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Book 23. (34 results) Renegades of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
18	106	"Where is Marcus Tulvinius?" he asked.	10
20	165	"Marcus got through! It is Calliodorus, of Port Cos! It is the pledge of the topaz!" "I do not understand," I said.	10
20	228	He was, I took it, the young warrior, Marcus.	10
20	244	The captain and the young fellow, Marcus, made their way to the side of Aemilianus.	10
20	274	"It took me days to reach Port Cos," said the young man, Marcus.	10
21	18	The young man, Marcus, was there, too.	10
24	3	Others, too, were about, such as the young warrior, Marcus, who had come days before to Port Cos, to obtain succor for the besieged of Ar's Station, and the young crossbowman and his friend, so young, and yet men by battle.	10
24	19	I glanced at the face of the young man, Marcus, who had brought the ships of Port Cos, and, apparently, those of certain other towns, as well, to the aid of Ar's Station.	10
24	115	I considered the face of the young warrior, Marcus, near me.	10
24	194	"Speak, Commander," urged the young warrior, Marcus.	10
24	268	"Vengeance!" cried the young warrior, Marcus.	10
24	270	"Vengeance!" wept the young warrior, Marcus.	10
24	314	Surilius remained, and the young warrior, Marcus, and some others.	10
24	325	"That would seem easy enough to do," said Marcus, bitterly.	10
24	332	"He will not be able to do so," said Marcus.	10
24	336	"It would be difficult for them to cross the river, to the north," said Marcus, "and, even so, they could be followed.	10
24	341	"With all due respect, Commander," said Marcus, "Ar's position in the north is ideal for destroying the expeditionary force".	10
24	343	"It is an army," said Marcus, "not ten men traveling at night".	10
24	345	"Even so," protested Marcus.	10
24	349	"That is absurd," said Marcus.	10
24	353	"No sane commander would elect such a route," said Marcus.	10
24	355	"The whole idea is absurd," said Marcus.	10
24	356	"Is it any the less absurd," asked Aemilianus, "that Ar should have been digging latrines in winter camp while the walls of Ar's Station were crumbling?" "But Ar might still be apprised of these movements in time to interpose herself between the expeditionary force and its base at Brundisium," said ...	10
24	358	"On the southern bank, Ven," said Marcus.	10
24	361	"The delta," said Marcus.	10
24	363	"I do not think I understand these things," said Marcus, slowly.	10
24	368	"I understand nothing of this," said Marcus.	10
24	377	"And what do you think we, we who were abandoned by Ar, we whom she holds in dishonor and contempt, we whose Home Stone she spits upon, we whom she has pronounced renegades owe to her—now?" "We owe her nothing," said Marcus, bitterly.	10
24	385	"Ar will destroy the Cosians in the north, and then destroy them in the south," said Marcus.	10
24	606	I, and some others, including the young warrior, Marcus, remained where we were.	10
24	633	The young warrior, Marcus, was not looking toward the piers, or the town, ascending from the harbor.	10
24	778	"What are you thinking of?" I asked the young warrior, Marcus.	10
24	910	"Ho, Warrior," I said, getting up, addressing the young fellow, Marcus, who had only now descended the gangplank and was going to make his way up the pier, toward the warehouses, the shops, the town.	10
24	925	"That is a Tahari name," said Marcus, looking at her closely.	10

Book 24. (232 results) Vagabonds of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	344	I and the fellow I had agreed to accompany, a young man, of the warriors, formerly of Ar's Station, a young man named Marcus, or, more fully, Marcus Marcellus, of the Marcelliani, had had no difficulty, in the guise of minor merchants, in entering the camp.	10
3	456	"I am Marcus Marcellus, of the Marcelliani!" said Marcus.	10
43	1	Marcus Finds a Woman of Interest "Why have you brought me here?" asked Marcus, as he and I waited near the wagon of Ephialtes.	10
48	220	"It is she!" cried Marcus, startled, with joy! The girl, as she could, turning her head in the rope, looked up, wildly, joyfully, at Marcus.	10
1	346	Young Marcus, with the consent of his commander, Aemilianus, formerly of Ar's Station, now amongst the refugees at Port Cos, had been given permission to track the movements of the Cosians in the north, and to convey this information to the major land forces of Ar, which were currently located at Ho...	10
1	348	Young Marcus was, in my opinion, a fine, though moody, soldier.	10
1	350	If young Marcus, of whom I have grown fond, has a weakness, I would think it would be his moodiness, and his incredible hatred for Cosians, and all things Cosian.	10
1	572	Had Marcus been with me he, too, might have obtained a free supper.	10
1	1294	Marcus, with whom I had come to the camp, an orderly fellow, had made very specific contingency plans, and had insisted emphatically they be complied with, in case either of us were apprehended or detained, plans which he might be putting into effect like lightning at this very moment.	10
3	61	I had expected that I might find Marcus here, somewhere, that in accordance with his carefully laid contingency plan, we having become separated in the Cosian camp, thanks to my inadvertent encounter with the courier, Borton.	10
3	69	Marcus could be depended upon to do his duty, even if it meant the regrettable sacrifice of a comrade.	10
3	74	I myself, without Marcus, was not eager to approach the camp of Ar near Holmesk.	10
3	78	Too, by now, Marcus was presumably already at Holmesk, or in its vicinity.	10
3	79	Even if he were not, I suspected that the commandant at Holmesk was as much aware of the position and movements of the Cosian expeditionary force as either Marcus or I.	10
3	80	Marcus refused to believe this, given the inactivity in the winter camp.	10
3	108	Yet I knew, in deference to Marcus, I should attempt to approach the winter camp of Ar.	10
3	109	I, unlike Marcus, had no lingering allegiance to Ar.	10
3	228	The hand of Marcus went to the hilt of his weapon.	10
3	235	"They are not travelers," said Marcus to me.	10
3	239	"They have come from the south," said Marcus to me.	10
3	242	Had they been following Marcus, on the road, in the open, I would have seen them.	10
3	244	"They carry no packs," said Marcus.	10
3	247	"They may have followed me," said Marcus, bitterly.	10
3	262	"Perhaps they are brigands," said Marcus.	10
3	276	"It is likely then," smiled Marcus, "that they are from the camp near the Vosk".	10
3	286	"It will be dark in two or three Ahn," said Marcus.	10
3	292	"They could follow us in the morning," said Marcus.	10
3	296	"Yes," said Marcus, grimly.	10
3	329	"It is him we want," said the leader of the men to Marcus.	10
3	331	Marcus, of course, stood his ground.	10
3	332	"Stand back," I said to Marcus.	10
3	349	"I am," said Marcus.	10
3	354	Marcus did not move.	10
3	360	"Steel," said Marcus, evenly.	10
3	361	The fellow on the leader's left backed a little away, putting another stride between himself and Marcus.	10
3	364	"Steady!" I said to Marcus.	10
3	366	"Go away," said the fellow on the leader's left to Marcus.	10
3	368	Marcus did not move.	10
3	369	"Because I am young," said Marcus, "you think that I am stupid.	10
3	374	"You think we are spies," said Marcus.	10
3	388	I did not know Marcus' skill with the blade.	10
3	395	"I am sorry, Tarl, my friend," said Marcus.	10
3	399	Marcus stood quickly, white-faced, between myself and the fellow who had been on the left.	10
3	403	"I did not even see your sword move," said Marcus, in awe.	10
3	414	I heard a scream of fear from in back, from Marcus' man.	10
3	420	"Greetings, men of Ar!" said Marcus, lifting his hand.	10
3	424	"Sheath your sword!" called Marcus to me.	10
3	428	Three were trained on Marcus, two on me.	10
3	429	"Lower your bows," said Marcus.	10
3	431	"We are safe now," said Marcus to me.	10
3	432	"These are men of Ar!" I did not know this, of course, and if Marcus had been older, and more experienced, he might not have been as sure of this as he was.	10
3	440	"We thank you for coming to our aid," said Marcus.	10
3	442	The leader of the men, however, did not respond to Marcus.	10
3	458	"Of Ar's Station!" announced Marcus.	10
3	460	"Take us to Saphronicus, commandant at Holmesk!" said Marcus.	10
3	463	"Take us to Saphronicus!" said Marcus.	10
3	466	"We of Ar's Station are not renegades!" exclaimed Marcus, angrily.	10
3	468	"No!" cried Marcus.	10
3	470	"No!" said Marcus.	10
3	479	"Take us to Saphronicus," said Marcus, angrily.	10
3	481	"If we were spies," said Marcus, "how is it that we were threatened by those of Cos, one of whom lay slain by my fellow before you came".	10
3	484	"I choose not to deal further with underlings," said Marcus.	10
3	489	Marcus looked at him, wildly.	10
3	493	"Where?" asked Marcus, stunned.	10
3	495	"Toward Brundisium?" asked Marcus, incredulously.	10
3	501	"We have come from the camp of Cos," said Marcus, "where, at great risk to ourselves, we have spied for Ar.	10
3	508	"What are you doing?" asked Marcus, angrily, his hands jerked behind him, then snapped into manacles.	10
3	532	"Free us!" said Marcus, jerking his wrists in their obdurate confinements, moving his neck in the collar.	10
3	536	"We are partisans of Ar!" called Marcus, angrily.	10
3	538	"What are you going to do with us?" called Marcus, angrily.	10
3	540	"Then," said Marcus, cheerfully, turning to me, "all is well!" "I wish," said one of the men, looking down at us, "that you were slave girls".	10
3	567	Marcus struggled futilely, angrily, with his bonds.	10
3	569	"We have nothing to fear," Marcus called to me.	10
3	572	Marcus's neck chain was attached to the pommel of the second tharlarion.	10
3	579	Indeed, Marcus and I would not converse, for he was yards ahead.	10
3	587	Marcus had it somewhat better I thought.	10
3	595	It might also be mentioned, however, that there was an additional reason for this position of Marcus near the leader, one which puts the matter in a certain perspective.	10
3	596	In case of trouble he, Marcus, the presumed leader of the captives, could be quickly dispatched.	10
3	616	Marcus had assured me that there was nothing to fear, that we were being taken to Saphronicus.	10
3	618	I trusted that Marcus was correct, that there was nothing to fear.	10
5	31	Marcus and I had been kept separate even from the time of our capture.	10
27	140	"I did not know, at the time I sought to assist the young officer, Marcus, of Ar's Station, in work for Ar, that Ar repaid her friends with ropes and the blows of whips".	10
32	309	"Ho, Marcus," I called.	10
32	314	Slowly, haggard, stumbling, Marcus approached us.	10
33	1	Night Marcus and I moved very slowly, our faces darkened, on our bellies, through the grass, approaching the fellow's position from opposite sides.	10
33	10	Marcus would now be in position, I assumed.	10
33	14	I then heard the tiny noise made by Marcus, almost inaudible, a tiny clicking noise, not unlike one of the phonetic tongue clicks used in some of languages spoken east of Schendi, in the interior.	10
33	17	Marcus joined me in the fellow's position, dug in the grass.	10
33	19	"Here," said Marcus, bitterly, lifting up an object, "is his sack".	10
34	3	Marcus was a few feet behind me.	10
34	31	"Enter," said I to Marcus.	10
34	35	"Apparently they were successful in their work," said Marcus, glancing to one side.	10
34	39	"Why would more than one, or, say, two, have to do that?" asked Marcus.	10
34	41	"I see," said Marcus.	10
34	44	"A way has now been cleared out of the delta," said Marcus.	10
34	46	"It should be enough," said Marcus.	10
35	11	We had attempted to teach the new fellows, those who had been pursuing Marcus, both by instruction and example, such things as the concealment of camps and survival in an enemy area.	10
35	61	"We should leave," said Marcus.	10
36	2	"Yes," said Marcus.	10
36	6	"See the many tents about the walls, to the north," said Marcus.	10
36	10	"No," said Marcus.	10
36	13	Marcus had given the Cosian uniform to one of the fellows in the hut.	10
36	18	Marcus and I, with Ina, had made our way to Brundisium.	10
36	22	To be sure, we must keep Marcus relatively quiet, for his accent, that of Ar's Station, would surely suggest that of Ar to folks who were alert to such things.	10
36	29	After I had assured myself of the relative safety of Marcus and Ina, of course, it was my intention to venture to Torcadino, where I hoped to be able to convey intelligence of the affairs in the north to Dietrich of Tarnburg.	10
36	107	"There is also, I believe, outside Brundisium, a large slave camp," said Marcus.	10
36	109	The camp referred to by Marcus had, as I understood it, been in existence near Brundisium for several months, which is a long period for such camps.	10
36	156	"Do you not think so?" I asked Marcus.	10
36	159	I had been afraid Marcus, thinking her of Cos, and hating Cos and all things Cosian, would have cut her throat or injured her, but, fortunately, as it had turned out, she had not been of Cos, but from the vicinity of White Water, on the northern shore of the Vosk, east of Tancred's Landing.	10
36	160	She was, however, the sort of woman, slim, exquisite, very lightly complexioned, dark-haired, dark-eyed, to whom I had learned that Marcus was almost madly attracted.	10
36	165	I had, of course, in Gorean generosity, accorded her use to Marcus.	10
37	287	I had not wished to bring Marcus and Ina to the wagon of Ephialtes, of course, for it was, for most practical purposes, within the Cosian camp.	10
37	289	The accent of Marcus, here, might have provoked suspicion, inquiries and such.	10
38	1	There will be News from Torcadino "There will soon be news from Torcadino," I told Marcus.	10
38	13	"You refer," I said to Marcus, "to the supposedly secret news, that which is not to be posted on the boards in the Cosian camp".	10
38	14	"I would imagine so," said Marcus.	10
38	47	"Where is he?" asked Marcus.	10
39	9	Such things, fellows I had seen lurking about our camp the last day or so, were one of the reasons I had elected to come to Brundisium, and without Marcus.	10
42	1	We Will Return to Camp "See," said Marcus, "what slaughter has been wrought in the alley?" "What are you doing here?" I asked.	10
42	4	Marcus stood to the side, in the gray light, in the alley.	10
42	12	I then left her there and drew to one side, to confer with Marcus.	10
42	13	"I followed you, of course," said Marcus, "that I might render you assistance, for clearly you hoped to lure those who sought the female into sword trap".	10
42	30	"I have, in the light, this morning," said Marcus, "counted twenty-five bodies".	10
42	50	Marcus regarded me.	10
42	68	"The road was crowded," said Marcus.	10
42	72	"You did not suspect anything?" asked Marcus.	10
42	74	"Perhaps they had been selected for that very reason," said Marcus.	10
42	81	"Your friend," said Marcus, "must be a very clever fellow".	10
42	85	"Still," said Marcus, "it is not as though you were of Ar, or Ar's Station".	10
42	88	I would not have encouraged Marcus, for example, to enter into lengthy discourse with local residents, Cosian regulars, or such.	10
42	89	"And did you have a good talk with him?" asked Marcus.	10
42	92	"Splendid," said Marcus.	10
42	108	"You do seem in a pleasant mood," remarked Marcus, somewhat grouchily.	10
42	110	"Probably," said Marcus.	10
42	113	"Besides how many could recognize the face of a free woman of Ar, one of high caste, one of lofty station, as they are customarily veiled?" "I think you are right," said Marcus.	10
42	118	"I think we should leave," said Marcus.	10
42	127	I then, drawing her gently behind me, on her tether, rejoined Marcus.	10
42	128	"She has pretty feet," said Marcus.	10
42	136	"Let us go," said Marcus.	10
43	9	"This is the wagon of your friend?" asked Marcus.	10
43	26	"I do not understand why I have been brought here," said Marcus.	10
43	30	"Why have you brought me here?" whispered Marcus.	10
43	43	Marcus normally tended, of course, to be a somewhat moody fellow, taking things somewhat more seriously, such as life and death, than seemed necessary.	10
43	65	"Aiii!" cried Marcus, stunned.	10
43	66	She looked at Marcus, startled, wildly, almost as though he might be the first male she had ever seen.	10
43	70	She looked up at Marcus, as though in awe, as though seemingly unable to take her eyes from him.	10
43	81	"She could then be purchased, and embonded!" cried Marcus.	10
43	83	"I must have her!" cried Marcus.	10
43	88	"A few tarsk bits," said Marcus, "only that".	10
43	104	"Come along, Marcus," I said.	10
43	118	From where I stood, looking behind Marcus, who faced me, I could see the wagon of Ephialtes.	10
43	123	Although Liadne was obviously intending to lead her to the far side of the wagon, she stood there, back-braceleted, looking wildly, unbelievably, after Marcus.	10
43	125	Marcus angrily put aside my grasp and turned, looking back toward the wagon.	10
43	138	"No!" cursed Marcus.	10
43	141	Marcus regarded me, wildly.	10
43	144	"He is a Cosian," said Marcus, looking back, murderously, at the innocent Ephialtes, who was puttering about the wagon, tightening one of the back latches of the wagon bed, I believe.	10
43	146	"Yes," growled Marcus.	10
43	148	I hated to think of him at the mercy of, say, a temporarily berserk Marcus.	10
43	153	Marcus glowered at me.	10
43	182	I had expected that Marcus would be strongly attracted to Phoebe, for she was an extraordinarily lovely example of a type that he found almost maddeningly irresistible.	10
43	186	But even though I had expected Marcus would find Phoebe of extreme interest, I had not anticipated that his interest would have been as arresting and profound as it apparently was.	10
44	195	"Is it wise then to remain in this camp?" had asked Marcus, he having been apprised of the outcome of my small experiment, that in which Philomela, free woman of Tabor, had assisted.	10
44	205	"Does Ina know that she is sought?" had asked Marcus.	10
44	213	"Be off with you," snarled Marcus.	10
44	214	"Let us be civil, my friend," I cautioned Marcus.	10
44	405	"Are you going to sell her to him?" asked Marcus.	10
45	6	"Where is Marcus?" asked Ina.	10
47	276	"You have led us a merry chase," cried Marcus, angrily, looking over his shoulder.	10
47	278	"Here!" said Marcus, throwing the gold to a large fellow, his face muchly concealed in a wind scarf, with him.	10
47	279	"Here is your gold!" "Marcus!" I cried.	10
47	280	"You should have stayed in the camp!" said Marcus, angrily.	10
47	286	"This fellow did," said Marcus, jerking a thumb back at Octantius who was still standing there, his hands over his head.	10
47	294	"A hundred, or better," said Marcus.	10
47	300	"Do not thank them," said Marcus.	10
47	303	"Do you know with whom you are dealing?" I asked Marcus.	10
47	306	"The mercenary sleen does not come cheap," said Marcus.	10
47	311	"We were not here," said Marcus.	10
47	314	"You should have stayed in our camp," said Marcus.	10
47	331	He looked at Marcus.	10
47	333	"I had prospects of obtaining it," said Marcus.	10
47	335	"Then," said Marcus, "I would have sold my life dearly".	10
47	337	I was pleased to see that Marcus had formulated a plan for that contingency.	10
47	338	"Well," said Marcus to the mercenary, "you have your gold.	10
47	340	"Marcus," I whispered, "please".	10
47	360	"You will have to buy her if you want her," said Marcus.	10
47	362	He then, with a laugh, tossed the bag of gold to Marcus.	10
47	363	Marcus caught the gold against his chest, and clung to it, astonished.	10
47	366	The mercenary captain then turned to Marcus.	10
47	368	"I do not understand," said Marcus.	10
47	370	"I do not understand," said Marcus.	10
47	372	"But this is the gold," said Marcus.	10
47	391	"I wish you well," called Marcus, after him, puzzled.	10
47	392	"You are rich," I said to Marcus.	10
48	12	Marcus was not in the camp, as he had hastened to the vicinity of the Cosian camp, to deal with the sutler, Ephialtes, for the slim, dark-haired beauty I had arranged, somewhat maliciously, to be sure, to be presented before him.	10
48	107	Then I turned about, in time to see a distraught Marcus hove into view.	10
48	137	"That is nice," said Marcus.	10
48	168	He had an unusually grim expression on his face, grim even for Marcus, who was a very serious young man.	10
48	169	"Are you sure you can go through with this?" asked Marcus, skeptically.	10
48	178	"Excellent," said Marcus.	10
48	194	"Surely you recall the smoking ruins of Ar's Station? Surely you recall the vengeances which you have howled against those of Cos?" A transformation, though a rather unsettling one, a quite menacing one, suddenly came over Marcus.	10
48	204	I was actually a bit apprehensive that Marcus, who was something of a man of action, might rush over to the Cosian camp, slashing away at fellows doing their washing, and so on.	10
48	205	"My thanks!" said Marcus.	10
48	225	"How is it possible!" cried Marcus, tearing at the ropes at her ankles.	10
48	227	"'Full servant'!" said Marcus.	10
48	246	"Free it! Free it!" cried Marcus, covering her with kisses.	10
48	250	Marcus and the slave were lost in the rapture of one another.	10
48	253	"You are not going to use her here are you?" inquired the attendant of Marcus.	10
48	255	The girl we had just freed from the stake laughed with pleasure in Marcus' arms.	10
48	266	I followed Marcus to our camp.	10
48	280	"You have done this!" said Marcus to me, grandly.	10
48	305	To be sure, I had not counted this, and I doubt that Marcus had either.	10
48	310	"Had I thousand times more," exclaimed Marcus, "I would have given it all to you!" She looked at him, frightened.	10
48	316	Marcus then put his hands on her ankles, preparing to separate them.	10
48	319	"What was her name when she was a free woman?" asked Marcus.	10
48	323	Suddenly Marcus closed the slave's ankles.	10
48	381	"I should kill her," said Marcus.	10
48	386	"Yes," I said, as Marcus would not respond to her.	10
48	396	I did not think that Marcus, of course, would kill, or even really wish to kill, the girl.	10
48	478	I supposed I might use Phoebe once in a while, when my needs were much upon me, as she was a convenience, and a slave, but I suspected I should save her mostly for Marcus.	10
48	482	"On your belly, slave," said Marcus.	10
48	556	I had no doubt that Marcus was very special to this beautiful young slave, in a way over which she had little or no control.	10
48	560	Marcus seized the belt and stood behind her, angrily.	10
48	571	Marcus went to the side, to secure some of his gear.	10
48	581	Marcus left the camp to fill the water bag.	10
48	588	In a few moments Marcus had returned.	10
48	604	There was no question of permitting her to wear it now, of course, given Marcus's anger.	10
48	607	"No," said Marcus.	10
48	614	Marcus needed have no fear, in my opinion, that if she were in such a garment, that either she or anyone else would be in any doubt as to her status.	10
48	616	"Burn it," said Marcus.	10
48	625	"Will the leash now be necessary?" inquired Marcus.	10
48	628	We then, Marcus and I together, with the slave following, left the camp.	10
49	4	Marcus is nearby.	10

Book 25. (234 results) Magicians of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
8	318	Marcus and I stopped, and Phoebe knelt beside Marcus, back a bit, in close heeling position.	10
12	356	If an investigation were initiated, which seemed to me unlikely, as many women were delivered on one pretext or another to the loot pits, and there would not be likely to be much interest in any particular one of them, Marcus and I could always claim that she had come into the power of the Delta Bri...	10
20	844	In a few moments she wept, "I yield me, Master!" and I then held her like iron and cried out with joy and she sobbed "I am helpless and taken!" and Phoebe, too, in the arms of Marcus, cried out, herself as well taken, and he, too, uttered a wild cry and a then sudden, low, satisfying growl, and the ...	10
23	186	"Do you not remember what he said in his insula," I asked Marcus, "that it was nothing, that it would be no more than a sneeze?" "Yes," said Marcus.	10
25	547	For a moment Marcus blocked his exit, but then Marcus, with a look at me, stepped aside.	10
1	75	"What have you seen?" asked Marcus.	10
1	83	"Is Ar this crowded always?" asked Marcus, irritably.	10
1	85	My companion was Marcus Marcellus, of the Marcelliani, formerly of Ar's Station, on the Vosk.	10
1	90	"As we do have the yellow ostraka and our permits do not permit us to remain in the city after dark," said Marcus, "I think we should venture now to the sun gate".	10
1	91	Marcus was the sort of fellow who was concerned about such things, being arrested, impaled, and such.	10
1	102	"Let us go," suggested Marcus.	10
1	128	"Let us be on our way," said Marcus.	10
1	131	"I do not like such crowds," said Marcus.	10
1	133	"There is a date on the permits," Marcus reminded me, "and they will be checking at the gate to see who has left the city and who has not".	10
1	146	"So that is what you were watching," said Marcus, "a caught slave".	10
1	161	"And what of slaves?" asked Marcus, irritably, scowling at Phoebe.	10
1	163	"You may kneel and clean them with your tongue," said Marcus, angrily.	10
1	210	"Perhaps we should consider saving our lives now," said Marcus.	10
1	213	"Up," said Marcus irritably, snapping his fingers.	10
1	226	Marcus looked about, angrily.	10
1	233	Marcus turned about again, swiftly, angrily.	10
1	273	I had known for a long time, even as long ago as the inn of the Crooked Tarn, on the Vosk Road, before the fall of Ar's Station, that she had profound slave needs, but I had never suspected their depth until I had seen her in a camp outside Brundisium, kneeling before Marcus, looking up at him, unbe...	10
1	278	"Cosian slut!" snarled Marcus.	10
1	287	Marcus had not been gentle with the slave.	10
1	290	Did she not know that she, too, if she were a slave, would be similarly subject to a master's pleasure? "This is a very public place," I said to Marcus.	10
1	292	"She is a slut of Cos," said Marcus to a fellow nearby.	10
1	301	"Move back," said Marcus, angrily.	10
1	324	"No!" said Marcus.	10
1	331	Phoebe, very small and vulnerable, naked, in her collar, crawled more behind the legs of Marcus.	10
1	335	"Initiates," I said to Marcus.	10
1	338	"Kneel," I said to Marcus.	10
1	343	"I do not kneel to such," said Marcus.	10
1	367	Of what concern could be such things to them? "Keep your head down," I muttered to Marcus.	10
1	374	She knelt timidly at the feet of Marcus, holding to his leg.	10
1	431	"The people of Ar are frightened," said Marcus.	10
1	439	"Where do you suppose the Initiates were bound?" I asked Marcus.	10
2	1	The Tent "You may turn about," said Marcus, standing up.	10
2	9	Marcus took a long cord, some five feet or so in length, from his pouch, and tossed it over his shoulder.	10
2	13	"It is only that we do not have the stink of incense here," smiled Marcus.	10
2	24	The cord over Marcus' shoulder, of course, was the slave girdle, which is used to adjust the garment on the slave.	10
2	29	Once before, in the neighborhood of Brundisium, far to the north and west, when she had thought she was to receive a similar garment, one which had previously been worn by another slave, Marcus had refused to permit it to her.	10
2	32	"I own it," said Marcus, "as I own you, but it is true that it was with you in mind that I purchased it, that you might wear it when permitted, or directed".	10
2	50	Marcus had, of his own thinking in the matter, purchased the garment.	10
2	55	"Yes," said Marcus.	10
2	58	"Why have you come to Ar?" I asked Marcus.	10
2	74	Marcus observed, intently.	10
2	76	Happily Marcus' accent, like most of Ar's Station, was close enough to that of Ar herself that he seldom attracted much attention.	10
2	79	Phoebe drew down the tunic about her thighs, and turned before Marcus, happily.	10
2	80	"Aii!" said Marcus.	10
2	83	"It is too brief," said Marcus.	10
2	85	"It is altogether too brief," said Marcus.	10
2	92	"She is only a slut of Cos!" said Marcus, angrily.	10
2	94	"You are a pretty slave, slut of Cos," said Marcus to the girl, grudgingly.	10
2	96	"Surely, by now," I said to Marcus, "you have thought the better of your mad project".	10
2	97	"No," said Marcus, absently, rather lost in the rapturous consideration of his lovely slave.	10
2	99	It was primarily in connection with this fact that Marcus had come to Ar.	10
2	100	"She is marvelously beautiful," said Marcus.	10
2	113	I went back, with Marcus and Phoebe, later in the afternoon.	10
2	131	"I am well aware," said Marcus, "that the stone is well guarded".	10
2	141	"Well?" smiled Marcus.	10
2	147	"I see," said Marcus.	10
2	148	"Master?" asked Phoebe, turning before Marcus.	10
2	151	"For permitting you to wear one," Marcus corrected her.	10
2	155	"You have an exquisitely beautiful slave, Marcus," I said.	10
2	157	Marcus made an angry noise, and clenched his fists.	10
2	181	Phoebe, of course, was muchly in love with Marcus, and he, in spite of himself, with her.	10
2	198	She wanted to give all of herself to Marcus, irreservedly, to hold nothing back, to live for him, if need be, to die for him.	10
2	216	Marcus looked down at her, angrily.	10
2	220	"As you wish," said Marcus.	10
2	221	Although Marcus was harsh with his slave, pretending even to a casual and brutal disdain for her, he was also, it might be mentioned, extremely possessive where she was concerned.	10
2	225	"Stand up," said Marcus to the girl.	10
2	227	"Yes," said Marcus.	10
2	229	"Probably peasants," said Marcus.	10
2	236	Phoebe now stood humbly before Marcus, as she had been commanded.	10
2	237	"Wipe your face," said Marcus.	10
2	239	"This cord," said Marcus, "may function as a slave girdle.	10
2	243	Marcus would know, of course, that Phoebe would not be likely to know much, if anything, of such matters.	10
2	248	"I see," said Marcus.	10
2	256	Though Marcus was a young man and, as far as I knew, had never owned a personal slave before Phoebe, he, as a Gorean, would be familiar with slaves.	10
2	262	"I am not a professional slave trainer," said Marcus, "or costumer or cosmetician, but I will show you two of the most common ties.	10
2	266	On the other hand this deprivation might be soon remedied, I supposed, if Marcus should take up a settled domicile.	10
2	270	"Also," said Marcus, sizing up the slim beauty before him, "we can always, if we wish, extend our repertoire of ties by experiment".	10
2	274	Marcus looped the cord and put it over her, so that the loop hung behind her back and two loose ends before her.	10
2	281	Marcus now, roughly, took the forward ends of the cord, where they dangled before her, and put them back, beneath her arms, through the back loop, and drew them forward where he tied them, snugly, beneath her breasts.	10
2	287	"And this," said Marcus, loosening the cord, "is perhaps the most common way of wearing the slave girdle".	10
2	295	"It is a perhaps not unpleasing effect," said Marcus.	10
2	297	"There are, of course, numerous other ways in which to tie slave girdles," said Marcus.	10
2	306	Phoebe then, beside herself with passion, knelt swiftly before Marcus.	10
2	308	I saw that Marcus was in agony to have her.	10
2	313	"What do you want?" asked Marcus then, drawing himself up, coldly, looking down at her.	10
2	341	"I hear music outside, the instruments of peasants, I believe," said Marcus, turning to me.	10
2	344	"Let us investigate," suggested Marcus.	10
2	352	"You are an ignorant and unworthy slave, are you not?" asked Marcus.	10
2	355	"Better surely," said Marcus, "that she be stripped and left here, behind, alone, bound hand and foot".	10
2	363	"There will be darkness and crowds," mused Marcus.	10
2	369	"I wonder," mused Marcus.	10
2	372	"True," said Marcus.	10
2	380	"Will it be necessary to bind you?" asked Marcus.	10
2	387	Although I did not think that Phoebe, who was a highly intelligent girl, would be likely to attempt an escape, even if she were not bound to Marcus by chains a thousand times stronger than those of iron, the chains of love, she might be stolen.	10
2	392	"Let us be on our way," said Marcus.	10
2	395	"Outside," said Marcus to the girl, "stand and walk well".	10
2	400	"No," said Marcus.	10
2	404	"Let us be on our way," said Marcus.	10
3	61	I was looking about for Marcus and Phoebe.	10
3	150	I then continued my search for Marcus and Phoebe.	10
3	181	Perhaps by now, I thought, Marcus would have returned with his slave, suffering in her need, to the tent, if only to satisfy himself with her, for he, too, I was certain, was in an agony to have her.	10
3	183	If Marcus had returned to the tent by now, of course, I did not think it would do for me to drop back, at least just yet.	10
3	185	Yet, given what I knew of Marcus, and his will, and determination, he was probably still about in the camp.	10
3	190	Knowing Marcus I would suppose so.	10
3	193	If Marcus thought such a thing deliberate on her part it might have earned her another cuffing.	10
3	194	To be sure, it doubtless amused Marcus, or seemed fitting to him, to lead her about on her leash, suffering in a need which might be detectable even in the darkness and the shifting shadows.	10
3	216	I saw no sight of Marcus or his lovely slave.	10
3	317	"Marcus," I said, pleased, finding him in the crowd there.	10
3	320	Behind Marcus was Phoebe, standing very straight, and very close to him, but not touching him.	10
3	326	The lead on her leash looped up to Marcus' grasp.	10
3	338	"I entered Phoebe in "meat catch," " said Marcus, "but she failed to catch even a single morsel".	10
3	341	"That one is pretty," said Marcus.	10
3	344	"No," said Marcus.	10
3	349	"She did not even want to leave it," said Marcus.	10
3	354	"Oh?" asked Marcus.	10
3	364	"Look," said Marcus.	10
3	367	"She is very good," said Marcus.	10
3	374	"How do you like them?" Marcus asked Phoebe.	10
3	377	As Marcus had undoubtedly anticipated the sight of the dance would have its effect on his little Cosian.	10
3	387	"Ah," said Marcus, softly.	10
3	421	"Ahh," said Marcus.	10
3	428	"See?" asked Marcus.	10
3	432	"Aii!" said Marcus.	10
3	440	"Look," said Marcus, interested.	10
3	464	"Nonsense," said Marcus.	10
3	466	Marcus and I watched the women in the circle.	10
3	469	"Well," said Marcus, wearily, "it is getting late".	10
3	471	"I think that I shall return to the tent," said Marcus.	10
3	474	"Oh?" said Marcus, concerned, but, I think, not excessively disappointed.	10
3	476	"Perhaps we will return to the tent now," said Marcus to Phoebe.	10
3	479	"I thought you wished to return to the tent," said Marcus.	10
3	482	"Do you not want my touch?" asked Marcus.	10
3	485	"I see," said Marcus.	10
3	488	"I am well aware of that," said Marcus.	10
3	491	In this fashion she did not anticipate Marcus' touch.	10
3	494	Marcus regarded her.	10
3	513	"Do you have any petitions, any supplications?" inquired Marcus.	10
3	519	"Slut of Cos!" snarled Marcus suddenly.	10
3	924	Indeed, by now, Marcus and Phoebe might be asleep.	10
3	925	Marcus usually slept her at his feet, in which case her ankles would be crossed and closely chained, or at his thigh, in which case, she would be on a short neck chain, fastened to his belt.	10
4	7	"Steady," I said to Marcus, beside me.	10
4	13	"Steady," I whispered to Marcus.	10
4	19	I put my hand on Marcus' wrist, not permitting him to draw his sword.	10
4	23	"Yes, indeed," I said, rather loudly, for I saw some fellows look about at Marcus, "it is a cursed lie for any to suggest that the men of Ar might lack courage.	10
4	25	"Come away from here," I said to Marcus.	10
4	37	Marcus had decided to keep Phoebe today in a box or locker, rather than at an open ring.	10
4	38	"Down on all fours, crawl within, backward!" Marcus had ordered the slim beauty.	10
4	41	I recalled her face, looking up at Marcus.	10
4	42	"Let this help you to keep in mind that you are a slave," said Marcus.	10
4	70	It was not that I doubted that those of Ar, suitably rallied and led, might effect a stout and fierce resistance, but that I had some concept, as many did not, Marcus, for example, of the arithmetic of war.	10
4	86	"No one must be permitted to again revile the Home Stone of Ar's Station!" said Marcus.	10
4	111	I then turned back toward Wagon Street, and Marcus, reluctantly, joined me.	10
5	1	Outside the Gate "And so, tonight," said Marcus, huddling beside me, in a blanket, Phoebe covered in another, completely, so that she could not see, beside him, in the darkness and cold outside the sun gate, with perhaps two or three hundred others, "I thought you were to be warm and snug in Ar".	10
5	10	"It is strange," said Marcus.	10
5	23	"I would have thought," said Marcus, "that Ar might have rejoiced these days to obtain even the services of a lad with a sharp stick".	10
5	25	"You understand what this means?" asked Marcus.	10
5	30	"How far is Cos?" Marcus asked a fellow stirring around in his blankets.	10
5	90	Marcus thrust Phoebe's head farther down, she covered totally by the blanket.	10
5	100	"They are scouts, skirmishers?" asked Marcus.	10
5	120	"Scouts, or skirmishers," I said to Marcus.	10
5	133	"I do not think so either," said Marcus, softly.	10
6	1	The Public Boards Marcus and I turned to the street for a moment, to watch a company of guardsmen, at quick march, hasten by, their bootlike sandals, coming high on the calf, resounding on the stones.	10
6	13	"Here it is," said Marcus, calling back to me, "on the public boards".	10
6	172	"Do not respond to that," I said to Marcus, and drew him back a bit from the public boards, to the edge of the crowd.	10
6	204	"Come along," I said to Marcus.	10
6	207	Marcus, however, using a pair of slave bracelets, had fastened her to it by the neck, one bracelet about the ring, the other about her collar, pressing into her neck.	10
6	209	Marcus kicked her, not gently, with the side of his foot.	10
6	214	"Are you hungry?" Marcus asked Phoebe.	10
6	219	"True," said Marcus.	10
6	231	"What do you think Cos wants?" asked Marcus.	10
6	233	"That is absurd," said Marcus.	10
7	2	"Hear the bars?" asked Marcus.	10
7	22	"I had not thought to see the gates of Ar burned, not by her own," said Marcus.	10
7	27	Marcus and I, and Phoebe, had watched the burning of the great gate for a time.	10
7	35	"Cos is within the city," said Marcus.	10
7	39	It was hard to hear Marcus beside me, what with the sound of the bars ringing and the shouts of the crowd.	10
7	44	"Do you think Cos will now sack and burn the city?" asked Marcus.	10
7	59	Marcus looked at me.	10
7	61	"You speak in riddles," said Marcus.	10
7	66	Phoebe was close behind Marcus, clinging to him, that she not be swept from us in the throngs.	10
7	117	Marcus looked down, sharply, at Phoebe, who clung to his arm.	10
7	126	I then looked up, continuing to regard her, she clinging to Marcus.	10
7	130	I was pleased for Marcus.	10
7	138	"The crowd grows ugly," observed Marcus.	10
7	143	"Good," said Marcus.	10
7	146	"It will give me a chance to slip a knife into a few of these fellows," said Marcus.	10
7	148	"She is only a slave," said Marcus, but I saw him shelter her in his arms, preparing to move back through the crowd.	10
7	193	Marcus glanced at him, contemptuously.	10
7	221	"I see him!" I said to Marcus.	10
7	223	Phoebe stood on her tiptoes, clinging to Marcus' arm, her slim, lovely body very straight.	10
7	264	"I do not understand," said Marcus.	10
7	266	"Will he not now strip her and have her put in chains?" asked Marcus.	10
7	283	"Ai!" said Marcus.	10
7	288	"I do not understand," said Marcus.	10
7	314	"She is not a slave," said another, glaring angrily at Phoebe who, frightened, in her slave tunic, pressed herself more closely against Marcus.	10
7	402	"Hail Talena!" I looked at Marcus.	10
7	426	Phoebe now knelt beside Marcus, her head down.	10
7	427	"It is strange," I said to Marcus.	10
7	432	"With victory for Cos," said Marcus.	10
7	434	Marcus looked down at Phoebe.	10
7	443	"Perhaps Master rejoices," she said, "that Ar, who refused to succor Ar's Station, the city of the slave's master, has now fallen?" Marcus looked down upon her.	10
7	461	"We should seek lodging," said Marcus.	10
7	465	How much she was his! "Tomorrow," said Marcus, "I would conjecture that Myron will have a triumph".	10
7	489	"Yes!" said Marcus.	10
7	503	"It will be the end of a civilization," said Marcus.	10
7	505	"Perhaps Gor will be the better for it," said Marcus, bitterly.	10
7	517	"Only in a sense," said Marcus.	10
7	530	"I do not hear the bars any longer," said Marcus.	10
7	538	"Look," I said to Marcus, indicating some of the boards removed from the platform and piled to one side.	10
7	545	"Unusual solicitation for a penitent or suppliant," said Marcus.	10
7	547	"But we would not wish to risk her little feet, would we?" Marcus asked Phoebe.	10
7	549	Although Marcus had spoken in irony, Phoebe's response was quite serious, and appropriately so.	10
7	552	"It is regrettable, is it not," Marcus asked Phoebe, "that she was forced to appear degradingly unshod?" "Yes, Master," said Phoebe, "for she is a free woman".	10
7	563	"Let us seek lodging," said Marcus.	10
8	9	"I am weary," said Marcus.	10
8	17	Phoebe was heeling Marcus.	10
8	25	Marcus had joined me after a time.	10
8	28	"Well," Marcus had asked, "what is being borne?" "Who knows?" I had said.	10
8	53	"Ar bleeds," said Marcus.	10
8	55	"Where are we going?" asked Marcus, following me.	10
8	65	Marcus turned about, sharply, and regarded her.	10
8	80	Marcus, enamored even as he was with every glance and movement, every word and wisp of hair, of his slave, was determined, I was pleased to note, to keep her under perfect discipline.	10
8	86	I was not sure what I would have done in Marcus' place.	10
8	100	"Here are public boards," said Marcus.	10
8	103	I would prefer for Marcus to make out the lettering.	10
8	105	"Not really," said Marcus.	10
8	122	"Here is something," said Marcus, "though I do not gather its import".	10
8	126	"I do not know," said Marcus.	10
8	134	Marcus and I then, followed by Phoebe, continued on our way.	10