10
9	325	"Ho!" cried Aphris of Turia, summoning the Feast Steward to her, through the turning bodies of the girls dancing among the tables.	10
9	326	"The others," ordered Aphris, "—for the amusement of our guests!" The Feast Steward turned a wary eye toward Saphrar, who, defeated, nodded his head.	10
9	331	Aphris of Turia was bold indeed.	10
9	345	"I wish to see them perform," said Aphris of Turia, though she stood within an arm's reach of Kamchak's quiva.	10
9	348	"Dance," ordered Aphris.	10
9	350	"Dance!" screamed Aphris, rising to her feet.	10
9	361	At the height of one of her dances, called the Dance of the Tuchuk Slave Girl, Kamchak turned to Aphris of Turia, who was watching the dance, eyes bright, as astounded as I at the savage spectacle.	10
9	363	The back and head of Aphris of Turia were rigid with fury, but she gave no sign that she had heard him.	10
9	367	"What is in the box?" asked Aphris of Turia, as she saw Kamchak pick up the small black box which, throughout the banquet, he had kept at his right knee.	10
9	370	I remembered that two years before, as I had learned, he had brought Aphris of Turia a five-string diamond necklace, which she had scorned, and had, according to her report at least, given to a slave.	10
9	377	"Oh?" asked Aphris, clearly intrigued.	10
9	383	"Is it other," she asked, "than a mere necklace of diamonds?" Aphris of Turia was no fool.	10
9	396	"I want it," said Aphris of Turia.	10
9	398	"Do you want it?" "Yes," said Aphris.	10
9	402	"Very well," said Aphris of Turia.	10
9	404	So then Kamchak bent down to where Aphris of Turia knelt, her back straight, her head very high, before the low table.	10
9	408	"Now," said Aphris.	10
9	410	When Aphris heard the delicate click of the box lid it was all she could do not to turn and regard the prize that was to be hers, but she did not do so.	10
9	412	"Now!" said Aphris of Turia, trembling with anticipation.	10
9	431	"Slay him!" screamed Aphris of Turia, "Slay him!" "Replace your veil," repeated Saphrar to the girl.	10
9	439	"A joke! A Tuchuk joke!" "Slay him!" screamed Aphris of Turia.	10
9	441	"Now, gentle Aphris," Saphrar was purring, "you must be calm—soon one from the Caste of Metal Workers will appear to free you—all will be well—return to your own chambers".	10
9	442	"No!" screamed Aphris.	10
9	454	"Aphris of Turia!" cried the girl.	10
9	456	"Yes!" cried Aphris of Turia.	10
9	457	"If you will meet Kamras, Champion of Turia, I—Aphris of Turia—will stand at the stake in Love War!" Kamchak looked at her.	10
9	463	Kamchak had, by means of the very pride of Aphris of Turia, of Kamras, and the offended Turians, brought the girl by her own will to the stake of Love War.	10
9	465	I supposed, naturally, however, that Saphrar, guardian of Aphris of Turia, would not permit this to occur.	10
9	467	"Never!" cried Aphris.	10
9	468	"I will stand, I tell you! I will! I will!" "No," said Saphrar, "I cannot permit it—it is better that the people laugh at Aphris of Turia—and perhaps, in some years, they may forget".	10
9	477	"Unless you permit this," wept Aphris, "my honor will be forever stained".	10
9	480	Thus, if Aphris of Turia, by some mischance, were to fall to Kamchak, and surely slavery, her considerable riches would be immediately assigned to Saphrar, merchant of Turia.	10
9	482	"All right," said Saphrar, his eyes cast down, as though making a decision against his better judgment, "I will permit my ward, the Lady Aphris of Turia, to stand at the stake in Love War".	10
9	484	"Thank you, my guardian," said Aphris of Turia, and with one last vicious look at Kamchak threw back her head and with a swirl of her white gown, bordered with gold, walked regally from between the tables.	10
9	486	Aphris spun to face him, her right fist clenched, her left hand muffling her veil about her face, her eyes flashing.	10
9	488	"I meant only, little Aphris," said Kamchak, "—that you wear your collar well".	10
10	184	I gathered Kamchak had his mind on Aphris of Turia, and was, perilously to my mind, counting his wenches before he had won them.	10
10	280	A girl might propose herself to stand, as had Aphris of Turia, but this would not guarantee that she would be chosen, for the criteria of Love War are exacting and, as much as possible, objectively applied.	10
10	282	I heard a judge call, "First Stake! Aphris of Turia!" "Hah!" yelled Kamchak, slapping me on the back, nearly knocking me from the back of my kaiila.	10
10	286	In her silks of white and gold, on cloths thrown before her, Aphris of Turia stepped disdainfully forward, guided by a judge, to the first of the stakes on the side of the Wagon Peoples.	10
10	310	I smiled to myself, wondering if Aphris of Turia, standing so loftily at the first stake, wore beneath the robes of white and gold the camisk of a slave girl.	10
10	316	"Good morning, little Aphris," he said cheerily.	10
10	326	"How pleased I shall be," hissed the girl, "to see you on your knees in the sand begging Kamras of Turia to finish you!" "Tonight, little Aphris," said Kamchak, "as I promised you, you shall spend your first night in the dung sack".	10
10	333	Aphris of Turia, at the request of one of the minor judges, irritably removed her gloves, of silk-lined white verrskin, trimmed with gold, and placed them in a deep fold of her robes.	10
10	335	"It is not necessary," responded Aphris.	10
10	340	Aphris, not very obviously, moved her hands in the rings, tried to withdraw them.	10
10	355	"I would like to take a look at this one," Kamchak was saying, jerking a thumb in the direction of Aphris of Turia.	10
10	357	"Can you not remember, Sleen," asked the girl, "the face of Aphris of Turia?" "My memory is vague," said Kamchak.	10
10	360	Aphris of Turia was an incredibly beautiful woman.	10
10	369	I suddenly glimpsed the face of Aphris of Turia contort with rage and she tried to free herself.	10
10	374	But already several of the other warriors of the Wagon Peoples were inspecting the unveiled Aphris of Turia.	10
10	378	At last he returned to Aphris.	10
10	387	It seemed then Aphris of Turia leaned back for an instant in exhausted relief against the stake.	10
10	397	"She must be plain indeed," remarked Kamchak, looking closely again at Aphris.	10
10	401	"Surely you recall?" laughed Aphris merrily.	10
10	406	"Meet him!" cried Aphris.	10
10	408	I could see that the Kassar girl, a beauty, at the stake opposite Aphris of Turia was distressed, and understandably so.	10
10	422	"Is she not beautiful? Do you not want her?" Kamchak looked at Aphris of Turia.	10
10	424	"Fight for me!" cried Aphris of Turia.	10
10	442	At this word the judge called out to clear the space between the stakes of Aphris of Turia and the lovely Kassar wench.	10
10	470	"Fight him, filthy Tuchuk!" screamed Aphris of Turia, pulling against the retaining rings.	10
10	471	"Do not be uneasy, gentle Aphris of Turia," said Kamras.	10
10	474	But the lovely Aphris was not convinced.	10
10	478	Kamras was regarding Aphris of Turia.	10
10	488	Aphris of Turia cried out in rage and the Kassar wench in distress.	10
10	499	Kamras looked at Aphris of Turia, dumbfounded.	10
10	512	"A thousand cuts!" cried the gentle Aphris of Turia.	10
10	556	"Slay him!" screamed Aphris of Turia.	10
10	572	"Kill him!" Aphris of Turia was screaming.	10
10	574	"Slay him!" howled Aphris of Turia! For perhaps better than fifteen minutes, patiently, not hurrying, Kamchak of the Tuchuks shuffled after Kamras of Turia, touching him once more and ever again, each time leaving a quick, bright stain of blood on his tunic or body.	10
10	588	Then he turned and advanced to the stake of Aphris of Turia, who stood there, her wrists bound in steel, regarding him, speechless with horror.	10
11	1	Bells and Collar Kamchak regarded Aphris of Turia.	10
11	3	"Please, no!" And in a moment the lovely Aphris of Turia stood at the stake revealed to the eyes of her master.	10
11	6	The Kassar wench, who had been bound across from her to the opposing stake, had now been freed by a judge and she strode to where Aphris was still confined.	10
11	9	Then the girl, with vehemence, spat in the face of the lovely Aphris.	10
11	13	"Punish her!" demanded Aphris.	10
11	14	Kamchak suddenly cuffed Aphris of Turia.	10
11	22	Aphris blushed from head to toe, enfolded transparent in the crimson flag of her shame.	10
11	26	Aphris suddenly pulled at the retaining rings, trying to rush to him, now oblivious of the riches of her beauty revealed even to the slaves who carried his palanquin.	10
11	32	"Aphris!" he cried, as though horrified, but yet smiling.	10
11	36	"Aphris of Turia," he said, "has a surprise coming".	10
11	37	Aphris turned her head to Kamchak.	10
11	42	Aphris nearly choked.	10
11	46	"If necessary, use all my resources, all! Free me!" "But Aphris," Saphrar was purring, "I am in charge of your funds and to barter them—and all your properties and goods—for one slave would be a most unwise and absurd decision on my part, irresponsible even".	10
11	47	Aphris suddenly looked at him, dumbfounded.	10
11	53	"I don't understand," said Aphris.	10
11	61	Aphris of Turia threw back her head and screamed.	10
11	64	Kamchak would undoubtedly continue to call her Aphris, but it would be now his name for her and not her own.	10
11	67	"I think," roared Kamchak, "I will call her Aphris of Turia!" "Free me, Saphrar," cried the girl piteously, "free me!" Saphrar laughed.	10
11	69	"You stinking sleen!" "Be careful," warned Saphrar, "how you speak to the richest man in Turia!" Aphris wept and pulled at the retaining rings.	10
11	71	Aphris was weeping uncontrollably at the stake.	10
11	79	Aphris cried out in distress.	10
11	84	Aphris was looking after him, numbly, her eyes red, her cheeks stained with tears.	10
11	95	"It was on that night, little Aphris," said Kamchak, "that I decided I wanted you—and would have you—slave".	10
11	99	In short order then Kamchak took the key over the head of Aphris of Turia and sprang open the retaining rings.	10
11	102	"Your name is Aphris of Turia," he said to her, giving her a name.	10
11	103	"My name is Aphris of Turia," she said, accepting her name at his hands.	10
11	105	Trembling Aphris of Turia, kneeling, lowered her head and extended her arms, wrists crossed.	10
11	122	"First stake!" he called out to a warrior, jerking his thumb at the stumbling, gasping Aphris.	10
11	128	I supposed that Aphris of Turia had done little in her life that was more strenuous than stepping in and out of a scented bath.	10
11	136	"Here, here!" he cried cheerily, hauling the exhausted Aphris to her knees.	10
11	143	Aphris stood up, wobbling, still dazed.	10
11	145	"Your accent," said Aphris, slowly.	10
11	150	Aphris trembled, her eyes pleading.	10
11	155	This struck fire in Aphris of Turia.	10
11	157	"Not I—not Aphris of Turia!" "You," said Kamchak.	10
11	160	"Yes," roared Kamchak, throwing back his head and guffawing, "Aphris of Turia, in my wagon, will be a barbarian's serving slave!" The girl's fists were clenched.	10
11	162	Aphris of Turia trembled with rage before him.	10
11	164	She tried to take Aphris by the arm.	10
11	165	Aphris of Turia shrugged away her touch arrogantly, not wishing to feel her hand.	10
11	168	Aphris turned to face him, fists clenched.	10
11	169	"You will learn, Little Aphris," said he, "who is master here".	10
11	202	"They are both stinking drunk," said Aphris of Turia.	10
11	211	Aphris of Turia appeared in even worse shape.	10
11	219	Kamchak looked at Aphris.	10
11	228	"Hours," repeated Aphris.	10
11	231	Aphris only sniffed.	10
11	255	"I thought he was your master," remarked Aphris.	10
11	256	"Master," added Elizabeth, with a withering look at Aphris, who smiled.	10
11	260	"Who, may I ask," asked Aphris, "were Tenchika and Dina?" "Slaves, Turian wenches," said Kamchak.	10
11	261	"They were sold," Elizabeth informed Aphris.	10
11	262	"Oh," said Aphris.	10
11	265	"Higher than a barbarian surely," remarked Aphris.	10
11	266	"Do not fret, Little Aphris," said Kamchak, "when I am finished with you I shall—if it pleases me—put you on the block in the public slave wagon".	10
11	271	Aphris looked up angrily.	10
11	275	The voice of Aphris was timid and quiet.	10
11	278	"No," cried Aphris, "I never learned!" "Kaiila feed!" cried Kamchak.	10
11	279	"I'm sorry," said Aphris, now a bit irritated, "I just never planned on becoming a slave".	10
11	281	"Nonsense," said Aphris.	10
11	283	Aphris sniffed and looked away.	10
11	288	"She is only a barbarian," said Aphris, "—all knees and elbows—she could never learn".	10
11	291	"You will fight for your place! Excellent!" "She can be first girl if she wishes," sniffed Aphris.	10
11	294	Aphris turned white.	10
11	296	"It is true," I warned Aphris of Turia.	10
11	297	"Nonetheless," said Aphris, "I will escape".	10
11	299	"No," said Aphris acidly, "not tonight".	10
11	303	Aphris turned again to face Kamchak.	10
11	306	"Well," said Aphris, "he has eaten".	10
11	309	"Eat," he said to Aphris, "but do not touch it with your hands".	10
11	310	Aphris looked at him in fury, but then smiled.	10
11	311	"Certainly," she said and the proud Aphris of Turia, kneeling, bent forward, to eat the meat held in the hand of her master.	10
11	315	Aphris had sprung to her feet and run to the side of the wagon where there lay the kaiila saddle with its seven sheathed quivas.	10
11	320	We left Aphris standing there, clutching the knife, breathing deeply.	10
11	325	"I have a knife!" cried Aphris in fury.	10
11	328	When Kamchak had drunk the cup of wine he looked again at Aphris.	10
11	330	"I will kill myself first," cried Aphris, posing the quiva over her heart.	10
11	336	"I have a knife!" cried out Aphris.	10
11	339	He faced Aphris of Turia.	10
11	355	Aphris of Turia did so, defeated, kneeling before him and turning her head delicately to take the meat from his hand.	10
11	363	"Of course," smiled Kamchak, feeding Aphris, "she is superb".	10
11	367	"Tomorrow, Little Aphris," said he, "I will give you something to wear".	10
11	378	When the girl had finished and Elizabeth had given her a dipper of water from the leather bucket that hung near the door, Aphris extended her wrists to Kamchak.	10
11	382	"You have made me your slave," she said, "but I am still Aphris of Turia.	10
11	383	You may, Tuchuk, slay Aphris of Turia if it pleases you, but know that she will never serve your pleasure—never".	10
11	385	"Never," said Aphris of Turia.	10
11	390	Aphris trembled in anger, her wrists still forward.	10
11	396	Aphris was clearly surprised.	10
11	407	And then I saw the lovely Aphris of Turia pitched head first into the large, leather sack, screaming and sputtering, thrashing about.	10
12	51	The two girls were there, and Aphris was kneeling behind Elizabeth, combing Elizabeth's hair.	10
12	57	Aphris of Turia wore bells and collar, about her neck the Turian collar hung with bells, about each wrist and ankle, locked, a double row of bells.	10
12	61	"Ow!" cried Elizabeth as Aphris' comb apparently suddenly caught in a snarl in her hair.	10
12	63	"Where is Kamchak?" "He is coming," said Aphris.	10
12	68	"You are only a barbarian," said Aphris sweetly.	10
12	70	"Certainly—Slave," said Aphris, continuing her work.	10
12	74	"Master," said Aphris, "is taking us tonight to see a Chain Dance, a girl from Port Kar".	10
12	77	"You may remain in the wagon," said Aphris.	10
12	85	Elizabeth and Aphris leaped up to tend the pot outside.	10
12	134	Elizabeth and Aphris entered, carrying the kettle between them, which they sat on the brass and copper grating over the fire bowl in the wagon.	10
12	136	Aphris seemed frightened, confused.	10
12	138	After we had eaten and the girls had eaten with us, there not being that night much time for observing the amenities, Elizabeth poked Aphris, "Ask him," she said.	10
12	139	Aphris lowered her head and shook it.	10
12	143	"Aphris," said Elizabeth firmly.	10
12	144	"No," said Aphris, "no, Master".	10
12	146	Aphris got up and fetched not a skin, but a bottle, of wine, Ka-la-na wine, from the Ka-la-na orchards of great Ar itself.	10
12	160	Aphris jumped.	10
12	161	"Well," said Kamchak, "what is it that a Turian wench would crave of her master?" "Nothing," said Aphris.	10
12	163	"Speak, Slave!" shouted Kamchak and Aphris went white and shook her head.	10
12	166	Timidly Aphris rose and went to the thin rep-cloth blanket that was her bedding near the boots of Kamchak.	10
12	171	Aphris had her head to the rug, trembling.	10
12	173	She said, very softly, "Aphris of Turia, the slave girl, begs her master that she might clothe herself".	10
12	174	"Aphris of Turia," laughed Kamchak, "begs to be permitted to wear a camisk!" The girl nodded and swiftly put her head down.	10
12	175	"Come here, Little Aphris," said Kamchak.	10
12	185	"A slave girl is grateful to her master," said Aphris, tears in her eyes.	10
12	187	Then, delighted, Aphris, assisted by Elizabeth Cardwell, donned the yellow camisk.	10
12	189	"Come here," commanded Kamchak, and Aphris ran lightly to him, timidly.	10
12	193	I saw that Aphris of Turia would be marvelously attractive in the garment.	10
12	200	"I thought you were staying in the wagon," said Aphris.	10
12	203	"What are those for?" asked Aphris.	10
12	233	He had also parked Aphris on his right and Elizabeth on his left.	10
12	236	I heard two snaps and I saw that Kamchak had put a hobble on Aphris.	10
12	238	In a right-handed girl, such as either Aphris or Elizabeth, it locks on the right wrist and left ankle.	10
12	240	In spite of the hobble, Aphris, in the yellow camisk, black hair flowing behind her, was kneeling alertly by Kamchak's side, looking about her with great interest.	10
12	244	Aphris, I discovered, to my delight, was no exception.	10
12	246	I noted that, in spite of the fact that Aphris had now been in the wagon for several days, Kamchak had not yet called for the Iron Master.	10
12	253	Aphris, for her part, though the quivas were still available, seemed, shortly after having begun to sleep at Kamchak's boots, for some reason to have thought the better of burying one in his heart.	10
12	259	Well did I recall the first day following the first night of Aphris as the slave of Kamchak.	10
12	260	We had slept late that day and finally when Kamchak managed to be up and around, after a late breakfast served rather slowly by Elizabeth, and had recollected Aphris and had opened the end of her sleeping quarters and she had crawled out backward and had begged, head to boot, to be allowed to draw w...	10
12	265	Gratefully Aphris of Turia had taken up the leather buckets and hurried away to fetch water.	10
12	281	Kamchak now had his right arm about Aphris.	10
12	283	"She will be only a slave such as I," Aphris was responding.	10
12	289	"Aphris, a slave?" I scoffed.	10
12	299	Then he was wrestling with Aphris and had her head back, fingers pinching her nose, the neck of the bottle thrust between her teeth.	10
12	315	"Yes," said Elizabeth, "better than Aphris".	10
12	323	"Sell her," advised Aphris.	10
12	335	"Sell her to him," recommended Aphris, hiccuping.	10
12	337	"I'd give her away myself," said Aphris.	10
12	359	"Permit her to return to the wagon," suggested Aphris.	10
12	362	"You probably could," said Aphris, "you have muscular legs—" I did not regard Miss Cardwell's legs as muscular.	10
12	366	"Barbarian," retorted Aphris.	10
12	370	"If Master permits," added Aphris.	10
12	382	I heard Kamchak hush up Aphris of Turia and he gave Elizabeth a poke in the ribs that she might bestir herself.	10
12	387	Aphris was watching intently, her lips parted.	10
12	411	I saw that Aphris and Elizabeth were watching fascinated.	10
12	424	"She was beautiful," cried out Aphris of Turia.	10
12	427	Aphris suddenly put her head to his thigh, looking down.	10
12	433	At the exit he stopped briefly and, Aphris over his shoulder, turned and faced Elizabeth and myself.	10
12	461	"Will you carry me over your shoulder to the wagon," she asked, lightly, "like Aphris of Turia?" "I'm sorry," I said.	10
12	496	To be sure, having seen Kamchak with his Aphris, it did not seem to me that either of these possibilities were actually unlikely.	10
13	3	Aphris, knowing the ways of Gor and the temper of Tuchuks, was terrified, and said almost nothing.	10
13	21	Aphris cried out with delight and ran to Elizabeth, to my astonishment, to kiss her and help with the water.	10
13	36	Elizabeth and Aphris had gone into the wagon.	10
13	111	I saw Aphris sneaking to the cage to bring Elizabeth a dipper of water.	10
13	112	Aphris was crying.	10
14	14	Aphris had had the good sense to hitch up the bosk.	10
14	18	Kamchak unlocked the cage and thrust Aphris inside with Elizabeth.	10
14	28	"Master!" I heard Aphris cry.	10
15	61	He seemed particularly vicious with Aphris.	10
15	63	When he returned that night from the wagon of Kutaituchik to his own wagon he strode angrily to the sleen cage where he had confined Aphris with Elizabeth during the putative attack.	10
15	73	"Master?" questioned Aphris.	10
15	81	Also, perhaps for no reason better than his suddenly found hatred for Aphris of Turia, he seemed in no hurry to free the girls from their confinement.	10
15	83	Aphris, in particular, seemed utterly distraught by Kamchak's unreasoning cruelty, his callous treatment of herself and Elizabeth—perhaps most by his sudden, seeming indifference to her.	10
15	89	He would look at Aphris and then return to the wagon and sit cross-legged, not speaking, for hours, staring at the side of the wagon.	10
15	94	She seemed to leave the distressed, red-eyed Aphris of Turia alone, perhaps because she was Turian, perhaps because she had no grievance against her.	10
16	17	"Here," said Harold, pointing to a cut between two rocks, only about eight inches wide, through which from some underground source a flow of water was emerging, entering and adding to the small stream at which, some four pasangs from the wagons, Aphris and Elizabeth had often drawn water for the wag...	10
23	204	There was no sign of either Aphris or Elizabeth, either about the wagon, or in the overturned, broken sleen cage in which, when I had last seen them, Kamchak had confined them.	10
23	205	I was told by a Tuchuk woman that they had not been in the cage when the Paravaci had struck—but rather that Aphris had been in the wagon and the barbarian, as she referred to Miss Cardwell, had been sent to another wagon, the whereabouts she did not know.	10
23	206	Aphris had, according to the woman, fallen into the hands of the Paravaci who had looted Kamchak's wagon; Elizabeth's fate she did not know; I gathered, of course, from the fact that Elizabeth had been sent to another wagon that Kamchak had sold her.	10
23	208	She might, of course, have also fallen, like Aphris, into the hands of the Paravaci.	10
23	217	There was a brass ladle that Aphris and Elizabeth had used in cooking and a tin box of yellow Turian sugar, dented in now and its contents scattered; and the large, gray leathery object which I had upon occasion seen Kamchak use as a stool, that which he had once kicked across the floor for my inspe...	10
23	218	I wondered on the fate of Aphris of Turia.	10
24	12	I knew that Kamchak was in constant touch, by means of riders, with the wagons of the Tuchuks, and so I did not speak with him of the looting of his wagon, nor of the fate of Aphris of Turia, nor did I deem it well to speak to him of Elizabeth Cardwell, for it seemed evident that he had sold her, an...	10
24	143	Had you done so Aphris, or someone, might have told you".	10
25	494	She did so, kneeling before me, head down, handing me the black, red-trimmed wine crater, that of the master, as had Aphris to Kamchak.	10
26	516	"By the way, Ubar," asked Harold, winking at me, "what was it you paid for Aphris of Turia?" Kamchak threw him a look that might have been a quiva in the heart.	10
26	517	"You have found Aphris!" I cried.	10
26	530	"I'm very happy," I said, "to hear that you have Aphris back.	10
26	538	"The important thing," I said, "is that Aphris is back and safe".	10
26	560	Again we laughed and, suddenly, we urged the kaiila forward in great bounding strides, eager to reach the wagons, each of us, for waiting in these wagons were three girls, desirable, marvelous, ours, Hereena, she who had been of the First Wagon, the slave of Harold, her master; Aphris of Turia, almo...	10
27	16	As a matter of course various goods and riches were heaped about his throne, and among them, as part of the booty, there knelt some of the most beautiful of Turia's maidens, clad only in the Sirik, but at his right knee, unchained and clad Kajir, there knelt Aphris of Turia.	10
27	18	Beside me, clad not Kajir but in the brief leather of one of the Wagon Girls, though collared, stood Elizabeth Cardwell; similarly attired and collared, I noted, standing a bit behind Harold of the Tuchuks, I saw the fiery Hereena; she was perhaps the only one of all the girls of the Wagon Peoples t...	10
27	27	Kamchak thrust his fist affectionately into the hair of Aphris of Turia and twisted her head to him.	10
27	29	"—Master," said Aphris.	10
27	39	"You will spare Turia, Master?" asked Aphris, wondering, knowing the hatred he had borne the city.	10
27	41	Aphris looked at him, not understanding.	10
27	66	At last only a few remained in that place, some commanders and some leaders of Hundreds, and Kamchak and Aphris.	10
27	136	None remained now in the court of the Ubar other than Kamchak and Aphris, Harold and Hereena, and myself and Elizabeth Cardwell.	10
27	150	As he turned to leave the throne room of Phanius Turmus, to return to the wagons, Aphris lightly rose to her feet to accompany him.	10
27	159	Aphris said nothing, but she trembled and shook her head slightly.	10
27	174	The rest of us followed him, with the exception of Aphris who remained, stricken, standing beside the throne of the Ubar, clad perhaps Kajir, but now uncollared, now free.	10
27	199	We turned our mounts and saw Aphris of Turia, barefoot, clad Kajir, running after us.	10
27	204	Aphris, as Hereena and Elizabeth, ran by the stirrup.	10
27	206	Aphris stood there, her head down.	10
27	219	"Ride with me, Aphris of Turia," said Kamchak of the Tuchuks.	10
27	221	"This woman," said Kamchak of the Tuchuks, brusquely, his voice stern but almost breaking, "is called Aphris—know her—she is Ubara of the Tuchuks, she is Ubara Sana, of my heart Ubara Sana!" We let Kamchak and Aphris ride ahead, and followed them, by some hundred yards, toward the main...	10
28	27	Kamchak was there, and his Aphris, and Harold and his Hereena, still his slave.	10