| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 103 |
"He is called Drusus," she said. |
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| 9 | 121 |
Apparently she had not knowingly collaborated with Drusus, he who had called himself Bertram of Lydius. |
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| 9 | 141 |
"Bring Drusus to me," she said, "if necessary in chains". |
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| 9 | 143 |
In a few moments they returned, he who called himself Drusus with them. |
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| 9 | 149 |
"I am Drusus," he said. |
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| 9 | 150 |
"Attend now to your duties, Drusus," she said. |
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| 9 | 156 |
"It was Drusus who identified you for me," she said. |
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| 11 | 4 |
Once the wall had been broken, Drusus, of the Assassins, had departed with several men. |
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| 11 | 328 |
"It is my conjecture," I said, "that you were eventually to be given to Drusus". |
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| 23 | 249 |
"The one called Drusus, whom we knew at the wall," he said, "paid their fees and issued their instructions. |
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| 23 | 254 |
"We learned from Sarpelius, from what he had learned from Drusus, that there was a headquarters farther north, one which could be reached only in the late spring, summer, or early fall". |
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| 23 | 266 |
"We learned that it was to this mysterious headquarters that Drusus reported. |
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| 23 | 316 |
"Drusus brought moneys. |
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| 23 | 320 |
I thought myself then the superior of Drusus. |
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| 28 | 196 |
"Drusus," I said. |
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| 28 | 224 |
She looked at Drusus, who indicated she should leave the room. |
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| 28 | 230 |
"Drusus," said Arlene. |
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| 28 | 242 |
"Perhaps you should join forces with us," said Drusus. |
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| 28 | 252 |
"We shall see," said Drusus. |
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| 28 | 258 |
Drusus shrugged. |
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| 28 | 263 |
"None sees him," said Drusus. |
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| 29 | 12 |
Bringing up the rear, also with a dart weapon, was Drusus. |
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| 29 | 109 |
"If I am not mistaken," said Drusus, walking behind the cart, behind the two men who wheeled it along, "your friend, Imnak, approaches". |
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| 29 | 188 |
"We must be on our way," said Drusus. |
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| 29 | 193 |
"Gold buys any man," said Drusus, walking behind the cart, behind the two men who wheeled it along. |
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| 30 | 77 |
Drusus himself, I was pleased to see, stepped forth into the sand. |
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| 30 | 94 |
I looked at Drusus. |
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| 30 | 96 |
Drusus was looking at me. |
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| 30 | 99 |
Suddenly the blade of Drusus leapt toward me. |
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| 30 | 107 |
"You are skilled," I told Drusus. |
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| 30 | 113 |
"How will you manage," I asked Drusus, "without a dark doorway from which to emerge?" He did not speak to me. |
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| 30 | 115 |
The face of Drusus showed no emotion. |
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| 30 | 145 |
I now stalked Drusus. |
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| 30 | 149 |
Now jeers against Drusus came from the benches. |
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| 30 | 162 |
Then, bloodied, Drusus, unsteadily, his sword arm down, wavered before me. |
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| 30 | 168 |
I then turned again to face Drusus. |
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| 30 | 175 |
"That is the first time I failed my caste," said Drusus. |
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| 30 | 183 |
"Kill me!" cried Drusus. |
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| 30 | 185 |
"Kill me," wept Drusus, and then, from the loss of blood, fell into the sand. |
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| 30 | 188 |
Drusus was drawn from the sand. |
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| 35 | 800 |
"Drusus," I said. |
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| 35 | 826 |
"Take up your weapon," I said to Drusus. |
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| 35 | 845 |
"She would look well naked, on an auction block," said Drusus. |
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| 35 | 856 |
An instant later, as I flung myself downward, near the girl, Drusus with me, there was a ripping of steel which tore at my eardrums. |
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| 35 | 863 |
Drusus lifted his weapon, calmly. |
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| 35 | 893 |
"The way is now clear," said Drusus. |
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| 35 | 897 |
"Perhaps there is no destructive device," said Drusus. |
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| 35 | 914 |
"We have failed," said Drusus. |
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| 35 | 965 |
We had scarcely attained the second level than we heard the cry, "Halt!" Drusus spun and fired a dart, swiftly, from the hip. |
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| 35 | 975 |
"This is an outer corridor," said Drusus. |
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| 35 | 1008 |
The only males there were Drusus, myself, Imnak and Ram. |
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| 35 | 1055 |
"I, too," said Drusus. |
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| 35 | 1062 |
"There is no escape," said Drusus. |
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| 35 | 1075 |
"Let us in!" "It is a trick," said Drusus. |
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| 35 | 1106 |
Drusus, with a dart-firing weapon, joined one contingent of hunters, in their vanguard, to cover them and match fire with whatever resistance they might encounter; Ram, seizing up a weapon, joined another contingent. |
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| 35 | 1198 |
"Let us do that," said Drusus. |
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| 35 | 1200 |
Behind me, some hundred yards or so, were Ram, and Drusus, and Karjuk and Imnak, and numerous red hunters. |
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| 36 | 45 |
With us were many of the red hunters, some seventy or eighty, and Ram, and Drusus. |
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| 36 | 221 |
Drusus, I saw, had put a pair of beauties in sirik. |
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| 38 | 37 |
Ram and Drusus had their sleds, and, besides mine, there were the sleds of five hunters, men who would accompany us south, across Ax Glacier. |
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| 38 | 39 |
Tied by the necks to the left-hand, rear upright of the sled of Drusus, clad in furs, were the two beauties he had selected and chained in the complex of the Kurii. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 328 |
"You are Drusus Rencius, a captain from Ar, are you not?" "Yes," said Drusus Rencius, angrily. |
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| 35 | 1 |
I am Proven a Natural Slave before Drusus Rencius, Whom I Love; The Silver Tarsk "Here," said Drusus Rencius, angrily, to Publius, of the house of Kliomenes. |
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| 4 | 146 |
Among these guards, though he did not have a spear, was Drusus Rencius. |
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| 4 | 155 |
From time to time, too, I stole a glance at Drusus Rencius. |
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| 4 | 159 |
On what sort of world was this that I found myself! I had not known a woman could be so aroused! Again I looked at Drusus Rencius, and the others, guardsmen of Corcyrus. |
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| 4 | 173 |
Drusus Rencius caught him there and flung him back. |
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| 4 | 177 |
"He is unarmed," said Drusus Rencius. |
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| 4 | 199 |
"He was unarmed," said Drusus Rencius. |
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| 4 | 268 |
"May I present to you Drusus Rencius, Lady Sheila, my sovereign, he who is first sword among our guards?" Ligurious had inquired several days ago. |
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| 4 | 272 |
"From what city does Drusus Rencius derive?" I inquired. |
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| 4 | 275 |
"Drusus Rencius is a renegade, Lady," said Ligurious. |
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| 4 | 278 |
I inclined my head to Drusus Rencius. |
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| 4 | 301 |
That Drusus Rencius was first sword among the guards, then, in this case, as his insignia made clear, was not a reference to his rank but a recognition of his skill with the blade. |
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| 4 | 304 |
The command of Drusus Rencius, for example, if he had had one, would presumably be relinquished when he took over his duties as a personal guard. |
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| 4 | 312 |
"See to it," said he to Drusus Rencius. |
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| 4 | 313 |
"As you wish," responded Drusus Rencius. |
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| 4 | 315 |
Drusus Rencius looked down at me. |
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| 4 | 370 |
So, too, I was confident, did my bodyguard, Drusus Rencius, once of Ar. |
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| 4 | 400 |
Drusus Rencius, standing, was towering over me. |
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| 4 | 569 |
He was of the third rank, like Drusus Rencius. |
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| 4 | 607 |
"If you wish," said the guard, "I can call Drusus Rencius". |
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| 5 | 1 |
Miles of Argentum; Drusus Rencius Speculates on What I Might Bring as a Slave; I Have Obtained Greater Freedoms "The arrogant knave now approaching the throne," said Ligurious, whispering in my ear, "is Miles, an ambassador, and general, from Argentum". |
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| 5 | 22 |
My own guard, Drusus Rencius, now in resplendent regalia, fitting for the guard of a Tatrix, was nearby. |
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| 5 | 179 |
I saw Drusus Rencius restrain one man from rushing upon Miles of Argentum. |
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| 5 | 219 |
Drusus Rencius will see you to your quarters". |
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| 5 | 229 |
"Does Lady Sheila wish to return to her quarters now?" inquired Drusus Rencius. |
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| 5 | 232 |
I then began to precede Drusus Rencius to my quarters. |
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| 5 | 233 |
"Miles of Argentum is an arrogant knave, isn't he?" I asked Drusus. |
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| 5 | 234 |
"So it would seem, Lady," said Drusus. |
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| 5 | 246 |
"And what do you think I would go for?" "Lady Sheila must remember," said Drusus Rencius, "that even if she might prove to be quite lovely, she is still untrained". |
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| 5 | 267 |
It pleased me to have received this compliment from Drusus Rencius. |
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| 5 | 296 |
The only restriction was that I must be accompanied by my guard, Drusus Rencius. |
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| 5 | 298 |
Best perhaps, I was allowed to leave the palace whenever I might please, provided I did so incognito and in the company of Drusus Rencius. |
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| 6 | 1 |
The Sirik "There are places you have not taken me in Corcyrus," I said to Drusus Rencius. |
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| 6 | 8 |
"You should adjust your hood," said Drusus Rencius. |
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| 6 | 12 |
Drusus Rencius was so protective! He looked about, nervously. |
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| 6 | 20 |
"I can still see your hair," said Drusus Rencius. |
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| 6 | 50 |
"Please do not be angry with me, Drusus," I said. |
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| 6 | 63 |
Drusus Rencius wore a nondescript tunic and a swirling maroon cape. |
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| 6 | 69 |
I thought I heard a small noise, as of metal, from within the cloak of Drusus Rencius. |
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| 6 | 77 |
Drusus Rencius looked back from the tarns. |
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| 6 | 100 |
The chorus, according to Drusus Rencius, in its various sections and roles, was the original cast of the drama. |
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| 6 | 102 |
Some purists, according to Drusus Rencius, still criticize this innovation. |
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| 6 | 112 |
"What did you think of the drama?" Drusus Rencius had asked me last night. |
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| 6 | 117 |
"Perhaps," had said Drusus Rencius, dryly. |
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| 6 | 121 |
"I did enjoy the drama," I insisted to Drusus Rencius, standing on the riser, looking over the parapet, "really". |
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| 6 | 126 |
Who, in these days, in a real world, could take anything like honor seriously? "Perhaps," granted Drusus Rencius. |
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| 6 | 127 |
"You are a hopeless romantic, Drusus," I said to him, turning about, laughing. |
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| 6 | 138 |
Drusus Rencius, for the most part, had been an attentive and accommodating escort. |
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| 6 | 140 |
Drusus Rencius had even permitted me, with coins, helping me, to bargain. |
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| 6 | 143 |
Trailing me about, while I satisfied my curiosity as to curious nooks and crannies, must have been tiresome for Drusus, but he had not complained. |
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| 6 | 163 |
"You seem interested in the iron belt," had said Drusus Rencius. |
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| 6 | 165 |
"No!" "There are many varieties of such belts," said Drusus. |
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| 6 | 173 |
How irritated I had been then with Drusus. |
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| 6 | 178 |
"Those are Sa-Tarna wagons," said Drusus, "bringing grain to the city". |
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| 6 | 190 |
"Probably," said Drusus. |
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| 6 | 226 |
"They are afraid of you," Drusus Rencius had explained. |
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| 6 | 250 |
How pleased I was that I was free! How dreadful, how horrifying, it would be to be merely a lowly slave! "You seem nervous today, Drusus," I said. |
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| 6 | 257 |
I wondered why Drusus had brought me to this particular place on the wall. |
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| 6 | 260 |
"You do not think much of me, do you, Drusus?" I asked. |
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| 6 | 291 |
I wanted to please Drusus Rencius. |
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| 6 | 341 |
"He is regarded as one of the finest czehar players on all Gor," said Drusus Rencius, dryly. |
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| 6 | 344 |
It seemed I could do nothing right with Drusus Rencius. |
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| 6 | 346 |
"Is Lady Sheila all right?" inquired Drusus Rencius. |
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| 6 | 361 |
Drusus Rencius, to my surprise, whenever I was in doubt, could supply me with the name. |
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| 6 | 366 |
I was also surprised to find that Drusus Rencius seemed genuinely fond of flowers. |
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| 6 | 368 |
At one secluded point in one of the gardens I had paused and, pretending to adjust my veil, had stood quite close to Drusus Rencius, but he had stepped back, and looked away. |
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| 6 | 375 |
I had enjoyed these days with Drusus Rencius but, at night, returned to my quarters, I would often be restless and lonely. |
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| 6 | 376 |
At such times, though I did not confess this to Drusus, nor even to Susan, I would feel helpless, weak and needful. |
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| 6 | 381 |
Drusus Rencius occasionally took me to see various portions of local games. |
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| 6 | 404 |
"Do you wish to leave now?" Drusus Rencius had asked once, during an interval between passages. |
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| 6 | 436 |
I was much aroused and was almost trembling as Drusus Rencius, who seemed unaware of my condition, conducted me back to the palace. |
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| 6 | 438 |
I would give Drusus Rencius another chance to kiss me. |
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| 6 | 440 |
I then stood quite close to Drusus Rencius. |
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| 6 | 456 |
I had been rejected by Drusus Rencius. |
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| 6 | 460 |
Was it because I was a Tatrix? But I did not think that that thought, momentous though it might be, would have deterred a man such as Drusus Rencius. |
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| 6 | 491 |
I wondered if Drusus Rencius would have refused to kiss me if I had not been a free woman, but a slave. |
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| 6 | 493 |
"It is fortunate for you," said the voice within me, "that Drusus does not know that you are a slave". |
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| 6 | 522 |
"You are right, Drusus," I said, suddenly. |
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| 6 | 565 |
"That is stupid, stupid! She is wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong!" Only later had I been able to wash and compose myself, and prepare to accompany Drusus Rencius to the height of the walls, to enjoy the view, as we had planned. |
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| 6 | 567 |
"I am a larger woman than Susan," I informed Drusus Rencius, on the wall, acidly. |
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| 6 | 610 |
"There is the palace," said Drusus Rencius, pointing. |
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| 6 | 614 |
But why, I asked myself, irritatedly, should a civilization be congenial to nature? Is it not far better, I asked myself, for a civilization to contradict and frustrate nature; is it not far better for it to deny and subvert nature; is it not far better for it to blur natural distinctions and confus... |
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| 6 | 623 |
"There, where you see the trees," said Drusus Rencius, "is the garden of Antisthenes". |
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| 6 | 629 |
"As they are only slaves," said Drusus Rencius, "their feelings and happiness are unimportant". |
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| 6 | 631 |
Men are such brutes! How helpless are the slaves! "There, where you see the trees," said Drusus Rencius, again, "is the garden of Antisthenes". |
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| 6 | 634 |
It was there, on our second visit, that I had first tried to entice Drusus Rencius to kiss me. |
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| 6 | 639 |
I rejected an impulse to kneel before Drusus Rencius. |
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| 6 | 704 |
"You are an excellent guard, Drusus," I said. |
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| 6 | 727 |
"Drusus," I said. |
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| 6 | 780 |
What was there here, other than the tarns, which need not be closely approached, to be nervous about? "You seem strange today, Drusus Rencius," I said. |
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| 6 | 811 |
Drusus Rencius stood close behind me. |
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| 6 | 833 |
"Let us descend from the wall," said Drusus Rencius. |
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| 7 | 116 |
I looked at Drusus Rencius. |
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| 7 | 117 |
How could a free woman, I thought, ever compete with a slave? "Drink this," said Drusus Rencius. |
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| 7 | 135 |
Too, as Drusus Rencius had mentioned, its effects, at least for most practical purposes, lasted indefinitely. |
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| 7 | 136 |
"Have no fear," said Drusus Rencius. |
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| 7 | 147 |
I was a bit irritated with Drusus Rencius. |
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| 7 | 217 |
I, like the other women before me, perhaps women who were mere slaves, wore the steel of Drusus Rencius. |
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| 7 | 225 |
"Thank you, Drusus," I said. |
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| 7 | 232 |
How could it be that I had called Drusus Rencius "Master"? How inadvertently, how naturally, it had slipped out. |
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| 7 | 239 |
I could order Drusus Rencius to remove it from me at any moment I wished, and he would. |
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| 8 | 1 |
I Have Been in the House of Kliomenes; The Room in the Inn of Lysias; War "Perhaps now," said Drusus Rencius, "you have a better idea of the nature of the pens". |
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| 8 | 9 |
I hoped that Drusus Rencius could not smell my arousal. |
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| 8 | 10 |
"Leading position," said Drusus Rencius. |
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| 8 | 12 |
"Tal, Citizen," said Drusus Rencius to the fellow passing us in the alley. |
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| 8 | 14 |
It was in this fashion, my head down, his hand in my hair, my head turned to the side, hair, too, about my face and features, obscuring them, that Drusus Rencius had chosen to convey me past strangers in the alleys, coming and going to the house of Kliomenes. |
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| 8 | 23 |
"Did you enjoy the pens?" asked Drusus. |
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| 8 | 26 |
Had Drusus Rencius so much as snapped his fingers I think I might have thrown myself to my back in the alley, begging for his touch. |
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| 8 | 27 |
* * * * "This is the house of Kliomenes," had said Drusus Rencius, climbing the stairs to the narrow, heavy iron portal, recessed some feet back, at the end of a narrow tunnel, in the wall. |
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| 8 | 30 |
I followed Drusus Rencius carefully, that I might not fall. |
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| 8 | 53 |
I saw eyes looking at me, and then, beyond me, at Drusus Rencius. |
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| 8 | 56 |
I could not do so, of course, because of the walls of the tunnel, and Drusus Rencius behind me. |
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| 8 | 57 |
"They are expecting us," said Drusus Rencius, sensing my sudden terror. |
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| 8 | 61 |
I entered, followed by Drusus. |
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| 8 | 67 |
"Turn your back to him, and lift your wrists," said Drusus Rencius. |
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| 8 | 74 |
"No," said Drusus Rencius, deterring the guard, "there is nothing taped to her instep, nor is there anything else of the sort for which you might be searching concealed about or in her body or hair. |
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| 8 | 81 |
It then swung open and we, the young man, Drusus Rencius and myself, were admitted to the corridor beyond. |
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| 8 | 84 |
I looked at Drusus Rencius. |
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| 8 | 88 |
"Here is your pass," said the young man, handing a small disk to Drusus Rencius. |
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| 8 | 92 |
"And here," said the young man, taking the form from the guard and handing it to Drusus Rencius, confirming my speculations, "is your license for the female". |
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| 8 | 99 |
"Yes," said Drusus Rencius, putting the pass and license in his pouch. |
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| 8 | 101 |
"Do you find it surprising?" asked Drusus Rencius. |
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| 8 | 110 |
I looked at Drusus Rencius. |
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| 8 | 111 |
"Publius," said Drusus Rencius, "is the house master. |
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| 8 | 114 |
"I shall be delighted," said Drusus Rencius. |
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| 8 | 117 |
"Yes," averred Drusus Rencius. |
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| 8 | 120 |
"From what I have heard of her," said Drusus Rencius, smiling, "she is the sort of a woman who has her price". |
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| 8 | 123 |
"He understands, does he not," asked Drusus Rencius, "that the woman is free and, accordingly, certain things are not to be seen". |
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| 8 | 130 |
"This is Drusus, a soldier of the city," said the first young man. |
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| 8 | 132 |
Drusus Rencius and the newcomer inclined their heads to one another. |
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| 8 | 139 |
* * * * "Leading position," said Drusus Rencius. |
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| 8 | 140 |
Swiftly I put down my head again and winced as Drusus fastened his hand in my hair. |
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| 8 | 149 |
* * * * "Buy me, Master," begged the girl, kneeling before Drusus Rencius. |
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| 8 | 152 |
The next girl hurried forward and knelt before Drusus Rencius, kissing his feet, and then lifting her head, piteously, to him. |
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| 8 | 156 |
The next woman then hurried to Drusus and threw herself to her belly before him, kissing his feet. |
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| 8 | 161 |
How furious I was that these women were being sent to the feet of Drusus Rencius. |
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| 8 | 166 |
"To his feet! Beg for love!" This girl hurried forward and knelt before Drusus Rencius. |
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| 8 | 170 |
She knelt before Drusus Rencius, her palms on the floor, her head to the very tiles. |
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| 8 | 176 |
"Leave Drusus Rencius alone!" And how offensive that a woman should beg for love! Surely her intimate, desperate needs for attention, for affection and love were better concealed even from herself, if possible, and certainly, at least, from others! And if they must beg, the helpless sluts, did they ... |
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| 8 | 183 |
* * * * "Please, Drusus," I said. |
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| 8 | 225 |
Did she not know I was not a lowly thing like she? Did she not know I was free? "It is a useful exercise," said Hermidorus to Drusus. |
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| 8 | 227 |
"Obviously," agreed Drusus. |
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| 8 | 247 |
Drusus Rencius looked sharply at me. |
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| 8 | 251 |
I did not meet Drusus Rencius's eyes. |
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| 8 | 256 |
Indeed, on these premises, I knew that Drusus Rencius even held a license on me. |
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| 8 | 294 |
The hand of Drusus Rencius on my arm drew me, bodily, from the room. |
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| 8 | 300 |
"I will be pleasing! I will be pleasing!" I then turned away from her, following Hermidorus and Drusus Rencius. |
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| 8 | 301 |
"She is not yet begging to be pleasing," said Hermidorus to Drusus. |
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| 8 | 312 |
Drusus Rencius had pried open the fingers and thrust the hand away. |
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| 8 | 322 |
At the approach of the free men, Hermidorus and Drusus, they would immediately position themselves, usually with their knees wide, kneeling back on their heels, their heads up, their hands on their thighs, in the position I had come to understand was that of the pleasure slave, but sometimes, instea... |
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| 8 | 345 |
The accouterments on it he handed to Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 8 | 359 |
"Perhaps you should precede us a few paces down the hall," said Drusus Rencius to me. |
10 |
| 8 | 366 |
Then Hermidorus, without further ado, took back his accouterments from Drusus and slipped them on his belt. |
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| 8 | 370 |
"I am sorry for the interruption," Hermidorus apologized to Drusus Rencius. |
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| 8 | 371 |
"That is perfectly all right," said Drusus. |
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| 8 | 390 |
Too, of course, Drusus Rencius did not interfere. |
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| 8 | 412 |
"Splendid," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 8 | 428 |
"Surely she must be a very tiny woman," I said, horrified, to Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 8 | 433 |
"It is supposed to be small," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 8 | 446 |
"I see," he smiled, surveying the scrap of paper given to him by Drusus Rencius, "the Lady Lita". |
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| 8 | 452 |
"It is not her true name, of course," said Publius to Drusus Rencius. |
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| 8 | 453 |
"Of course not," said Drusus Rencius. |
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| 8 | 464 |
"I think so," said Drusus Rencius. |
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| 8 | 477 |
"Yes," said Drusus Rencius. |
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| 8 | 481 |
"Yes?" said Drusus. |
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| 8 | 483 |
"Yes?" inquired Drusus. |
10 |
| 8 | 485 |
"What?" asked Drusus. |
10 |
| 8 | 487 |
"I assure you," smiled Drusus, "she is far from a slave". |
10 |
| 8 | 490 |
Drusus threw back his head and laughed at the absurdity of this thought. |
10 |
| 8 | 493 |
"No," said Drusus. |
10 |
| 8 | 504 |
"This woman is not a slave," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 8 | 506 |
"How are things in Ar?" asked Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 8 | 517 |
I looked at Drusus. |
10 |
| 8 | 518 |
Something in me seemed to say, "You lose your tarsk, Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 8 | 521 |
* * * * "Please, Drusus," I had said. |
10 |
| 8 | 529 |
There I would be alone with Drusus Rencius, a Gorean male, in the room. |
10 |
| 8 | 553 |
Why had Drusus Rencius not freed me from the bracelets! We were not now in the house of Kliomenes! "I will release you in the room," he had said. |
10 |
| 8 | 556 |
I hurried along in the alley behind Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 8 | 568 |
"Leading position," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 8 | 574 |
Drusus Rencius released my hair, and I straightened up, continuing to follow him. |
10 |
| 8 | 576 |
I had been rejected! How furious I was at the girl who had so helplessly kissed at the leg of Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 8 | 579 |
"Kneel here," said Drusus Rencius, indicating a place near the back entrance, near some garbage cans. |
10 |
| 8 | 592 |
The back door of the inn opened and Drusus, to my relief, emerged. |
10 |
| 8 | 594 |
"No," said Drusus. |
10 |
| 8 | 599 |
In a moment, then, we were again in the room, and Drusus had locked the door behind us. |
10 |
| 8 | 601 |
"He thought you had been put out for raping," said Drusus, chuckling to himself. |
10 |
| 8 | 603 |
"Did you enjoy the house of Kliomenes?" asked Drusus. |
10 |
| 8 | 608 |
Drusus Rencius looked at me. |
10 |
| 8 | 626 |
Drusus Rencius went to the window, listening. |
10 |
| 8 | 630 |
"War," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 8 | 636 |
Drusus Rencius returned the slave bracelets to his pouch. |
10 |
| 9 | 247 |
"Before you report to your temporary masters," I said, "inform Drusus Rencius that I wish to see him. |
10 |
| 9 | 259 |
I would now await the arrival of Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 10 | 1 |
I Have Taken Cognizance in Corcyrus; We are Returning to the Palace Through the darkened street, along the crooked way, Drusus Rencius and I were making our way back to the palace. |
10 |
| 10 | 5 |
"I would prefer," said Drusus Rencius, "that we had kept to the main thoroughfares". |
10 |
| 10 | 9 |
"Times are troubled," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 10 | 17 |
"Many merchants have left the city," said Drusus Rencius, "taking their goods with them". |
10 |
| 10 | 23 |
"Private citizens, too, many of them," said Drusus Rencius, "their goods on their back, have taken their leave of the city". |
10 |
| 10 | 25 |
"Why can they not be brave like the others?" "Wait!" said Drusus Rencius, stopping. |
10 |
| 10 | 31 |
The sword of Drusus Rencius left its sheath. |
10 |
| 10 | 38 |
"Tal," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 10 | 45 |
"Do not approach," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 10 | 49 |
"No," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 10 | 50 |
I suddenly cried out, seized from the side, and I saw Drusus Rencius, the torch flung to the side, lunge toward the man who had been in the center of the first two. |
10 |
| 10 | 67 |
"They are gone," I heard Drusus Rencius say. |
10 |
| 10 | 71 |
"There you are," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 10 | 73 |
Then, feeling about my head, Drusus Rencius undid the strap that held my gag and hood in place. |
10 |
| 10 | 89 |
"They are gone now," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 10 | 108 |
"Are you so attracted to me, Drusus?" I said, startled. |
10 |
| 10 | 114 |
"And what is it that I deserve, Drusus," I asked, at his feet. |
10 |
| 10 | 135 |
Do not aspire above your station, Drusus. |
10 |
| 10 | 173 |
"I can name seven," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 10 | 178 |
"I think it will be safer to move silently in the darkness," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 10 | 180 |
"Please follow me, a bit behind," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 10 | 195 |
How did I know how Drusus Rencius would carry a woman, particularly a woman such as I sensed I might be. |
10 |
| 10 | 197 |
"It would be better for you to walk," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 10 | 200 |
"Most of the guardsmen," said Drusus Rencius, "have been sent to the west, to the front". |
10 |
| 10 | 202 |
"The forces of Ar will be difficult to hold," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 10 | 204 |
"Yes," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 10 | 212 |
I did know that Drusus Rencius had once been of that city. |
10 |
| 10 | 215 |
"Our forces will be victorious," I assured Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 11 | 18 |
"Because I did not inform Ligurious that you had had Drusus Rencius summoned tonight to your quarters". |
10 |
| 11 | 22 |
It had been I, I recalled, in the prosecution of my own plans, and in my desire for secrecy, who had suggested to Susan that the summoning of Drusus Rencius to my quarters need not be made known to Ligurious. |
10 |
| 11 | 30 |
He, with guardsmen, with lanterns, had met Drusus Rencius and I at the small postern gate in the east wall of the palace grounds, that through which we had returned. |
10 |
| 11 | 31 |
Drusus Rencius had been detained there, and I had been hurried to my quarters. |
10 |
| 11 | 47 |
Had he not, with guards, met Drusus Rencius and I at the postern gate in the east wall? "It can be dangerous in the city," he said, "especially in these times, and at night". |
10 |
| 11 | 65 |
"I will call Drusus Rencius!" I cried. |
10 |
| 11 | 71 |
Now I could no longer torture Drusus, with my nearness and inaccessibility. |
10 |
| 13 | 84 |
"Drusus Rencius, Captain of Ar, on detached service to the forces of Argentum," said Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 13 | 92 |
Drusus Rencius handed his helmet to a soldier and climbed then to the height of the throne. |
10 |
| 13 | 101 |
"Yes," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 13 | 103 |
"Yes," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 13 | 105 |
"She is Sheila, Tatrix of Corcyrus," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 13 | 107 |
Drusus Rencius released me, and turned about, and, descending from the dais and making his way through the crowd, left. |
10 |
| 13 | 143 |
The uniforms the men had worn were not unlike that in which I had just seen Drusus Rencius, and not unlike those of certain others about the dais, soldiers. |
10 |
| 16 | 282 |
I remembered this name from the time that Drusus Rencius had taken me to the house of Kliomenes in Corcyrus. |
10 |
| 16 | 285 |
Too, I recalled that both Publius and Drusus Rencius had thought that it would be a good name for me. |
10 |
| 16 | 293 |
What sport then, I thought, must Drusus Rencius have had of me in Corcyrus! What a clever joke he had played upon me, the beast! Was that not a pleasant vengeance to take upon she who had so frequently discomfited him, she whom he then believed to be proud Sheila, the arrogant tatrix of Corcyrus? I ... |
10 |
| 18 | 52 |
The name was originally given to me, I recalled, by Drusus Rencius, put upon me as a part of my disguise, and for the purposes of my licensing, in the house of Kliomenes. |
10 |
| 24 | 102 |
I recalled that Drusus Rencius had thought I might go for something between fifteen and twenty tarsks. |
10 |
| 26 | 409 |
This had been in the house of Kliomenes, when I had been taken on a tour there long ago by Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 26 | 436 |
A silver tarsk! I wished Drusus Rencius had heard that! He had thought I would only bring fifteen or twenty copper tarsks! And I was not even trained! "You did very well, Tiffany," said Aemilianus. |
10 |
| 29 | 303 |
Even Drusus Rencius, perhaps, or Miles of Argentum, too, men who had actually seen me, I thought, might not recognize me now. |
10 |
| 30 | 562 |
Surely Susan had believed it, and Drusus Rencius, and many others. |
10 |
| 30 | 581 |
"Drusus," he called. |
10 |
| 30 | 588 |
"Look here, Drusus," said Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 30 | 590 |
"A slave," said Drusus Rencius, dryly, shrugging. |
10 |
| 30 | 591 |
I suspected then that Drusus Rencius had seen me in the crowd but had not drawn me to the attention of Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 30 | 597 |
"Yes?" asked Drusus. |
10 |
| 30 | 599 |
"Yes?" asked Drusus. |
10 |
| 30 | 601 |
"To whom?" asked Drusus. |
10 |
| 30 | 603 |
"Yes," said Drusus. |
10 |
| 30 | 605 |
I was confident now that Drusus Rencius recognized me. |
10 |
| 30 | 612 |
Drusus lifted up my tunic, on the left, casually, as a Gorean master. |
10 |
| 30 | 614 |
I now realized that whatever might be the feelings of Drusus Rencius toward me I was now a slave to him. |
10 |
| 30 | 615 |
Once I had boasted to Drusus Rencius that I knew well how to torture a man. |
10 |
| 30 | 629 |
"No," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 30 | 642 |
"I think," he said to Drusus Rencius, "this may be Sheila, the Tatrix of Corcyrus". |
10 |
| 30 | 643 |
"Sheila, the Tatrix of Corcyrus," said Drusus Rencius, "has been captured". |
10 |
| 30 | 645 |
Drusus Rencius was silent. |
10 |
| 32 | 78 |
Drusus Rencius, for example, has come here from Ar. |
10 |
| 32 | 93 |
He will identify you as the true Tatrix, for he knows you as such, with the same conviction as Drusus Rencius, and others. |
10 |
| 32 | 231 |
I was drawn from the sack by Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 32 | 233 |
Drusus Rencius removed my bonds and, lastly, my gag. |
10 |
| 32 | 238 |
I reached out, timidly, to touch Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 32 | 255 |
"Hassan, I am sure," said Drusus Rencius, "can take care of himself". |
10 |
| 32 | 259 |
"I believe this is yours," said Drusus Rencius, lifting the skimpy tunic which, doubtless but shortly before, he had removed from Sheila, probably binding and gagging her. |
10 |
| 32 | 293 |
When I was exhibited before him in this fashion it was my hope that Drusus Rencius would like what he saw. |
10 |
| 32 | 303 |
I wanted then, yes, to be claimed by the whip of Drusus Rencius, to gladly accept the pain, in tears, and to rejoice, bound or chained, that I had been found attractive enough to be so clearly and absolutely claimed. |
10 |
| 32 | 309 |
"What is wrong?" asked Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 32 | 311 |
I loved Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 32 | 313 |
I am your slave, Drusus Rencius, I thought. |
10 |
| 32 | 315 |
Want me, want me, Drusus Rencius, I begged in my heart. |
10 |
| 32 | 316 |
How I resolved to present whatever bit of beauty I might have shamelessly to the perusal of Drusus Rencius at the banquet. |
10 |
| 33 | 7 |
Miles of Argentum was there, and Drusus Rencius, and Ligurious. |
10 |
| 33 | 20 |
At this table, too, sat Ligurious, Miles of Argentum and Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 33 | 64 |
Drusus Rencius was smiling. |
10 |
| 33 | 146 |
"There," cried Ligurious in triumph, "that is the true Sheila, the true Tatrix of Corcyrus!" "Do you not think you should examine her somewhat more closely?" asked Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 33 | 180 |
"How do you know?" asked Drusus Rencius, rising to his feet. |
10 |
| 33 | 185 |
"Yes," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 33 | 191 |
"My thanks, Ubar," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 33 | 193 |
"That is no friendship, beloved Miles," said Drusus Rencius, "which can be jeopardized by truth". |
10 |
| 33 | 197 |
That is she whom I had locked in the golden cage!" "I do not dispute that," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 33 | 199 |
"No," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 33 | 205 |
Drusus Rencius clenched his fists. |
10 |
| 33 | 223 |
"As this girl is the property of Miles of Argentum," said Claudius to Drusus Rencius, "you may move that her testimony be discounted or be retaken, under torture". |
10 |
| 33 | 225 |
Drusus Rencius looked across the room to Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 33 | 230 |
"Well done, Drusus Rencius," said a man, admiringly. |
10 |
| 33 | 234 |
"I do not ask that her testimony be discounted or withdrawn," said Drusus Rencius, "only that it be clearly understood". |
10 |
| 33 | 236 |
"Susan," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 33 | 243 |
"And," said Drusus Rencius, "that a man who is a wrathful master to one woman may be little better than the obsequious pet of another". |
10 |
| 33 | 245 |
"You know that this is the woman whom you served, Susan," said Drusus Rencius, indicating me, "for you are familiar with her, and have no difficulty in recognizing her. |
10 |
| 33 | 308 |
"Slave!" snarled Drusus Rencius, looking angrily at me. |
10 |
| 33 | 313 |
"He, too," said Drusus Rencius, "could have been mistaken in this matter!" There was some laughter from some of the members of the high council, and from some of the others about the tables. |
10 |
| 33 | 324 |
"Drusus Rencius," said Miles. |
10 |
| 33 | 325 |
"I?" cried Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 33 | 330 |
"Yes," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 33 | 332 |
"I was assigned the post of guarding one whom I at that time thought was Sheila, the Tatrix of Corcyrus," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 33 | 342 |
"Is the woman whom you believed to be the Tatrix of Corcyrus, and whom you testified in Corcyrus was the Tatrix, before the very throne itself, in this room?" Drusus Rencius was silent. |
10 |
| 33 | 345 |
"How did you know of this?" asked Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 33 | 353 |
As Miles of Argentum knows, I am the friend of Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 33 | 355 |
"You can deny, of course," said Miles of Argentum to Drusus Rencius, "that she whom you took to the house of Kliomenes was the same woman you were guarding as the putative Tatrix. |
10 |
| 33 | 358 |
Drusus Rencius was silent. |
10 |
| 33 | 360 |
"We do not require the testimony of Drusus Rencius in this matter," said Claudius. |
10 |
| 33 | 361 |
"I do not refuse to testify," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 33 | 364 |
"Is she whom you believed to be the Tatrix of Corcyrus, she whom you identified as the Tatrix in Corcyrus itself, before the very throne of Corcyrus, in this room?" "Yes," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 33 | 366 |
Drusus Rencius pointed to me. |
10 |
| 33 | 370 |
"In making this identification," said Drusus Rencius, "I do no more than acknowledge that I was once the dupe of Ligurious. |
10 |
| 33 | 372 |
"By the love I bear you, and by the love you bear me," said Drusus Rencius to Miles, "hear me out. |
10 |
| 33 | 375 |
What sort of evidence would you wish? How do we know, for example, that you are really Drusus Rencius, a captain from Ar? Or that I am Miles, a general from Argentum? Or that he is Ligurious, who was the first minister in Corcyrus? How do we know anyone in this room is who we think? Perhaps we are a... |
10 |
| 33 | 390 |
She accepted herself as that! She did not deny it or dispute it! Why not? Because that is who she was!" "No!" cried Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 33 | 392 |
"I do not know," cried Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 33 | 394 |
"I know her," said Drusus Rencius, angrily. |
10 |
| 33 | 397 |
Such things are not in her!" "Has the good captain from Ar," inquired Miles, "permitted the glances, the smiles, the curvaceous interests of a woman to sway his judgment?" "No," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 33 | 399 |
"No!" said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 33 | 401 |
"No!" said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 33 | 402 |
I looked at Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 33 | 408 |
Drusus Rencius turned angrily away. |
10 |
| 33 | 411 |
Drusus Rencius spun about. |
10 |
| 33 | 507 |
I also saw there garments which looked like those I had worn to the song drama with Drusus Rencius, and had worn later with him on the walls of Corcyrus. |
10 |
| 33 | 518 |
These garments, Ligurious had informed me in the throne room of Argentum, before placing me in the golden sack, from which I had been rescued by Drusus Rencius, had been smuggled out of Corcyrus. |
10 |
| 33 | 549 |
I saw Drusus Rencius looking at me with scorn. |
10 |
| 33 | 588 |
Doubtless Drusus Rencius, who had prevented him from reaching the palanquin, remembered him well, for his courage and his opposition to the rule of the Tatrix. |
10 |
| 33 | 660 |
But this, of course, I told myself, fearfully, must be concealed from Drusus Rencius! I must never let him learn that I was in my heart no more than a master's slave! How he would despise me if he knew me as no more than a slave, a girl suitable for collars and auction blocks, one appropriately to b... |
10 |
| 33 | 1011 |
"And there were two of you! There was another, as well, one who must have had influence, one who must have been trusted, one who must have been more highly placed!" I saw Drusus Rencius looking at me. |
10 |
| 33 | 1038 |
"Nothing," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 35 | 4 |
"Yes," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 35 | 10 |
"I had thought, then, at least, that she was different," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 35 | 18 |
"You are right," had said Drusus Rencius to Publius. |
10 |
| 35 | 27 |
"You see," said Publius, "is it not as I told you?" "Yes," granted Drusus Rencius, good-naturedly. |
10 |
| 35 | 29 |
How unworthy I was of Drusus Rencius! "May I withdraw, Masters?" I asked. |
10 |
| 35 | 34 |
This matter went back to the time when I was a free woman, and had been taken for a tour to the house of Kliomenes by Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 35 | 36 |
Drusus Rencius had accepted it. |
10 |
| 35 | 38 |
"Yes," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 35 | 40 |
Drusus Rencius and Publius did not have slaves of their own in Argentum. |
10 |
| 35 | 46 |
"Yes," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 35 | 60 |
I had little doubt that Drusus Rencius, of Ar, and Publius, at least once of Ar, would prefer those of their own city. |
10 |
| 35 | 61 |
Susan, I suspected, knowing my feelings for Drusus Rencius, was trying to be kind, giving me the liqueur that he was almost certain to choose. |
10 |
| 35 | 89 |
"Yes," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 35 | 92 |
"Those of Turia are the best," he said to Drusus Rencius, smiling, almost apologetically. |
10 |
| 35 | 93 |
"Perhaps," smiled Drusus Rencius, "but I prefer those of Ar". |
10 |
| 35 | 95 |
"I have never confused objectivity with municipal pride," responded Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 35 | 98 |
"That is true," laughed Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 35 | 104 |
He had won it from Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 35 | 105 |
"Look at me, Slave," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 35 | 132 |
Drusus Rencius had made a wager. |
10 |
| 36 | 1 |
In the Quarters of my Master I was thrust, laughing and stumbling, down the hall before Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 36 | 55 |
The voice was that of Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 36 | 109 |
"I did see him last night," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 36 | 114 |
Last night, after I had served Publius and Drusus Rencius, I had been ordered to the couch of Miles of Argentum. |
10 |
| 36 | 119 |
Apparently it had been later the same night, perhaps in the neighborhood of the Twentieth Ahn, when Drusus Rencius had seen him. |
10 |
| 36 | 122 |
Drusus Rencius had probably been informed that he might find me here. |
10 |
| 36 | 123 |
"You seem bitter," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 36 | 129 |
"Neither," said Drusus Rencius, "or, perhaps, in a sense, both, and that of other slaveries, as well". |
10 |
| 36 | 136 |
I feared for Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 36 | 146 |
* * * * I lay now naked, save for my collar, on the tiles of the quarters of Drusus Rencius, in the palace at Argentum. |
10 |
| 36 | 150 |
I scrambled to my knees and looked up at my master, Drusus Rencius, of Ar. |
10 |
| 36 | 153 |
I had then preceded him to his quarters, moving swiftly, but scarcely swiftly enough, it seemed, from the point of view of Drusus Rencius, striding fiercely behind me, like some impatient, grumbling larl. |
10 |
| 36 | 236 |
I had seen to it, many times, that passions would flash and flame in Drusus Rencius, which I would then, haughtily, refuse to satisfy. |
10 |
| 36 | 237 |
"But those days are gone, aren't they?" said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 36 | 381 |
I loved Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 36 | 390 |
"Oh," I said, "I forgot! I am no longer Sheila, am I? My collar has been changed!" I looked at Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 36 | 492 |
In the morning I kissed his feet in gratitude!" "Slave, slave!" snarled Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 36 | 592 |
I feared now that perhaps Drusus Rencius had bought me primarily for the purposes of vengeance. |
10 |
| 36 | 665 |
The presence in the room of a curule chair designated the room, in effect, as one to be appropriately occupied by an individual of some importance, or official standing, which assuredly was Drusus Rencius, my master. |
10 |
| 36 | 671 |
How unworthy I was to wear a collar of Gor, to have my limbs locked in her weighty, obdurate shackles! Yet, to my joy, I had learned that I was one who might not be found unfitting for the slave markets of this world! Had I not seen this in the eyes of masters? Had I not learned it in my helplessnes... |
10 |
| 36 | 720 |
"It was done to me by Drusus Rencius, of Ar, my master". |
10 |
| 36 | 802 |
I looked at Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 36 | 981 |
"Turn, Tatrix," said Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 36 | 990 |
This pleased Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 36 | 1010 |
I then faced Drusus Rencius, face-stripped. |
10 |
| 36 | 1014 |
Drusus Rencius nodded. |
10 |
| 36 | 1095 |
Drusus Rencius then drew on the strap and my bound wrists were drawn up, above my head. |
10 |
| 36 | 1125 |
Drusus Rencius did not much vary the locus of the impact nor the timing. |
10 |
| 36 | 1193 |
I tried to feel resentment toward Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 36 | 1296 |
Who but a slave might bear such a name? Was it not exciting? Did it not hint of the steel of slave bracelets, the smell of thongs, held against the face, the clash of bangles, the rustle of silk? What a delightful joke had Drusus Rencius played upon me, the beast, when he had thought me to be the Ta... |
10 |
| 36 | 1302 |
It almost turned me inside out with love for Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 36 | 1306 |
In his hand Drusus Rencius held the goblet of wine. |
10 |
| 36 | 1430 |
It was hard for me to keep my hands off Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 36 | 1605 |
"It says, 'I belong to Drusus Rencius, of Ar. |
10 |
| 36 | 1612 |
* * * * I lay on one elbow, regarding Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 36 | 1628 |
Only my face had been unveiled! Had he seen me naked he might have raised his estimate! Too, suppose he had seen me in a posture of submission or had had me writhe at his feet in slave chains! Suppose he had put me through detailed and methodical slave paces, or had had me bring him the whip in my t... |
10 |
| 36 | 1640 |
He might then be tempted to pay at least a little more, might he not, to obtain her?" "I suppose so," said Drusus Rencius, irritatedly. |
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| 36 | 1647 |
"What an idiot," said Drusus Rencius, darkly. |
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| 36 | 1650 |
"I paid more than fifteen silver tarsks for you," said Drusus Rencius. |
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| 36 | 1653 |
The face of Drusus Rencius was black with rage. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | 44 |
I also learned that the fuller name of Drusus, who apparently stood high in the house of Decius Albus, was 'Drusus Andronicus'. |
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| 48 | 30 |
Was she truly such a jewel, so desirable, so soft, in her tunic and collar? How could it be that she had sold for a golden tarsk? How could it be that some men found her, or claimed to find her, she, plain Paula, more desirable than I? How could a master, one such as Drusus Andronicus, a powerful, h... |
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| 52 | 148 |
Was this not another thing to hold against her? Was she so superior that she would wish me well! How concerned, how solicitous, how condescending! Did she think I was pitiful? How dared she speak of me to a master? Was I not a thousand times the woman, a thousand times the beauty she was? Was this n... |
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| 52 | 302 |
Why then should you wish to outdo her, to demean and hurt her, and, in a sense, steal from her? Drusus Andronicus may be fond of her, and she may care for him, and you, supposedly her friend, to assuage your jealously, to soothe your wounded vanity, would gratuitously intrude yourself between them? ... |
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| 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 ... |
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| 66 | 2 |
We spoke softly, that we not disturb the masters, Drusus Andronicus and Kurik, of Victoria, who rode together on the wagon bench, Drusus Andronicus handling the reins. |
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| 37 | 160 |
"What is yours?" "Drusus," he said. |
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| 41 | 52 |
His name, I recalled, or what he had proffered as his name, had been 'Drusus'. |
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| 41 | 199 |
"No!" "What," I asked, "is the name of this slave master, before whom you kneel in such fear?" "'Drusus'," she said. |
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| 41 | 200 |
"'Drusus'!" I said. |
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| 45 | 50 |
It was he who had identified himself as 'Drusus' and had so thoughtfully and solicitously carried my burden of water to the very entrance of my master's rental on Hermadius. |
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| 45 | 79 |
"But what slave," I wondered, "is chained behind the couch of handsome, mighty Drusus, so important here, he not now in a collar and tunic, not now imposing on a naive slave, but in fine supper raiment, and so near the dais?" "I would see such a slave," I thought. |
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| 45 | 82 |
"Phyllis!" she whispered, eyes wide, moving in the chain, locked about her throat, by means of which she was fastened to the back of the couch of Drusus. |
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| 45 | 144 |
"You are chained behind the couch of Drusus of Ar, of the service of Decius Albus," I said. |
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| 45 | 187 |
"The slaves have not been fed!" called Drusus, addressing the diners, from the first couch. |
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| 45 | 200 |
I saw the first girl, with her basket of scraps, look to the feast host, Drusus. |
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| 45 | 202 |
"Napkin!" called Drusus, summoning me to him. |
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| 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. |
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| 45 | 262 |
"Kajira," called Drusus. |
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| 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. |
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| 46 | 277 |
He is a free man, Drusus Andronicus, in the service of Decius Albus!" "Where is your tunic?" he said. |
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| 48 | 40 |
On his behalf, through his agent, the noble Drusus Andronicus, of Ar, I am commanded to address one understood as Lord Grendel". |
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| 48 | 135 |
"No, another, as well," she said, "Drusus Andronicus, servitor to Decius Albus". |
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| 48 | 157 |
"I love him, Drusus Andronicus," she said. |
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| 48 | 164 |
"Put thoughts of Drusus Andronicus from your mind," I said. |
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| 48 | 168 |
"Drusus Andronicus is powerful in the house. |
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| 48 | 174 |
How could it be, I wondered, that Paula, plain Paula, could interest a master such as Drusus Andronicus? He had scarcely looked upon me, when I had served, naked, with other slaves. |
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| 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, ... |
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| 49 | 156 |
"Drusus Andronicus," announced Decius Albus, "agent and advisor, loyal and reliable servitor, swordsman, warrior. |
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| 49 | 160 |
Drusus looked to Decius Albus. |
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| 49 | 162 |
"Tal," said Drusus, bowing. |
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| 49 | 195 |
He then turned to the free woman who had accompanied Drusus and Tyrtaios into the room. |
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| 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. |
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| 49 | 294 |
Drusus Andronicus, who had remained discreetly silent, then rose to his feet, and clapped his hands together, sharply, twice. |
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| 49 | 316 |
What slave does not wish to be the single slave of one master? "She has been a display slave," said Drusus Andronicus. |
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| 49 | 319 |
"Since the Curulean sales of En'Kara," said Drusus. |
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| 49 | 337 |
"'Paula'," said Drusus Andronicus. |
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| 49 | 339 |
"She is barbarian, noble Albus," said Drusus. |
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| 49 | 352 |
"Careful," whispered Drusus. |
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| 49 | 356 |
"What is wrong, Paula?" asked Drusus. |
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| 49 | 379 |
Paula glanced at Drusus, who indicated that Tyrtaios would be the next before whom a glass would be placed. |
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| 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. |
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| 49 | 411 |
I rose to my feet, and saw that Paula, now kneeling near Drusus, was frightened. |
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| 49 | 443 |
I heard a small, inadvertent sigh of relief escape Paula, which, to her consternation, brought a frown from Drusus Andronicus. |
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| 49 | 446 |
Paula, at a nod from Drusus, leapt to her feet and took the decanter from me, for the wine swirled within it, placing it on the tray, which was in the empty place at the table. |
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| 50 | 154 |
"Decius Albus," I said, "Tyrtaios, perhaps even Drusus Andronicus". |
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| 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. |
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| 52 | 26 |
Surely Drusus Andronicus was a handsome, powerful, attractive male. |
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| 52 | 65 |
The first sign of some contact between the factions of Lord Agamemnon and Lord Arcesilaus had occurred this morning, when Drusus Andronicus, on behalf of Surtak, had called on Lord Grendel to arrange for the return of Lyris, accepting, as was not surprising, Lord Grendel's proposal of an even exchan... |
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| 52 | 68 |
"No, my dear Drusus," had said Kurik, "the Lady Bina is not here". |
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| 52 | 69 |
Drusus had called at the apartment above the shop of Epicrates, where Lord Grendel, ax at hand, saw fit to be found. |
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| 52 | 72 |
"Noble Tenrik," had said Drusus, "we are not so obtuse as to suppose that the lovely Bina would be on these premises". |
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