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Book 1. (8 results) Tarnsman of Gor

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5 189 I did not question that Ar was the greatest city of all known Gor.
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6 78 In a moment the voice repeated the question, the volume of the sound being slightly increased, and then added, "Are you from the City of Ar?" "No," I said, taking part in what I believed must be some fantastic hallucination in which I madly conversed with myself.
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6 93 He had reduced the volume of the sound to its original level, the level at which he had asked his original question.
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7 224 "You are Talena," he said, tapping the dagger, "daughter of Marlenus?" "You see I wear the robes of the Ubar's daughter," said the girl, scarcely deigning to respond to the officer's question.
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9 11 Surely Ar was out of the question.
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14 60 "But," went on Marlenus, "if what you say is true, how shall we separate the right dreams from the wrong dreams?" It seemed to me a difficult question.
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15 204 "A Ubar," he cried, "answers such a question only with his sword!" My weapon, too, had flashed from its sheath almost simultaneously.
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16 120 Here I was admitted without question, as though my helmet were sufficient guarantee in itself of my right to be there.
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Book 2. (6 results) Outlaw of Gor

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5 47 "I am one who conveys the will of the Priest-Kings to mortals," said the man, not choosing to answer my question.
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7 67 It was the inevitable question.
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17 34 Why was it that we chose to live? Perhaps the question is foolish, but it did not seem so in the mines of Tharna.
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18 52 I did not have the answer to his question.
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22 73 "Why would you not keep me for your own?" It was a bold question, strange to come from this girl, once Tatrix of Tharna.
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24 194 I responded to the question.
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Book 3. (8 results) Priest-Kings of Gor

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1 46 I missed Torm and wondered if I would ever see him again, bounding about excoriating the authors of dusty scrolls, knocking the inkwell from his desk with an imperial sweep of the sleeve of his blue robe, leaping on the table in birdlike fury denouncing one scribe or another for independently redisc...
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8 153 The results of these raids might be returned to Treve or sold, perhaps even at the Fair of En'Kara, or another of the four great Sardar Fairs, or, if not, they could always be disposed of easily without question in distant, crowded, malignant Port Kar.
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26 33 "You must do whatever I say," I said, "and quickly, and without question".
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26 70 But then she looked up at me and there was no bitterness in her eyes, no reproach, only a question.
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26 201 "May your girl ask a question, Master?" she asked.
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27 326 She seemed not to understand my question and I was afraid for her as I saw her ancient brown carcass begin to shake with spasmodic tremors which I feared might herald the close of that vast life.
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28 85 She dared ask no question but submissively knelt, as befitted her station, and bowed her head.
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30 188 Kusk and his delegation went over to Misk while the fighting still hung in stalemate and there was no question, at that time, of their decision being motivated by considerations of personal interest.
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Book 4. (12 results) Nomads of Gor

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2 46 There would be no question of night spying on the Wagon Peoples.
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3 33 But to such a question, as a warrior of Ko-ro-ba, I could not but respond.
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6 123 "I know—I know—but how—how—how?" "I do not know the answer to your question," I said.
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6 124 I did not tell her that I was, incidentally, keenly interested—for my own reasons—in learning the answer to her question.
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6 155 I translated his question, and the girl looked at me, and then closed her eyes and shook her head.
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6 159 "But we will question her further later".
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7 234 Kutaituchik addressed the question to her.
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7 245 Once again Kutaituchik addressed his question to her, and I translated it.
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7 251 I translated the question.
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10 412 I thought it an excellent question.
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12 35 Once I thought to turn and question him, but he had disappeared.
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25 191 I didn't care precisely for the tone of voice with which she asked the question.
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Book 5. (9 results) Assassin of Gor

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3 186 Under other conditions I would have left at this point, but as I held the gold piece in question I knew that I would have to remain until the end, which, as some consolation, would be but shortly now.
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5 287 With some days of practice she will read Gorean as well as most Goreans; beyond this it is merely a question of interest and aptitude".
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7 58 "Do not question the will of Priest-Kings," said another.
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12 175 This question, insistently and irrationally pressed, received no answer.
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13 340 "I shall ask you a question," I said, "but do not feel obliged to answer if you do not wish".
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14 56 It was thought that I, as a mercenary in the house, or Elizabeth, as a staff slave, might be able to locate and seize the documents in question.
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15 307 "Could such a man as Relius, do you think," she asked, "desire such a slave as Virginia?" "Doubtless," I said, as though irritated with her question, "were the slave Virginia not White Silk the man Relius would have asked for her long ago".
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21 94 I heard their words not plainly, his question, her asseverations of passion, mixed in the meetings of their mouths.
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21 379 I did not question him, but accepted gratefully his presence at our side.
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Book 6. (10 results) Raiders of Gor

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3 278 The question was cruel, but fair.
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11 296 We may wish to question them further tomorrow".
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11 437 There was an unpleasant undercurrent of amusement which greeted his question.
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11 445 He said simply, answering the question of Samos, "It would".
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13 120 He had doubtless noted her reaction to my question.
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13 256 I agreed, but it did not seem up to me to enter into the question.
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14 227 I did not question him.
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16 28 There could never be, I told myself, any question of sending this woman to Earth.
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17 39 Once more it would not be so much a question of absolute numbers of ships as concentrating superior numbers at strategic points.
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18 20 There could be no question of following up what had appeared to be the victory over the fleets of Cos and Tyros.
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Book 7. (3 results) Captive of Gor

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6 187 At one point he turned to one of his men and seemed to ask him a question.
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8 284 That seemed to me a strange question.
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8 1108 The girl who had asked the question gestured to Ute and Lana.
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Book 8. (2 results) Hunters of Gor

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9 394 I did not question Verna further.
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15 683 "I shall now ask you a question," I said.
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Book 9. (7 results) Marauders of Gor

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1 156 Yet it is an important question, is it not? Many wise men give wise answers to this question, and yet they do not agree among themselves.
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1 197 "Do not ask the stones or the trees how to live; they cannot tell you; they do not have tongues; do not ask the wise man how to live, for, if he knows, he will know he cannot tell you; if you would learn how to live do not ask the question; its answer is not in the question but in the answer, which ...
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1 155 I knew only that I did not know the answer to this question.
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1 157 Only the simple, the fools, the unreflective, the ignorant, know the answer to this question.
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1 158 Perhaps to a question this profound the answer cannot be known.
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1 159 Perhaps it is a question too deep to be answered.
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1 160 Yet we do know there are false answers to such a question.
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Book 10. (11 results) Tribesmen of Gor

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3 70 The stroke in question was the back-handed, ascending face stroke.
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5 761 It was now out of the question that she, a slave, might serve Priest-Kings.
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7 65 His question was not an ill-advised one.
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14 102 I leave the question to those wiser than myself.
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17 27 No one of those who accompanied T'Zshal had asked the question.
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21 258 I did not question, nor, had I questioned, did I think my companion could have responded to me.
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24 821 It may, in certain circumstances, be politically expedient to deny this truth, but that is a separate question and involves separate issues".
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24 829 "I know little of rights," I said, "for I am more accustomed to attending to realities, but permit me to ask you this question? Does a man have the right to be a man?" "Of course," said Vella.
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26 82 "Do you recall," I asked, "who it was who struck Suleiman Pasha?" To be sure, I had asked her this question before, more than once, and had asked it, too, more than once, of another.
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26 967 It is then only a question as to whether or not she will confess it, and fulfill herself—or continue to starve herself in misery and frustration".
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26 1048 It is a topic of casual conversation among men in the fora, the squares, the piazzas, the markets, even while they are walking the very slaves on leashes, who cannot, of course, help but overhear these assessments, and at their suppers, as well, even, again, within the hearing of the very slaves in ...
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Book 11. (24 results) Slave Girl of Gor

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19 86 My last question was not the sort of question a slave girl, in such a situation, would ask.
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2 138 It was a question.
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2 630 He said something again, a question.
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2 634 He repeated his question.
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3 667 Now I realized I must, without question, take slave instructions from her and discharge swiftly and well whatever menial duties she might place upon me.
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4 711 None asked a further question.
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4 831 I knew I was a slave girl, legally, irrefutably; the brand told me that; but I wondered on a deeper question, one beyond legalities and institutions; I wondered if I were truly, in my heart, a female slave.
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4 832 This question troubled me deeply.
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7 731 "May I clothe myself, Master?" is a question often put to a master in the morning.
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9 216 "I am going to ask you a question," said the largest girl, Sandal Thong, who seemed to be first in the cage.
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9 883 It was only a question as to my price, and to whom I would belong.
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9 971 Let other girls, in their secret heart, ask themselves that question.
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11 395 Sucha did not question this.
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14 32 The customer could select any serving slave for his pleasure, providing he had paid the price of the paga; he could pick the girl of his interest, whether she had poured him the paga in question or not; to be sure, the customer usually commanded his paga from the wench who had caught his fancy, if h...
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19 91 Yet the question was not utterly uncontextual.
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19 92 A bystander might simply infer that the girl was new to her collar and did not understand that such a question might bring the whip down upon her.
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19 93 Another subtlety was that the expression 'Master' had not been included in the question.
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20 584 Surely I must win my freedom! How terrifying to be what I was, a slave! I was in a collar! I was owned! Was this not horrifying, that I might be silked, or stripped, or bound, that I must serve without question, and in all ways? They must free me! I must be freed! I must have my freedom! I deserved ...
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22 405 "Why would they—men, beasts—strip me?" It was not hard, in the darkness, to detect the curiosity, the suppressed excitement, in her voice, in that question, seemingly so appropriate, so innocent.
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24 262 "I shall now ask you a simple question," he said, "and you will answer it immediately and truthfully, if you would live for another five Ihn".
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26 845 I could not question him, for I had been gagged.
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28 52 He addressed to her the same question.
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28 64 "Yes, Master!" said the girl some two girls below me on the chain, responding to the question of the slaver's man.
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28 409 I had indeed done so! "Do you oppose your will to mine, or question my will in the least?" he asked.
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Book 12. (8 results) Beasts of Gor

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9 264 It was clear they did not know best how to respond to the question.
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15 352 "Oh, I wanted to protest, and speak, and question him, but I saw in his eyes that I must not do so".
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21 260 "Your question is foolish," I said.
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22 330 "That is an interesting and difficult question," said Imnak.
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29 161 "It is only a question as to whom I am loyal".
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31 198 Then it added, "I shall not kill you for the question".
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37 84 "You have not answered my question," I said.
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37 85 "What question?" she asked.
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Book 13. (19 results) Explorers of Gor

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1 55 Why can truth not be the foundation of culture, rather than its nemesis? Can one not build upon the stone cliffs of reality rather than dash one's head against them? But how few human beings can think, how few dare to inquire, how few can honestly question.
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1 56 How can one know the answer to a question which one fears to ask? Samos, of course, immediately recognized the ribbon as a scytale.
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1 188 I did not understand the question.
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1 415 "Do you wish me to question her?" "No," said Samos.
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1 430 Whether she is up to the normal standards of their merchandise is another question".
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1 522 "Are you certain you do not wish me to question her in her own language?" "No," said Samos.
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1 668 "That is why you did not wish me to question her.
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3 49 It is only a question of arousing them.
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13 21 He might question the option selected by the master, as a woman is more lovely, say, on her knees, or supine, or prone, but he would be unlikely, without some provocation, to lash the slave.
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14 631 "If a woman loves being owned," she said, "must she not be a natural slave?" "Answer your own question," I told her.
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15 140 "This business could be conducted in the morning," I said, "at the banks in question.
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23 205 The only common denominator in these discussions seemed to be that each of the informants was a native speaker of the language in question.
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29 82 A girl does not question what her master does to her.
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31 10 I did not understand his question.
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31 13 I did not understand his question.
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31 92 And there is, I think, no answer to that question.
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32 1012 "Yet if one of them should so much as question the renunciatory and negativistic values with which his brain has been imprinted he will be immediately assailed by the marshaled forces of an establishment jealously presiding over the dissolution of its own culture.
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34 246 "May I suggest a better way of putting your question, one more precise?" "Certainly, Master".
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51 166 "Do you question my will?" I asked.
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Book 14. (14 results) Fighting Slave of Gor

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1 781 Indeed, it suddenly struck me as not only strange that she had addressed this question, presumably a rhetorical question to me, but, too, that this was precisely the sort of thing which, for no reason I clearly understood, women of her political persuasion spent a great deal of time, excessively in ...
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1 574 Most obviously they can be reflected in the evaluations of the student's work and in his letters of recommendation, particularly those written by strict professors of the correct political persuasions, whatever they happen to be at the particular institution in question.
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1 577 "The question is indeed a thorny one".
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1 779 I knew that I was supposed to reassure her and deny vehemently what had been suggested in her fantastic question.
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4 55 Are they not all, truly, property, the property of men, as I had once wondered? Should they not all, truly, be owned by men? One of the girls, Lola, asked a question of the Lady Gina, to which she promptly replied.
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4 179 The Gorean name for the letter in question, if it is of interest, is 'Kef'.
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7 625 I did not know why I asked the question.
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12 23 The question was less as to why women would wish to wear them than as to why anyone would wish to wear them.
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12 101 I heard several women gasp, taken aback at the boldness of the question.
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22 767 She spoke lightly, but I could see that she was interested in the question.
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25 93 "A bold question," he smiled.
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33 55 "That is a slave's question," I said.
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34 231 "May I see them? May I question them?" I asked.
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34 288 "I do not think I need to question these slaves further," I said.
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Book 15. (6 results) Rogue of Gor

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9 159 And in this she was surely not other than thousands of other frightened, confused, unhappy women, ordered to deny themselves, to betray their sexuality, women fearing to question propounded absurdities, struggling to be thoughtlessly, uncritically obedient to the dictates of fanatics.
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11 348 Doubtless the question is difficult.
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23 198 It is understood, of course, in such a situation, that in asking such a question that the girl is offering herself to the male, as much, or more, than the steaming, nourishing delights on her plate.
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23 200 This sort of question, generally, is understood more broadly than merely being an inquiry into the male's culinary preferences of the moment.
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23 201 The classical question in this respect, almost universal on Gor, is "Wine, Master?" "Do you think, truly," asked Policrates, "that the fleet of Ragnar Voskjard, fully rigged and fitted, can be here in twenty days?" "I see no difficulty in the matter," I assured him.
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33 161 "That is a warrior's question," he said.
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Book 16. (12 results) Guardsman of Gor

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8 294 "Shirley!" "Is the answer to your question not now obvious?" I asked.
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17 857 "Did you yield to him?" "Do not make me answer such a question, not to you, please," she pleaded.
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18 418 She revels in this new-found freedom; she exults in the bold appraisals to which she now finds herself subjected, those which free men may fittingly bestow upon a slave; she inclines her head submissively as she passes free men; should they stop her, perhaps to question her, or inquire after directi...
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19 1024 There was no question, of course, of those girls being freed.
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19 1098 "Please, no, Master!" "Your question is stupid," I said.
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20 475 First, Glyco, in answer to your question, the garments she wears are much like, and are meant to suggest, the garments which a free woman may wear on Earth".
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20 613 Needless to say, she soon needs not worry about her compromised modesty, for she is likely to soon find herself in a situation where the question of modesty does not arise, and is not even permitted to arise.
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20 654 "Master, may your slave clothe herself?" is a familiar question in a Gorean dwelling.
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20 1743 "It is not a question of wanting you," I said.
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20 1744 "It is a question of what I choose to do with you".
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20 1808 He hears, he does not question, he obeys.
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21 614 "But why, my Master?" "Do you dare to question the will of the Master?" I asked.
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Book 17. (24 results) Savages of Gor

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1 632 This, I thought, was an interesting question.
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1 633 It was, of course, subtly different from the preceding question.
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1 637 When Kog had made his response to the question I was, by intent, watching not him but the other of the two creatures.
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1 749 Perhaps I should not have spoken, but I had been in the vicinity of the event in question.
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1 774 I had little doubt but what their physical and chemical techniques were quite adequate to supply the dating in question to the skin and its paints.
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1 937 The kailiauk in question, incidentally, is the kailiauk of the Barrens.
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1 1105 It is only a question of their detectability.
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3 67 It is an interesting question, the relation between natural values and conditioned values.
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8 397 This is sensible considering such things as the occasional debasings of coinages, usually unannounced by the communities in question, and the frequent practice of splitting and shaving coins.
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11 82 I gave no sign that I understood the red-haired girl's question.
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11 167 "—Mistress?" "Your question is stupid and foolish," said Ginger.
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13 975 "But you, yourself, in a few weeks, will better know the answer to your question".
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13 1522 "Must I respond to such a question?" she asked.
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13 1748 "It is not yours to question," I said, "but to submit".
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14 274 An interesting question arises as to whether a woman, permitted her own will in the matter, as a slave is not, can be forced to yield.
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14 275 There are two answers to this question, and the division between the answers is primarily a function of the time involved.
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14 356 "What now was your question?" I asked.
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14 367 How, before men such as these, can we be anything but women?" "Your question about respect was stupid," I said.
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14 381 Surely there is much to question.
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14 724 To question it is blasphemy".
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14 918 She had asked a stupid question, one pertaining to respect.
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14 1353 I did not question him further on the nature of his business with the Kaiila.
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15 176 Why do some women look into the eyes of a man in this fashion? It is an interesting question.
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17 155 "That is an interesting question," I said.
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Book 18. (15 results) Blood Brothers of Gor

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1 109 The movement of this group of animals had been reported in the camp of the Isbu Kaiila, or the Little-Stones band of the Kaiila, for more than ten days now, in a rough map drawn to the east of the camp, with notched sticks, the notching indicating the first and second day, and so on, of the animals'...
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7 495 Whether sex-neutral tasks exist or not is an interesting question.
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7 761 It seemed to me a fair question.
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12 429 "I do not belong to you!" "That is an interesting question," I said.
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12 528 "But the interesting question is whether or not you will succeed".
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13 189 "It is done that way when it is the great camp which is in question".
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14 288 "You may respond to my question," I informed her.
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14 327 "What a silly question!" she laughed, rather pronouncedly.
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19 145 To be sure, this question seemed a sensible one.
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30 61 It is an interesting question whether or not such competitive belief systems can be replaced with truth; truth, like the belief systems, is irrefutable, but its irrefutability is not a function of emptiness, of cognitive vacuity, but of its rectitude.
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39 213 The question is sometimes put to her in somewhat the following fashion.
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40 323 It was now only a question of who would be their masters.
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40 827 It is now only a question of whether or not you have any interest in her".
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44 241 It does not seem so to me, but who am I to challenge, or even question, the inventions, imprisonments and constructions of generations of the virtuous and wise? One wonders sometimes, of course, as to the authenticity of their credentials.
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54 180 It is usually only a question as to whether the masters wish to take action or not.
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Book 19. (22 results) Kajira of Gor

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27 43 "This question, now that you are true slaves, is basically a question of whether you will choose to live or choose to die.
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2 451 I did not understand his question.
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3 378 "May I ask you an intimate question, Susan?" I asked.
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3 460 It thus becomes a question as to which among these animals own and which are owned, which, so to speak, count as persons, or have standing, before the law, and which do not, which are, so to speak, the citizens or persons, and which are the animals".
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5 85 That I might conceivably be presented with male silk slaves took me aback for a moment but then I realized that, as a female ruler, it was not out of the question that I might be presented with such gifts.
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6 318 Some are worn even long after the performance or event in question, perhaps to let people know that one was fortunate enough to have been the witness of a particular event or performance, or perhaps merely because of their intrinsic aesthetic value.
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6 321 If the event or performance is an important one, and the ostraka are limited, their number being governed by the seating capacity of the structure or area in question, it is unlikely that they will be publicly displayed until after the event or performance.
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8 136 I realized then the question had been rhetorical.
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8 354 Similarly, when asked a question, that pertaining to your house name, you did not respond with sufficient promptness.
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8 604 How absurd to me seemed the lightness, the casual cast, of his question.
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11 238 "That is out of the question?" I asked.
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14 133 "Who are you? What are you doing!" My last question was prompted by the fact that one of the men, the larger of the two, he who had held my left arm, had now crossed my ankles.
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15 267 "Must a question be repeated?" asked the first man.
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18 197 It was a question such as might have been posed to a slave.
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26 154 What are you?" "A bold question," said Teela.
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26 380 "It is a question," said Aemilianus, "of providing a quality service at competitive prices".
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27 42 "The only question now is whether you will be adequate or inadequate slaves," he said.
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27 44 That is your basic question.
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30 41 "Answer me a question, Mistress," I begged.
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33 363 "Let me then repeat my question," said Miles of Argentum.
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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...
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36 511 "It is a meaningless question," he said.
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Book 20. (26 results) Players of Gor

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21 41 Many free women wonder if they are beautiful enough to be a slave; they put this question to themselves in their privacy while standing naked before a mirror; it is a question whispered to their pillow.
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1 362 She did not, of course, question his authority, or his right to do with her as he pleased.
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1 490 It is then up to the man in question whether or not he will accept her as his slave.
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1 591 "Answer my question, female," said I.
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1 601 "Answer my question," I said.
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1 919 Neither Samos nor myself had been able to question them.
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2 1644 "That question seems more appropriate to a slave than a free woman," I said.
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2 1650 "Are you a slave, to ask such a question?" I inquired.
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4 105 In one of those, I supposed, lay the "materials" in question.
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6 505 "Do you have it now?" "Of course," said Boots, as though astonished at her question.
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6 556 Surely you must understand that such things constitute obstacles uncongenial, at the least, to the achievement of a peep of the quality in question".
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6 1006 "Do not question us," said the Chino.
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6 1410 "Out of the question," he said.
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7 144 Much can depend on the girl, on her intelligence and imagination, on the stage of her training, on the specific occasion in question, and so on.
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7 176 How stupid her question had been.
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7 250 "It is out of the question," said Boots.
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7 256 "No, no," he said, waving his hand, "it is out of the question".
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9 185 "Out of the question," said Boots.
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10 857 The question is usually repeated three times, each time receiving the same response, and followed by the same swift admonitory stroke.
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12 372 Am I not to express curiosity? And are you not then, almost inadvertently, to ask me some question, or questions, in which you are interested?" "Perhaps," I said, hesitantly.
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12 383 "Do you have some question, some specific questions, about these?" he asked.
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12 385 "I thought you were giving me these in connection with some specific question having to do with Kaissa," he said, "perhaps with respect to the analysis of a position or a suggested variation on a lesser-known opening.
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12 441 "If, in a given message, for example, the notation 'Ubar to Ubara's Tarnsman Two' occurs, that could mean that, on the board in question, say, Board 7, the square Ubara's Tarnsman Two was significant.
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21 598 "Do you question me?" "No," she said.
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21 599 "Yanina does not question Master".
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Book 21. (18 results) Mercenaries of Gor

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1 28 "Answer my question," I said.
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1 71 "You have still not answered my question," she said.
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1 206 One way of asking this question is, "Who whips you?" Thirdly, a slave may occasionally be whipped simply to remind her that she is a slave.
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1 219 Even free women tend to ponder this question to their pillow, whether or not they might be good enough to collar.
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1 291 I have not spelled it 'Feikah' in English because the letter in question, in the Gorean spelling, is a 'kwah' and not a 'kef'.
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2 171 Shall I kill her?" Hearing this question Feiqa cried out in fear and shuddered uncontrollably on her belly before the free woman.
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5 445 Too, female vulnerability enhances attractiveness, and thongs, chaining, and such, leaves no question as to vulnerability.
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7 35 It was an interesting interpretative question, probably one calling for the attention of high councils.
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16 679 It was not necessary to beat her for not having responded promptly to my question.
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18 140 It thus seemed to me, as well as to Boabissia, though I had not expressed this view to her, that Ar was the most likely point of origin for the caravan in question.
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19 162 It seemed a fair question.
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21 141 My question had not been prompted, of course, merely by the obvious consideration that the ubar's cloak might seem an attractive prize to a strong, ambitious man, but by the sober understanding that Ar was in a situation of crisis, whether she knew it or not.
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23 88 "Your question is purely academic, of course," he said.
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24 564 "But I fear, my dear," he said, "that you have somewhat misinterpreted my question".
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24 571 "I do not wish to answer that question," she said.
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25 155 These things suggested some answers to my question.
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25 598 "And is this a customer?" she asked, indicating the house's client in question.
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26 968 "Am I beautiful enough and sexually desirable enough," she asked, "to be a slave?" "That is a strange question for a free woman to ask," I said.
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Book 22. (29 results) Dancer of Gor

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3 490 He had asked me that question long ago, months ago, in the aisle, in our first encounter.
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3 495 "No," I said, as I had responded before, when he had asked the question long ago, in our first encounter.
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3 622 "Your question is personal," I said.
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6 141 I did not question the will of masters, of course, for the will of masters, quite simply, is not to be questioned, but I was curious, or puzzled, to know why it was being done this way.
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8 259 But there had been no response to the man's question.
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10 468 "Are you pleased," he asked, "aside from questions of the price I paid for you, or my reasons for it, to learn that you are valuable, that you might well bring a price in the neighborhood of two silver tarsks in an open market?" I did not know, precisely, how to respond to this question.
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10 473 "You have been asked a question," my master reminded me.
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11 137 Indeed, the first question he had addressed to me in this house, when he had unroped the blanket from about me, and I was before him, naked, my wrists manacled behind my back, was whether or not I was "white silk".
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11 442 "What of you, Mirus?" pressed the fellow who had asked the original question.
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11 779 One is in the form of a question and an answer.
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11 780 The question is, "What does a slave owe a master?" The answer is, "Everything, and then a thousand times more".
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11 1090 "Do not make me choose!" "Do you question me?" he inquired.
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14 80 If one is a male, and has, occasionally, perhaps on the street, or, say, on a bus or in a subway, seen a woman whom one found attractive, perhaps one has considered, with pleasure, what might be within the power of a master, an owner of the female in question, what it might be to be able to say, sim...
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15 16 "Do you question me?" she asked.
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15 52 "Do you question me?" "No!" I whispered, swiftly.
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19 91 It was a question of overcoming his inhibitions, connected with my supposed station, that of the free woman, my caste, his own, and perhaps some reservations about seeming to take advantage of my presumed straits.
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20 88 Should a fellow question such luck? "I do not own you," he said.
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20 234 For example, it seems certain that small infractions, invented or discovered, of regulations, or discipline, are utilized by work masters, at least from time to time, to "extend" the sentence, or de facto servitude, of the worker in question.
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22 15 Here, of course, on Gor, there was no question about the matter.
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22 21 Besides, he was a free man, and I, a female slave, had been asked a question.
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22 85 "Too," he said, "there is a question as to how much risk it is rational to take".
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23 34 "If you had been a slave longer, you would know the answer to that question," said the third girl.
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24 330 The form of placatory dance taught to a girl usually depends on the girl in question.
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25 257 I heard him question guards, too.
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27 198 Then he had asked me that question.
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31 108 If this were some plan on the part of the stranger and him presumably he would not have asked this question.
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32 195 "Rather let her hope that such an improper, impertinent question does not earn her a meeting with the whip," he said.
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32 202 How absurd was my question! How shamed I was at my pride! How bold I had been! How could I even think of such a thing? Did I not know I was from Earth, and only a slave! But I loved him, and with the whole heart and body of me! I tendered to him the wholeness of my helpless slave's love, worthless t...
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34 293 "There is no question of payment," he said.
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Book 23. (19 results) Renegades of Gor

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1 578 "If a question comes up," I said to her, "you were warned to silence, and were helpless".
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5 111 "Lady Temione," I said, "you have been asked a question".
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5 251 "That was not my question," I said.
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10 222 To be sure, the female in question was no longer a lady, but was now only another lovely, curvaceous female animal on Gor, a slave, and, indeed, one who might, as far as I knew, be nameless at the moment.
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12 147 "The next time I drew up the basket," she said, "there was a very specific question, concealed in a wedge of Sa-Tarna bread.
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15 253 But I addressed a question to our prone captive.
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15 282 "The question remains, of course, as to why you might do such a thing".
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15 284 "The question may be easily enough decided, of course," I said, "by seeing whether or not these garments, unlike the garments of free women, can be easily, swiftly and provocatively removed, and, say, whether or not, in the typical fashion of free women, even of the lower castes, you are wearing und...
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15 803 The fellow's question had apparently seemed profoundly meaningful to her, for some reason.
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16 382 What will she make of these things? That, I take it, is your question?" "Doubtless she would pretend she had never said the words," she said.
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20 298 "How many ships have you?" asked Aemilianus, a commander's question.
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21 534 Then, kneeling up, again, off her heels, she straightened her back, and, I fear, was preparing to respond boldly, and negatively, to the question of Aemilianus.
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21 561 I had not wanted her to assert, explicitly, in response to the question of Aemilianus, concerning her status, that she was a free woman.
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21 758 "The question," said Aemilianus, "is not so much the suitability of the female for "helpless-slut" status as one of justice".
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21 1245 Perhaps they will seem strange, even incomprehensible, to readers unfamiliar with certain aspects of the culture in question.
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21 1295 To be sure, the woman in question is a free woman.
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23 98 I thought this was a good question.
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23 136 "And even a moment ago," she said, "I, a slave, dared to question your usage of me!" "That is more serious," I said.
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24 552 "Can you not guess?" he asked the fellow who had asked the question.
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Book 24. (8 results) Vagabonds of Gor

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1 789 The question, surely, was rhetorical.
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1 823 "A block melody?" asked the flutist, addressing his question to Philebus.
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1 861 Surely now, all doubts resolved, there was no longer a question about the suitability of bondage for such a woman.
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1 871 The question is difficult, to be sure, but I am confident that there are genetic codings which are germane to such matters.
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13 115 "Did you question the crew?" I asked.
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19 1865 "But then, on the other hand," I said, "aside from such possibilities, and still considering the question of a private master, you might find yourself under the tutelage of a whip master in a rich man's pleasure gardens".
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37 169 Their motivation for these puzzling views is not clear, but presumably that question is best left unaddressed.
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48 604 There was no question of permitting her to wear it now, of course, given Marcus's anger.
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Book 25. (18 results) Magicians of Gor

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2 82 The question was clearly rhetorical.
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9 246 Talena seemed then prepared to dismiss another woman, for she had her hand half lifted, as though, with the customary small gesture, to do so, when one of her counselors, a Cosian, near her, in the uniform of a high captain, bent quickly toward her, his eyes glinting on the female in question, she s...
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9 621 I wondered if the Ludmilla in question was the woman who owned several slave brothels on the street known as The Alley of the Slave Brothels of Ludmilla, the street receiving its name, of course, from the fact that several of its slave brothels were hers.
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12 416 In this case, of course, as we were on Tarngate, at Lorna, she had every reason to question my direction.
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13 173 It is a question, of course, as to the feasibility of these distortions, and the long-range consequences of them, if they prove feasible.
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14 39 To be sure, my question was somewhat rhetorical, as her neck was appropriately banded.
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14 50 "As you are slave," I asked, "how is it that you are not kneeling?" "A strange question," she said, "coming from a guardsman of Cos".
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16 165 I hoped by this last question to lead the crowd to believe that the Delta Brigade was a determined, disciplined, extensive, well-organized force in Ar, one which might realistically inspire hope in the populace and fear in the forces of occupation.
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17 65 This question, of course, was greeted with guffaws and a slapping of the left shoulders.
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19 826 It was surely a fair question.
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19 886 "Are you men of my master, Appanius?" Perhaps she thought we had come from her master, to question her.
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19 1154 It is an interesting question.
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19 1280 "As you may recall," I said, "you incurred discipline twice, once for lying, for which you were cuffed, a preposterously light discipline considering the offense, and secondly for not responding instantly and acceptably to a question which you had been asked".
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20 762 "My question was suggested to me," I said, "by the helplessness of your slave responses".
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20 835 "No more need I fear, Master," she said, "that I might be of interest to he who is to be the supposed author of the note in question.
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26 478 "The law in question is a serious one," said Tolnar.
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27 275 I was pleased that he had addressed this question to me, and not to Lavinia.
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28 30 Do not ask a Gorean what the Home Stone means because he will not understand your question.
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Book 26. (20 results) Witness of Gor

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46 7 "They wanted one to attend upon a prisoner, one who would be utterly ignorant of the affairs of our world, one who could be depended upon to innocently and naively discharge the duties of a keeper, relieving free men of that responsibility, thus, too, enabling the contacts with the prisoner to be th...
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4 59 Their tones seemed imperative, as though they would brook no question or delay.
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4 503 I did not even understand the question.
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8 236 Doubtless I would have been safer in my tepid, gray, polluted world, conforming to its values, being careful not to question, or to feel, or discover or know, but I, somehow, perhaps unaccountably, was not discontent to be where I was.
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8 239 Too, the question, I reminded myself, was somewhat academic.
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9 163 To be sure, she did speak, in response to a pleading question from me on the day following her issuance of my directives, as I lay in the position indicated, facing the back of the cell, one additional word, "No".
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12 350 And when he showed me a sample of the sort of necklaces in question, I feared my head was turned".
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13 933 Indeed, we must accustom ourselves to hearing it candidly discussed, particularly in situations in which our sale may be in question.
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14 1025 Too, the line in question is one of several quite natural ones.
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14 1521 Naturally the number of "basic kisses" tends to vary with the nature of the analysis in question, much depending on how broadly or narrowly the notion of "basic" is understood, and the criteria for distinguishing between a "basic kiss" and a major variation thereof.
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14 1567 For example, asking a question outright, particularly of a stranger, can involve great risks.
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14 1572 One might, of course, merely be told that curiosity is not becoming in a kajira, which, I had learned, is something of a saying on this world, but, more likely, one might be cuffed or beaten, and then one might have one's hands bound behind one and one's question written on, say, the interior of one...
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14 1586 It seemed that within him, unaccountably, this question had cost him something.
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14 1782 "Why did you ask me so silly a question, as to whether or not I might like him?" "It was just a thought," I said.
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24 924 I recalled the frustration of the intruder who had been unable to question me because of the lock gag.
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29 692 "Yes, Master," she said, answering his earlier question, "I am prepared to be led forth!" He then turned about and strode toward the door.
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33 65 "Put it in the sack, and seal the sack, that there may be no mistake as to the blanket in question".
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38 201 "I have a question," she said.
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42 108 She came to the house at the time in question".
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44 125 They might not know his identity, but they were apparently adequately assured of the validity of his credentials, at least as being those of some contact in question, of his reliability, of his right to conduct certain businesses.
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Book 27. (41 results) Prize of Gor

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25 168 It was an Earth question, a question from another world, a distant, superficial, polluted, noisy, unnatural, artificial world, a question from another ethos, one not one with nature, but one at war with nature; it was not a biological question, not a natural question, not a Gorean question.
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24 766 She supposed that the question had been a trap, but, even had it not been, even if the scribe's question had been innocently, honestly, motivated, she thought it wisest to answer truthfully.
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1 52 The question, then, is what is the age of the process, or, better, one supposes, what is the age of that which exhibits the process? Obviously, in one sense, the entity exhibiting the process continues to age according to the calendar, or any clock, just as, in a sense, the theorems of Euclid contin...
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1 53 In another sense, of course, the entity in question is stabilized in phase B, or something indistinguishable from, and identical to, phase B.
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2 63 He had not accepted her pronouncements without question, though they were, for the most part, merely being relayed by her, almost verbatim, from the dicta of various scholar activists in the movement, women who had devoted their lives to the promulgation of a political agenda.
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2 78 How she hated a student who thought, who criticized, who challenged! Did he not know he was there not to question but to learn, or subscribe? He could have had at least the courtesy of pretending a hypocritical conversion to the prescribed doctrine.
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2 84 Since the most obvious, simplest, uniform, universal explanation for this fact would seem to be congruence with biological predispositions, with human biogenetic templates, she had dismissed the question as naive and pointless.
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2 85 She had declined to clarify why the question had been naive or pointless.
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2 88 She refused to respond to the question.
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2 90 Did she claim that her theory of truth, that there was no objective truth, was itself objectively true, or not? Again she ignored the question.
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2 95 Now, it seemed, it was his turn not to answer her question.
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4 217 But she did not question him.
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4 221 Too, she sensed in him a kind of power, and will, which might brook no question or test.
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4 234 "I have been thinking," he said, "about your interest in, your question concerning, my supposed resemblance to someone you once knew".
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7 234 On Earth there might have been many ways to respond to such attentions, a sneer, a chilling stare, a look of contempt, a scornful dismissal, a demeaning question, a nasty, caustic word, a haughty, supercilious shrug and a turning away, many ways to respond, and to all of these she had had recourse a...
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10 326 So emotional relationships, of any sort, are inessential to, and immaterial to, the institution in question.
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11 208 "Who knows?" "Do not question masters," said another.
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11 942 "I am awaiting a response to my question," he said.
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11 944 "You have heard the question," he said.
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11 1097 "What is your response to my question?" "Certainly not," she said.
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12 294 The question, you see, was one of simple, empirical fact.
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12 479 He must want her, as a special slave, perhaps even a preferred slave! He had put her in the laundry, why? He must be waiting for her to respond affirmatively to the question put to her that evening after supper, an affirmative response that would indicate her interest in, and desire for, sexual expe...
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15 427 They can provide a convenience to buyers and sellers, however, as they will provide a good deal of information, with respect to background, caste, education, languages, training levels, physical descriptions, collar sizes, ankle- and wrist-ring sizes, and such, on the slave in question.
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16 350 Or was it that, on some level, she refused to understand his question, or, more likely, feared to respond to it.
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16 444 "Do you squirm well? It is a simple question.
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17 519 So then, she wondered, would it be better to grow old, and flat, and withered, and tired, and die on Earth, free in some sense, or was it better to be young and beautiful, and healthy and eager, and richly and vitally alive, even though one might be put in a collar and have a mark burned into one's ...
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17 554 On the other hand, although the fellow's intention was doubtless sensible, and harmless enough, and even benign, the effect of his action on the slave in question was profound.
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17 584 Later, in the opinion of at least some native speakers, she would indeed speak a fluent, beautiful Gorean, but there was no question of that at the time.
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17 702 "But perhaps you can best answer that question, really, yourself, in the depths of your own heart".
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18 412 The object in question, clearly, seemed to be an actual shard.
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22 404 Others, too, of course, the curious, the lustful, the admirers of beauty, and such, tended to gather about the circles in question.
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22 525 "Wine, Master?" is a question which might be put by a slave to her master, or to her master's guests, if she has been made available to them.
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25 167 "By what right did they put me in a cage? By what right was I caged? By what right do these Gorean beasts arrogate to themselves the right to cage women, or women such as I?" And then she felt how stupid was her question.
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25 275 "One does not question the spears of Cos".
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25 897 For the common silver tarsk, the smaller tarsk, the coin pertinent to the bidding in question, the ratio was one hundred such tarsks to the golden tarn disk, at least that of Ar or Jad, on Cos, and certain other major cities, including Brundisium.
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27 340 "One does not question such men," said Portus Canio.
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27 599 "The question was foolish.
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27 839 "It is not a question of meat," snarled one of his companions.
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27 1181 "Do you?" "No," said Mirus, though the question had not been addressed to him.
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27 1231 The question then was was it good enough to be brought to Gor.
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28 295 Sometimes the master will ask, "Did you ask permission to speak?" To this question the customary response is, "No, Master.
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Book 28. (23 results) Kur of Gor

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1 73 From where he was contained, the human in question, Tarl Cabot, could see several tiers of similar containers, several of them occupied.
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1 201 Shortly before the unexpected disruption, one which seems to have taken even Priest-Kings unawares, this seemingly adding indisputable and welcome evidence as to their limitations and vulnerability, two human females were entered into the container in question.
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1 303 This done, let us return our attention to the slight, but shapely, occupants of the container in question.
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1 387 In particular, however, we should note that the English girl had been selected by her captors, the Priest-Kings, with particularly great care, and with all the expertise and wisdom of their advanced science, to be a match with the male in question.
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1 771 We recall that she had been selected as a match for the particular male in question, and that, thus, they would find themselves irresistibly and excruciatingly attractive to one another.
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1 906 He then, in anger, addressed his question to the brunette, who, for a time, scarcely understood its import.
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1 907 The question seemed to her incomprehensible.
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1 908 Her world had not prepared her to even understand such a question.
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1 916 He had not expected the intensity of her response to his question.
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3 99 She looked at him, for a moment, quizzically, but did not pursue her question.
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5 43 Also, as we know now he was a spy for the Eleventh Face of the Nameless One, who was Theocrat of the Steel World in question.
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8 172 "An excellent question," said Agamemnon, "one I can well understand and appreciate, and one which reflects well on your caution and astuteness".
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11 28 The Pleasure Cylinder, as other subsidiary cylinders to the Steel World in question, those for sport, industry, and agriculture, is reached by an automated shuttle, which departs from and docks at predesignated portals.
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11 42 The two in question, large and fearsome, crouched almost at the shoulder of Cabot.
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11 257 The bluntness, the suddenness, of this question, startled Peisistratus.
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18 38 This is perhaps why certain human cultures object to the meeting of the lips in the fashion in question.
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18 244 The question, "Are you Kur?" can be asked even of a Kur.
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20 17 "That question is to be ignored," said the judge, who was not visible, but whose presence was made known by a sound system, and whose words were picked up by the platform translator, set in the railing before Cabot.
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21 470 "It is only a question of the moment in which he will strike".
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36 316 "May not a slave's question be answered?" she inquired.
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74 102 On the steel world in question, as well as on Gor, most festivals included a large number of competitions , agons, of one sort or another, usually races, spear casting, wrestling, log hurling, and such.
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74 168 "We heard her!" "She used his name to him, putting it on her slave lips!" "What did you do?" asked a slave, she who had earlier asked this question.
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79 49 Certainly this was a rhetorical question, for she would have learned this position in the pleasure cylinder, and Cabot, himself, in the pleasure cylinder, near Lake Fear, and elsewhere, had put her in it often enough.
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Book 29. (31 results) Swordsmen of Gor

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8 119 In response to my first question, a Tuchuk would most likely have informed me that the bosk were doing as well as might be expected; to my second question, that one tries to keep them that way, namely, sharp.
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1 7 In any event, we need not concern ourselves with Agamemnon as he had been dethroned, removed from the Steel World in question, and brought to Gor by exiled, devoted liegemen.
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1 217 Following the denouement of the insurrection on the Steel World in question and, seemingly, in virtue of some interaction or agreement between Priest-Kings and victorious Kurii, it was determined that I, and others, were to be returned to Gor.
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1 296 Following the services of a number of human allies in the rebellion, however, humans are no longer eaten in the Steel World in question, and, I understand, in certain of the others.
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1 399 For example, as they commonly lack a nether closure, with the exception of the Turian camisk, the slave is constantly, implicitly, advised of her delicious vulnerability as a property, and reminded of one of her major concerns, which is to please the master, instantly and without question, to the be...
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3 291 For example, it would not be regarded, or, perhaps better, should not be regarded, as a breach of discipline if the slave were to remonstrate against, or at least question, the advisability of a master's putting his own life or welfare in jeopardy.
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4 68 These coordinates, too, or, better, the locale in question, would have been made clear to Pertinax and Constantina.
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5 841 "They did not understand this question," laughed a fellow.
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8 123 In response to my third question, a Tuchuk would have been expected to agree, amicably, with some remark such as, "Yes, I believe so," or "Yes, I think so".
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10 99 For example, she would not be likely, resignedly, without question, to pay a bill arriving at her domicile from a pleasure house, pertaining to a pleasant evening spent there by her companion.
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10 271 She was mistaken in this conjecture, but it was a rational conjecture considering that the two beasts were quiet, crouched in place, and that their presence seemed to be accepted without question by the others present.
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12 82 The two names given were used by humans on the Steel World in question to refer to the individuals involved.
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13 222 "I will question you.
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13 451 "To question you," I said, "as a former high woman of Ar, of an important house, one who might know aught of the Ubara".
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16 193 The paramount question is always the maximum efficiency, either in the long run or short run, depending on the situation, of the unit's military effectiveness.
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17 84 Their rallying would now seem out of the question.
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18 294 "That question can be asked only by one who does not know Gor," I said.
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18 525 "Why should a slave be granted even a moment of freedom?" I include, in passing, for those who might find it of interest, the following brief, ritual dialogue, in the form of a simple question and answer, which, in certain cities, is not unusual between a master and his slave.
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19 99 Whereas he held no office to my knowledge, nor any instituted authority, as far as I knew, I felt the inquiry, the question, was appropriate.
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19 150 Humans are so fond of wonders that it seems almost churlish to call them into question.
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22 622 There was clearly no question about the legalities of the matter.
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22 623 His question, I gathered, went far beyond legalities.
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22 666 This fact, however, seems to have been regarded as negligible to the line in question.
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23 139 It is an independent question, of course, as to whether or not the slave is inferior, or worthless, and such.
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27 109 I considered putting the question to him, directly, but did not do so.
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34 71 "You did not know the woman in question at that time," I said.
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34 124 Now I would put the question to either Lord Nishida, or, if necessary, to Lord Okimoto.
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35 98 "First," said Lord Nishida, "this is not a matter of our doing, this business of a 'hold', and of a woman; secondly, we do not know who might be the woman in question; thirdly, it is our surmise that the hold over you is one in virtue of which you are not to serve us, but betray us".
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38 1 The Destruction of the River Camp; Unexpected Cargo is Boarded; The Ship Begins Her Journey "Nodachi is on board," said Tajima, in answer to my question.
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38 199 "My question was general," he said.
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38 243 "My question was innocent, and general," said Pertinax.
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Book 30. (16 results) Mariners of Gor

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3 713 Too, one would not seek Port Kar, as it is a den of thieves and cutthroats, and Tharna was out of the question.
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3 810 I was sure the question was not candid, but a test of sorts.
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3 813 Who would not know, truly, of the miseries and changes in Ar? But I responded, innocently, as though granting that the question had been asked, as well, in all innocence.
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12 345 Leros would never have asked such a question.
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17 112 I wondered if Lord Nishida knew of Pertinax's interest in the slave in question.
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18 167 "Do you not love me, a little?" I laughed at the absurdity of the question.
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25 393 "That is a different question," I said.
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30 34 Apparently they did not question that the two further gates lay open.
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30 43 The principle points in question were the approaches to the entrance and exit of the trail.
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33 76 To be sure, this question was a test, as much as anything, to help me ascertain her depth, and worth.
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34 48 "Linger about," I said, "sense the prices, the market, see what goods go for, question other slaves, ones who might speak to you, perhaps another barbarian, if you can find one, do not be afraid to thank the Merchant, respectfully, and prepare to leave.
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36 590 They understand the collar, the lash! It is a question of who will be master.
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37 75 I thought this a judicious question, and one that might not occur to Callias, and the slave, given the reckless pitch of their activities.
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37 77 It also seemed a good question to ask, too, as the slave, if white silk, did not seem destined to long remain in that condition.
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37 1151 The question then is a simple one, which is "Who shall be master?" The man is mightier, and, in his heart, wishes to own the female.
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37 1263 "In that question," I said, "I detect the pathology of your world".
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Book 31. (31 results) Conspirators of Gor

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37 107 I have learned that Allison, whom I have had in my keeping—" There was laughter at this point, which annoyed me, for they doubtless supposed that Desmond of Harfax had reaped much pleasure from the rich and frequent use of the slender, barbarian brunette in question, whereas the slender, barb...
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4 236 "Surely you understand how inconsistent such things are with the certain dictates and dogmas of our culture," she said, "with, say, certain principles and notions which are to be taken as beyond question or review, principles and notions which are to be accepted uncritically, mindlessly, without inq...
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4 333 "There is the question of a proper decor, an apt menu, and such.
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5 130 There was something familiar about this question.
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5 136 I remembered then where I had come upon that question.
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5 139 It was a Gorean question.
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5 140 And I knew the sort of person, a female person, to whom such a question was likely to be addressed.
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5 298 "I can give you money, much money! I can make it worth your while, very much so!" I recalled that a fellow in the house had said something like 'forty, perhaps sixty' in response to another's question.
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7 362 I understood little of this, at least on a fully conscious level, though I do not doubt but what I understood it well enough on a deeper level, but I did not think it wise to question the instructresses.
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8 25 My question received in response only the sharp sting of a switch on my right shoulder.
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8 1446 The ostrakon in question, the basic ostrakon or the ostrakon of privilege, is presented to the girl who serves that section of the patron's table.
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8 2009 "I am pleased to hear your response to my question," said Astrinax.
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8 2058 I remembered my response to the question about the candy.
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9 57 "Is it true that slaves are lazy?" I thought that a strange question for a Gorean free woman.
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9 127 The only question was who owned the property, who owned me? "Too," said the man to the woman.
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10 159 Sometimes it seemed to me that I would like a weak master whom I might control, manage, and manipulate, rather as a typical female companion on my native world was accustomed, given the culture in question, to control, manage, and manipulate their male companions, rather to the unhappiness, distress...
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10 896 "May I inquire, Mistress," I asked, "the content of the note which I am to carry?" At that time I did not realize how unwise was such a question.
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16 112 "Are you comfortable?" he inquired, reverting to his initial question.
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17 203 Apparently this warrior not only declined to accept this commission, but became involved somehow in the politics of the steel world itself, participating in a revolt which brought about, in the steel world in question, a change in governance.
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18 682 "Did she not fail to answer a question?" asked Lykos.
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18 725 I would not even be permitted to speak to Jane or Eve, or even to the Lady Bina or Lord Grendel, unless I was commanded to do so, which commands were highly unlikely of issuance, as free persons tend to be consistent where the discipline of slaves is in question.
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33 101 If it were not absurd, so out of the question, biologically, and such, one might have thought some sort of infatuation, even love, was involved.
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33 140 Aside from the question of garmenture, a kajira who left the Cave might be accounted a fugitive, and hunted down, as such.
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37 109 I was not sure how Master Desmond knew I had been at the meeting in question, but it seemed likely he had obtained this information, and some sense of the nature of the meeting, from one of the other kajirae who had been present.
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37 123 "Did you see this container at the meeting in question, that at which there were no free men present, that conducted entirely in Kur?" "No, Master," I said.
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39 41 It was not a question of overthrowing a state, or relinquishing its intrigues and projected imperialisms, but appropriating a state with its established strengths.
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39 49 Order is essential; it is only a question as to who will impose it.
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43 45 This displeased Agamemnon and his cohorts, who had naturally expected him to ally himself with them, to kill without question, and such.
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45 135 "Must a command be repeated?" is a question which strikes terror into a slave girl's heart, for a repeated command is commonly a cause for discipline.
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45 136 The usual answer to that question is a hasty "No, Master," followed by immediate compliance.
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48 15 "Did we not allow all conspirators twenty Ahn in which to surrender themselves?" "The generosity of your offer was beyond question, Lord Agamemnon," said Desmond of Harfax.
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