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Book 1. (8 results) Tarnsman of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	263	My father had finished speaking.	10
3	75	"The city-state," said my father, speaking to me late one afternoon, "is the basic political division on Gor—hostile cities controlling what territory they can in their environs, surrounded by a no-man's land of open ground on every side".	10
3	202	Incidentally, speaking of the crossbow and longbow, I did receive some instruction in them, but not much.	10
3	209	I had begun to dream in Gorean and to understand easily the small talk of my teachers among themselves when they were speaking for one another and not for the ears of an outlander.	10
4	149	The Older Tarl was speaking.	10
4	151	My father answered him, speaking in ritual phrases.	10
12	172	When the tarn had fed, I walked over to him, speaking familiarly, as if I might be doing the most customary thing on Gor.	10
15	73	I waited, not speaking, in the shadows.	10

Book 2. (14 results) Outlaw of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	75	"I love her," said Cabot, not really speaking to me.	10
1	127	Outside the bar we stood in the snow, not speaking.	10
1	139	Then without speaking he went into his closet and emerged carrying a strongbox.	10
5	90	"Ar the Glorious," I said, speaking gently.	10
6	141	We faced one another without speaking for a moment.	10
6	144	Without speaking, she slowly unwound the veil from her face and dropped it to her shoulders.	10
7	79	We four stood together, not speaking.	10
11	52	Speaking to the Tatrix, but not turning the mask from me, she said, "Destroy the animal".	10
12	34	We faced each other in the half darkness of the dungeon, not speaking.	10
12	39	Then, without speaking more, she picked up the bread from the pan, and held it for me.	10
13	9	"Kneel to the Tatrix of Tharna," commanded an imperious voice, speaking through some type of trumpet.	10
13	46	The voice speaking through the trumpet said, "Let the Amusements of Tharna begin".	10
22	128	I stared down at the intricate pattern on the rug, not speaking.	10
23	163	"The tarnsman," said Lara, speaking softly, "returned me to the Pillar of Exchanges.	10

Book 3. (10 results) Priest-Kings of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	78	I looked at him without speaking.	10
4	96	"Then it was merely a manner of speaking".	10
4	130	I stood without speaking.	10
7	31	The second girl was tall, fragile and willowy, with slender ankles and large, hurt eyes; she had dark, curling hair that fell about her shoulders and stood out against the white of her garment; she may have been of High Caste; without speaking to her it would be hard to tell; even then it might be d...	10
9	164	I turned to face Vika once more, and I no longer saw the girl to whom I had been speaking but a woman of High Caste, from the bandit kingdom of Treve, insolent and imperious, though collared.	10
18	91	I was somewhat annoyed to find the Home Stones, taken so seriously in the cities of Gor that a man might be slain if he did not rise when speaking of the Home Stone of his city, so airily dismissed by the lofty Sarm.	10
27	334	"These men," she said, "returned to their own cities, speaking to no one, as they had been commanded.	10
33	23	In my heart something seemed to be speaking, but I could not dare to listen.	10
35	125	"Your affairs," I told him, but speaking to myself, "are your affairs—and not mine".	10
35	130	I surmised he was speaking of those entropic regularities that apparently prevailed in reality as we know it, the loss of energy, its transformation into the ashes of the stellar night.	10

Book 4. (13 results) Nomads of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	153	The man behind me called out, speaking Gorean with a harsh accent.	10
6	71	Speaking in Gorean, I said to him, "I can understand her".	10
7	76	I did not know then, but Kutaituchik and Kamchak had some reason for supposing that the girl might be speaking the truth.	10
7	188	Now I understood, as I had only suspected before, why an English-speaking girl was necessary to bear the collar, that she might be the device whereby I would be singled out from the hundreds and thousands among the wagons, and so be marked for death.	10
9	167	As the woman approached I suddenly became aware again of Saphrar speaking.	10
9	447	It did not sound like Kamchak speaking.	10
15	65	Then, without speaking, to her consternation he tore swiftly away the yellow camisk and fastened slave bracelets on her wrists.	10
15	89	He would look at Aphris and then return to the wagon and sit cross-legged, not speaking, for hours, staring at the side of the wagon.	10
15	101	Without speaking I sat down near him and watched him eat.	10
15	138	Then we sat there together for a time, not speaking further, he eating, I watching while he cut and chewed the meat that was his supper.	10
16	18	Not speaking further, Harold, a quiva in his teeth, a rope and hook on his belt, squeezed through and disappeared.	10
25	376	"We are speaking of different things," I said.	10
26	415	We rode without speaking but Kamchak, for the first time in weeks, whistled a tune.	10

Book 5. (23 results) Assassin of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	42	The men and women of Ko-ro-ba stood circled about the pyre, neither moving nor speaking, for better than two Ahn.	10
1	68	Without speaking the man took twenty pieces of gold, tarn disks of Ar, of double weight, and gave them to Kuurus, who placed them in the pockets of his belt.	10
2	330	Not speaking, but woodenly, she climbed the ladder and crawled onto the shelf near the tiny alcove marked with the Gorean equivalent of twenty-seven and entered, followed by Kuurus, who drew the curtains behind them.	10
3	57	Without speaking the Player sat down cross-legged at one side of the street, and placed the board in front of him.	10
4	83	Then, not speaking, the Older Tarl had slung the body over his shoulders.	10
5	153	I stood still, not speaking.	10
5	512	Elizabeth, besides speaking boldly out on a large number of delicate civic, social and political issues, usually not regarded as the province of the fairer sex, categorically refused to wear the cumbersome Robes of Concealment traditionally expected of the free woman.	10
11	303	Then he turned again to Virginia, putting his face close to the bars, speaking as though confidentially.	10
12	354	Then without speaking she flicked on the slave goad and rotated the dial.	10
14	177	Immediately the kitchen slave knelt in the hallway, not speaking.	10
15	301	Phyllis, not speaking, turned and went to the door, but there she turned once more, looking at me, waiting for Virginia.	10
16	119	Ho-Sorl was speaking to Phyllis.	10
16	133	Not speaking, but biting her lip, she stepped back two paces, and thus, leashed, furious, followed him.	10
16	178	"So," said Ho-Sorl, "the pretty little slave girl would run away?" Phyllis swallowed hard, looking down, not speaking.	10
16	235	I stood there, not speaking, my limbs weak.	10
16	272	Vaguely I was aware about me of the sounds of men, tense, speaking curt words, mounting into the high saddles of tarns.	10
17	462	"You there, Slaves," called Ho-Tu, "to your cells!" He was speaking to Virginia Kent, and to Lana, who had both lingered in the vicinity of Relius, who was finishing a cup of wine.	10
17	537	I then moved into the center of the gambling men and, not speaking, as they looked up, angry at the intrusion, I took the metal goblet containing the knucklebones from the man who held it.	10
18	189	"I remember Marlenus speaking to the High Initiate.	10
18	409	"My name is Kuurus," said I, speaking to him from the light of the torch.	10
19	103	I looked down at the block bitterly, not speaking.	10
22	207	"Mip lives!" Mip now hung on the neck of Green Ubar, his body parallel to the saddle, clinging to the bird, his face pressed against it, his lips moving, speaking to it.	10
23	85	I regarded him, not speaking.	10

Book 6. (11 results) Raiders of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	110	Accordingly they suffer little inhibition in the matters of speaking out and expressing themselves.	10
8	176	I untied the girl and she, not speaking, painfully stretched, and rubbed her wrists and ankles.	10
9	482	For a long time, not speaking, we looked at one another.	10
10	12	Beside each empty throne there was a stool from which a Scribe, speaking in the name of his Ubar, participated in the proceedings of the council.	10
11	318	"And so," concluded Lysias, "I bring you all amnesty in the name of the Ubar of Port Kar, Henrius Sevarius!" "Henrius Sevarius, the Captain," said Samos, speaking from his curule chair, in the name of the council, "is most kind".	10
11	339	Lysias, his body rigid with fury, his hand on the hilt of his sword, stood not speaking before Samos, First Slaver of Port Kar.	10
11	434	"As you know," said Samos, speaking evenly, "Port Kar is not the most loved, nor the most greatly respected nor highest honored among the cities of Gor".	10
16	93	But I did not speak to her of these things, for she was speaking to me, dreamily, remembering.	10
16	245	We waited quietly, not speaking, until he had returned.	10
18	173	Not speaking, I motioned that he should take his place at the side of the entryway to the great hall, where he might not be seen.	10
18	950	"Since you no longer serve Priest-Kings," said Samos, "there is no point in speaking of it".	10

Book 7. (15 results) Captive of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	55	He was looking at me quizzically, and once, during an intermission, seemed on the point of speaking.	10
3	15	I heard two others speaking in the living room.	10
7	365	Once I noted, speaking to Inge, that Ute, regularly, made certain grammatical errors.	10
8	818	She even made mistakes in speaking her own language.	10
9	253	Swiftly, not speaking, the girl ran after the others.	10
10	71	"The proud, arrogant, rich Miss Brinton," he remarked, speaking in English.	10
10	273	We smoked together for some time without speaking.	10
11	1435	How pleased I was to be free! And then suddenly I turned and, behind me, some eight or ten feet away, standing, not speaking, tall in the blue and yellow robes of the slaver, still partially hooded, the band of leather across his left eye, was Soron of Ar.	10
11	1442	Again, some eight to ten feet away, not speaking, he stood.	10
12	605	Speaking of leashes, I might mention that we find them extremely arousing.	10
13	225	She made grammatical mistakes in speaking her own language! I hated her.	10
13	399	She made mistakes in speaking her own language.	10
13	914	We flew on, not speaking.	10
14	683	We faced one another, not speaking, he with his blade, and in his leather, I with nothing, stripped at his command.	10
15	1005	In the shed, scornfully, I watched them, eagerly speaking about the evening, laughing and joking.	10

Book 8. (10 results) Hunters of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	671	Then, not speaking further, I rose to my feet, and left them.	10
3	11	I saw a blond giant from Torvaldsland, with braided hair, in shaggy jacket; a merchant from Tyros, hurrying, perfumed and sleek; seamen from Cos, and Port Kar, mortal enemies, yet passing one another without thought in the streets of Lydius; a black woman, veiled in yellow, borne in a palanquin by e...	10
4	388	"No!" I left the alcove, not speaking further to the slave girl, Tana.	10
6	54	Without speaking, she opened her arms, and sought me, pressing her body, kneeling, to mine, her lips to mine.	10
9	306	Verna then, without speaking further, turned and left me.	10
13	368	I then, speaking no more with them, strode from the beach and entered the forest.	10
14	82	Again not speaking I strode from them.	10
14	309	The girls now put down their weapons and crowded about the bound figure of Marlenus, looking at him, inching closer, breathing heavily, not speaking.	10
15	178	Without speaking I tore the skins at their left thighs to the waist, revealing their brands.	10
15	481	There the dark-haired girl and the blond girl, two of my paga slaves, stripped the new prisoners and I, with Harl rings, part of the freight carried by the panther girls, not speaking, fastened them in the slave chain.	10

Book 9. (5 results) Marauders of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	169	Do we not learn to live by doing, as we learn to speak by speaking, to paint by painting, to build by building? Those who know best how to live, sometimes it seems to me, are those least likely to be articulate in such skills.	10
9	447	She clutched me, not speaking.	10
11	37	Suppose that, at some zoo, the tiger, in its cage, should look at you, and, in its rumbles, its snarls, its growls, its half roars, you should be able, to your horror, to detect crude approximations of the phonemes of your native tongue, and you should hear it speaking to you, looking at you, utteri...	10
15	324	Ivar stood beside me, not speaking.	10
22	21	"You are speaking of one of my slave girls," I said.	10

Book 10. (8 results) Tribesmen of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
5	65	Not speaking, I put them in my wallet.	10
7	189	"Upon my signal," said Ibn Saran, speaking in swift Gorean, "attacking in a line, slash every inch of this room.	10
12	146	I had not understood, for a moment, to whom he might be speaking.	10
13	275	Further, I recalled that the girl had, in Red Rock, under stress, cried his name, speaking it, though she was only a girl in bondage.	10
24	688	Incidentally, perhaps, in passing, one might note that the more generic practice referred to above, that of requiring a slave to obtain permission before speaking, at least in normal circumstances, is a particularly excellent discipline for female slaves, for they are women and, as other women, if I...	10
26	550	I regarded her, not speaking.	10
26	963	"Biologically speaking, this is an IRM, an Innate Releasing Mechanism.	10
26	975	"And lest you be misled by my apparently speaking to you intimately of important things, disabuse yourself of any presumption of standing in my estimation.	10

Book 11. (18 results) Slave Girl of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
13	446	He thrust me behind the last girl on the chain; she was kneeling, braceleted to the chain, facing away from me; her head was down; I wondered if she had been sold before; I did not speak to speak to her, of course; nor did I want to speak to her; what was there to say; and I was miserable; and, too,...	10
2	556	Why did he not speak to me? Any gentleman, surely, by now, speaking reassuring, soothing words, averting his eyes from my beauty, would have hastened to release me from my predicament.	10
3	143	She would then, not speaking, not protesting, but sullenly, perform the task herself.	10
3	472	Others, perhaps, stricken and confused, would have blubbered and stammered, looking away, covering me with their coats, speaking tumbled, incoherent, soothing words, solicitous and hypocritical.	10
4	835	At times I had been on the brink of surrendering myself to myself, acknowledging to my horrified conscious mind forbidden truths, long-denied realities, speaking of a venerable, long-suppressed, antique nature, one antedating huts of straw and limestone caves.	10
7	116	"Your captor," said my master, speaking to her for the first time.	10
9	620	He looked at her without speaking.	10
9	1508	Then he again turned to face Thurnus, who stood, not speaking, at the height of the stairs, some six or seven feet above the level of the ground, in the doorway to his hut.	10
9	1822	"But first, Thurnus, my love," said Melina, speaking now from the doorway of their hut, "let us drink to the victory of the night".	10
12	312	"No," said the prisoner, "but there is a time and a place for speaking, as there is a time and a place for steel".	10
12	443	"And your men, as I anticipated, were most helpful, speaking freely before, and to, one whom they thought destined to the chains of a slave".	10
14	201	He turned his attention to Busebius, who was speaking to him.	10
15	190	"No!" She looked at me, not speaking.	10
20	565	"Remember it was she who put you in chains, who puts you upon the bench of the galleys!" He regarded me, not speaking.	10
22	479	This puzzled me, as we had not been speaking together for some time, about anything.	10
26	191	"Slave Girl," said the man, speaking to me, "remove the towel from about her head and permit her to dry her hands upon it".	10
26	851	He then, not speaking further, freed the door of its control chain, slung his gear about his shoulder and, taking Elicia by the arm, conducted her through the portal.	10
27	429	I had learned earlier, in speaking with the girls, that Thandar of Ti, when in Ar, came often to the Belled Collar.	10

Book 12. (11 results) Beasts of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	46	"I speak English," I informed her, speaking in that intricate, beautiful tongue.	10
4	155	The judge, Reginald of Ti, four others of the caste of players behind him, had finished speaking to Scormus and Centius, and the scorers.	10
12	286	Red hunters, though they are reticent to speak their own names, have little reservation about speaking the names of others.	10
12	287	This makes sense, as it is not their name, and it is not as if, in their speaking it, the name might somehow escape them.	10
21	333	"Speaking of who is of interest and who is not," I said, "what of you, lovely slave, and men?" "I do not understand," she said.	10
23	470	Imnak and I sat together for a long time, not speaking.	10
23	486	There, not speaking, he shook loose from the sack, causing it to fall to the dirt, the head of a large, white-pelted Kur, an ice beast.	10
31	177	This form of Kur is smaller than the dominant or the nondominant, speaking thusly of the nonreproducing form of Kur".	10
35	65	A voice, in Gorean, was speaking urgently on the device, inquiring as to what was occurring.	10
35	1151	Not speaking I went to her and put her to her knees.	10
38	210	"Slave girls should beware of speaking their dreams," I said, "lest they be overheard by a master".	10

Book 13. (14 results) Explorers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
13	35	"Who owns me!" I observed her, not speaking.	10
17	41	I will do the speaking.	10
18	168	I was informed, through Msaliti, the Ubar speaking, that the greetings of Teletus were accepted, that his ubarate expressed similar greetings to those of the island, that his ubarate appreciated our interest in its future and that his wazir of trade would speak to me within the next ten days.	10
20	84	"I have conveyed your greetings to Kisu," said Ayari, speaking to me in Gorean.	10
23	190	"Can you understand me?" he asked, speaking in the dialect of the court of Bila Huruma.	10
23	459	Without speaking further, or attempting to draw his dagger, he leaped from the planks into the water, falling, scrambling up, and plunging away into the darkness.	10
24	225	We paddled on, not speaking, for a quarter of an Ahn.	10
24	387	"Yes, Master!" Ayari and I, and the two bare-breasted, lovely white slaves, property girls, each of us now with a paddle, not speaking, propelled the long canoe quietly eastward.	10
25	21	Ukungu was a country of coast villages, speaking the same or similar dialects.	10
26	14	"Surely, by now," said Ayari, speaking from the bow, "we must be near the Ua".	10
27	11	"We are friends!" called Ayari, speaking in Ushindi.	10
32	797	How cleverly you have tricked me!" I regarded her, not speaking.	10
32	1004	"I conjecture, though I do not know," I said, "that the dream was speaking to you not of truths of other worlds and other times, but of this world and this time.	10
35	26	It not unusual for slave girls to kneel when speaking of their masters.	10

Book 14. (18 results) Fighting Slave of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	357	It seems his way of speaking, and his prose style, may not be that of the books".	10
1	926	Miss Henderson and I sat side by side in the cab, not speaking.	10
1	941	"I am a woman," said Miss Henderson, speaking very precisely and very quietly.	10
2	192	Not speaking these two men then, as I watched, from my helpless, prone position, placed Miss Henderson in the crate.	10
7	906	"Speaking of jokes," I said, "what a splendid jest have we two tonight played upon our jailers".	10
9	82	I realized they were speaking of me.	10
10	52	I continued to walk forward and the two guards, not speaking, fell into step behind us.	10
12	261	She returned to me, speaking to the crowd.	10
12	348	The explanation for the much smaller number of male as opposed to female slaves on Gor, speaking now generally of male work slaves, is also clear.	10
13	58	"We proceeded from my villa to my house in Venna," continued the Lady Florence, speaking lightly with the Lady Melpomene.	10
13	458	Some servants, too, were speaking together, near the palanquins.	10
13	748	Suddenly, angrily, I ran after the departing palanquin, that behind which the exquisite, dark-haired girl, she to whom I had been earlier speaking, was one of the chained, displayed beauties.	10
15	130	Women think little of speaking intimately to their silk slaves, for such are only their animals.	10
21	135	I had, in the afternoon, not speaking, watched the girls sew.	10
21	267	I had, in the afternoon, not speaking, watched the girls, including Taphris, sew.	10
26	72	I looked down at her, not speaking.	10
26	132	"Shhh!" I said to her, suddenly, for I heard men speaking, out-of-doors, near the window.	10
32	27	She looked at me, not speaking.	10

Book 15. (8 results) Rogue of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
7	10	"I have heard the topaz is being brought east," said a merchant, speaking to another merchant.	10
8	157	"And the other," I asked, "he who was standing by the table, speaking to the man who saved me?" "His captain," said Tasdron, "Policrates himself".	10
11	268	I looked at her, not speaking.	10
13	45	"I heard people in the market speaking of it".	10
21	114	"I wonder what such a man is doing in Victoria, speaking with Callimachus," I said.	10
21	169	We lay together quietly, for a time, not speaking.	10
26	71	So do not punish me for speaking the truth, I beg of you! I am a slave! I have no alternative, Master!" "Is it then, truly," I asked, "what you want to be?" "Oh, yes, Master! Yes, Master! That is what I want to be, and what somehow I have always wanted to be, a master's pleasure slave!" "Why is that...	10
28	133	I stood to one side, not speaking.	10

Book 16. (6 results) Guardsman of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
8	406	Accordingly, not speaking, I tore a broad strip from the scarlet sheet and, folding it five times, encircling her head with it, tied it tightly behind the back of her head, blindfolding her with it.	10
18	585	The slave was to be permitted to continue speaking.	10
19	599	She regarded me, not speaking.	10
20	776	He looked down at her, not speaking.	10
20	1161	A free man was speaking.	10
21	651	Tremble, girl! You are owned, slut!" "Hopefully," she said, "a slave will not be beaten for speaking the truth".	10

Book 17. (14 results) Savages of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	493	Slowly, not speaking, he pointed in succession to four fingers.	10
1	558	I had, once or twice, heard such creatures speaking Gorean.	10
1	686	"It is unfortunate," said Sardak, speaking to Kog, "that they have not achieved species unification.	10
8	685	"What is the language in which you have been speaking to these women?" he asked of Ginger.	10
12	202	"The red savages, as you may not know," said Grunt to me, though doubtless he was speaking primarily for the benefit of the Hobarts, "are rather strict about the privilege of wearing the breechclout".	10
13	347	I regarded her, not speaking.	10
14	244	He was speaking to her in Dust Leg, slowly and clearly.	10
14	479	Suddenly the Dust Leg, Grunt speaking to him, broke out in laughter.	10
14	601	In speaking to a slave I prefer expressions such as 'Slave' or 'Slave Girl', or the girl's name itself, she understanding clearly, of course, that it is only a slave name.	10
14	933	He had returned to the fire, and sat before it, not speaking.	10
14	1157	I did not feel much like speaking.	10
14	1243	He regarded me, not speaking.	10
15	70	' The fellow regarded us, not speaking, either verbally or in sign.	10
17	304	She stopped speaking.	10

Book 18. (14 results) Blood Brothers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	154	"What are you doing here?" demanded Hci, speaking in Kaiila.	10
7	698	"You are speaking of my maiden," said Bloketu, scandalized.	10
14	219	"It has been nice speaking to you, Pumpkin.	10
14	227	This time, in speaking to him, he had seemed somewhat less dogmatic than he had the first time, a few weeks ago, in the vicinity of the battlefield.	10
14	329	"Becoming of the Waniyanpi has changed my life," she assured me, speaking clearly and a bit loudly.	10
15	237	"Well, be assured, my friend, I am speaking of the shields of the peoples of the Barrens and within the Barrens.	10
18	33	She had been born in a Waniyanpi compound, one owned by the Kailiauk, a tribe federated with the Kaiila and speaking a closely related dialect.	10
22	238	Cuwignaka looked at me, not speaking.	10
34	456	"Of what is he speaking?" asked Canka.	10
39	4	Speaking soothingly, he approached the bird.	10
40	411	"You are insane!" He regarded her, evenly, not speaking.	10
40	791	He regarded her, not speaking.	10
50	87	"You understand, do you not," asked Mahpiyasapa of the girl, "that the words alone were sufficient, that in speaking them you became a slave, even if you were not a slave before?" "Yes, Master," she said.	10
50	129	"These things were confirmed at the post," she said, "when you taught me my sex, and your power!" Hci regarded her, not speaking.	10

Book 19. (13 results) Kajira of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	571	I wondered, when I said this, if I was only insisting that I was a slave, that I must be a slave, because of such things as the barred window and the anklet, or if I was speaking what lay in my heart.	10
4	257	He was smiling and waving to the crowd, but he was speaking to me.	10
4	258	"What was that?" I asked, waving to the crowd, speaking to Ligurious.	10
5	36	In the taverns of Argentum we of Argentum are indeed accustomed to speaking freely before women such as your Tatrix.	10
6	96	The chorus, too, sometimes singing and sometimes speaking in unison, took roles in the drama, such as first the citizens of one city and then of another, and then of another, and so on.	10
8	335	"Deirdre! Two years ago in Ar we lived in the same building!" He looked at her, not speaking.	10
15	128	"And how did you feel," asked the girl to whom she was speaking, "performing these small tasks for him, suitable for a slave?" "Gradually, serving him helplessly, then lovingly in these fashions, I became more and more aroused," she said.	10
19	198	I was unaware, even, of the fuller possibilities of sound, of speaking to him, and of vocalizing my emotions and sensations in a variety of ways, adding a whole additional dimension to the totality of the experience.	10
31	681	I was not speaking ironically.	10
34	59	These postures and attitudes are articulately symbolic, speaking in their way, as you must now understand, within the context of civilization, of the decrees and orderings of nature, in their way recalling even the mute, insistent declarations of gravitation and combustion.	10
34	220	For a time we lay quietly side by side, not speaking.	10
36	340	"And you were petty, proud, and pretentious, and you took delight in discomfiting me," he said, "putting yourself near to me, speaking lightly, condescendingly, carelessly, and how you moved, as though unaware of what you were doing, those little gestures, and turnings, and then again putting yourse...	10
36	822	He regarded me, not speaking.	10

Book 20. (14 results) Players of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	675	To be sure, in speaking of chains, and such, those of sex and love, one must not overlook more prosaic bonds.	10
2	552	"Too, if he were really any good, honestly speaking, between you and me, he would not be with us".	10
2	651	"With what?" inquired Boots, speaking to me in an intense whisper.	10
2	1038	"Tarl," I heard, a voice speaking softly, outside the curtain.	10
3	195	She regarded me for a time, not speaking.	10
12	232	He regarded me, not speaking.	10
12	616	"I am not speaking to you," she said.	10
12	635	"Yes," she said to him, "I am insolent! I am insolent to you! I may be insolent to you with impunity, for you are not a man! You are too weak to punish me! You are only a beast, a monster, a cringing, wretched, pathetic, ignoble, spineless, monster! You are not a man at all! You are only some kind o...	10
12	647	The player regarded her, not speaking.	10
15	65	"It is you who are in manacles! It is you who are my prisoner!" I looked up at her, not speaking.	10
16	910	He continued to look down upon her, not speaking.	10
16	957	Belnar, not speaking, slowly put two such disks on the table.	10
16	1235	"Master! I love you, Master!" "For speaking without my permission," said Scormus of Ar to the slave, "you will in the morning beg for ten lashes.	10
18	34	The fellow who had stood near to Bina during the match, he who would have cut her throat if she had erred in her behavior, speaking before the conclusion of the game, now cut her wrists free of the thongs.	10

Book 21. (14 results) Mercenaries of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
14	99	"Doubtless we will get the letters from that fellow," I said, indicating the officer to whom Mincon was speaking.	10
16	95	"You are my mother! How can you dare to even think of speaking to me like that!" "You are not a little girl any longer," said the woman, gently.	10
16	257	"I cannot believe you are speaking in this fashion," said the girl.	10
19	225	"Yes," he said, lifting his head and speaking back over his shoulder.	10
24	569	"Are you speaking of legalities?" she asked, angrily.	10
24	570	"I am speaking of something far deeper and more profound than legalities," he said.	10
25	84	He was speaking to one of the hostesses.	10
25	1277	It is like speaking a lie.	10
25	1290	Whereas the slave may not commonly address the master in terms other than 'Master' or 'my Master', lapses subject to discipline, and whereas she will usually refer to him simply as 'my master' or 'the master' when speaking with others, lapses also subject to discipline, there are times, of course, w...	10
25	1414	If she were a slave, I would have enjoyed hearing her try to speak in that fashion, speaking of "giving her body" and for such-and-such a period.	10
25	1831	"You are going to take me to your room, are you not?" I regarded her, not speaking.	10
25	2355	The hostess, in earlier speaking to me of the free woman brought in for a joke, had spoken of putting her out back in the morning, naked, and, if she had been used, with her hands tied behind her, with a punched tarsk bit tied on her belly.	10
26	572	"What has gone on here?" she asked, under her breath, not really speaking to anyone.	10
26	715	"Is that clear?" She nodded, not speaking.	10

Book 22. (15 results) Dancer of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	894	I heard Teibar speaking to Hercon, and then Hercon left for somewhere, as I later found out to gather up my things from the ladies' room.	10
5	167	We had learned that not only the quality and nature of our life on this world, but perhaps our very survival, could be contingent on our success in understanding and speaking this language.	10
6	466	This might explain, too, the gags, which were perhaps not simply a way of men telling us that we are subject to them, and may be gagged, as we might be blindfolded, chained, tied or beaten, at their pleasure, but rather to keep us from speaking with one another, particularly the Gorean girls, perhap...	10
8	233	I did not hear Teibar speaking.	10
9	258	If it is of interest, however, and we are speaking of fixed-ring sizes, I would take a number-two wrist ring and a number-two ankle ring.	10
11	835	Mirus, paradoxically, speaking obviously in the third sense of the term, had told me that I would do better at this sort of dance when I was no longer a virgin.	10
14	271	He scrutinized me, not speaking.	10
15	58	How bold she was, I thought, to have used our master's name in that fashion, speaking it unnecessarily, not referring to him in terms such as "the master" or "our master".	10
22	3	He regarded me, not speaking.	10
26	93	"Of what numbers are we speaking?" said Aulus.	10
32	64	"We are speaking English".	10
33	173	We had been speaking in English.	10
33	306	"Your permission to flee," he said, speaking the words one at a time, slowly, "is revoked".	10
34	749	There are many ways of speaking, and only a few require words.	10
34	751	There are many ways of speaking, and not all require words.	10

Book 23. (12 results) Renegades of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	306	"Most of a wagonload of loot," I said, speaking in the rain, "was emptied out down there, by the ditch.	10
6	530	"In a manner of speaking," I said.	10
13	142	"I am not speaking to you," she said.	10
13	143	"But I am speaking to you, female," I said.	10
15	447	"Yes," whispered Lady Claudia, speaking not her legal status but her truth.	10
16	379	"But we were speaking of the former Lady Publia," I said.	10
20	301	"From here and there?" "Yes," said Calliodorus, smiling, and speaking very clearly.	10
21	523	"And, of course," he said, "there are several associated considerations, such as arrogant speech, speaking without permission, and failure to use the proper forms of address".	10
21	811	"Think of me then as a mercenary," I said, "and I am speaking of my pay".	10
21	1121	Speaking of tunics for men, there are, as would be expected, many varieties, intended for, say, streetwear, lounging about, work, dress, receiving, and so on.	10
21	1291	Speaking is something they do beautifully.	10
24	535	It was, after all, their own branding and collaring of which the men were speaking! The transition to bondage is a profound one.	10

Book 24. (12 results) Vagabonds of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	27	"One," she said, "for parting my silk unbidden; two, for putting myself to the dirt before a customer, unbidden; three, for speaking without asking permission; four, for not speaking clearly; five, for not answering directly; six, because I am a slave; seven, because it pleased the master to strike ...	10
2	29	For example, a private master, though he might be particular about such things, is less likely than a public master, in public, to administer discipline for, say, speaking without permission.	10
14	192	"We are speaking of simple fishermen," said the officer, "of hunters of birds, of harvesters of rence".	10
15	30	"They want you here, all the more at their mercy, where they may deal with you at their leisure, and as they please!" Labienus had looked at me, not speaking.	10
17	346	Speaking under conditions of imposed silence, of course, even so much as a word, is a cause for discipline.	10
27	443	"I am speaking of the difficulty of practicing restraint in the presence of objects of incredible desirability," I said, "even on the part of trained beasts, particularly under certain conditions".	10
27	505	"If you are a simple rence girl, we cannot very well have you speaking with the accents of a cultured lady of Ar".	10
27	602	"Surely you jest," she said, "—in speaking of taking me among the men of Ar".	10
28	576	I could see the fellow who had been sent on the errand looking back at Labienus, and speaking with another of his fellows.	10
28	601	The simplest device for attaining this end is when she is "gagged by her master's will," which simply means that she is prohibited from speaking until given permission to do so.	10
40	37	I am, thus, merely for our amusement, speaking what is clearly false".	10
44	411	He regarded me, not speaking.	10

Book 25. (9 results) Magicians of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
6	30	"I have heard," said a man, near me, speaking to another, "that many other free women, like Talena herself, have offered themselves as slaves, that the city be spared".	10
10	162	"Thus they could not have been speaking to us," I said.	10
10	183	We walked on then, not speaking, south on the Avenue of the Central Cylinder.	10
12	204	I suspected she had used that word to men before only in her imagination, or speaking it softly to her pillow in the night.	10
12	233	"I heard one speaking earlier," she said, "of the loot area in the district of Anbar".	10
19	373	I stared down at her, at her knees, not speaking.	10
19	1349	"You are speaking of the second discipline," I said.	10
25	113	Appanius then, as Lavinia wept, struck the male slave twice more with his staff for speaking without permission, and twice again, for lying.	10
26	597	He regarded her, not speaking.	10

Book 26. (12 results) Witness of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
4	348	Why were we now kneeling here, unattended to? Had we been forgotten? Must we wait, as though we might be nothing? I could hear the men speaking.	10
4	571	"The others are speaking to us," I said.	10
4	572	"You are not speaking to me.	10
8	276	Would it not be clear from the speaking of chains, and collars, and such? You may find it objectionable.	10
13	153	"How she humiliated me," she cried, "letting me think her free, letting me think she held caste! How demeaned I have been, speaking to one who was only bond!" He pulled my head back, further.	10
13	159	"I was speaking to a barbarian slave!" cried the free woman, in misery, dismayed, furious.	10
13	185	The speaking, too, of course, may be directed by questions and commands, and, if necessary, with blows of the switch.	10
13	1440	"For speaking the truth?" "The opinion of a slave is worthless," I said.	10
16	295	The Earth woman then, to the music, slowly and gracefully lowered herself to the floor, and there, to those sensuous strains, speaking so unabashedly to the blood of men and women, continued her dance.	10
31	383	"You may not leave," said the pit master, speaking to the giant behind him, not taking his eyes from the leader of the strangers.	10
44	76	He regarded me, not speaking.	10
45	170	He regarded me, not speaking.	10

Book 27. (18 results) Prize of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	22	So I thought that I might begin, at least, by speaking in the third person, by considering myself, by seeing myself, from within and without, rather as an object, a particular object.	10
10	354	Beat me, that I may truly know I am a slave! He stood behind her, not speaking.	10
11	1025	"Are you not speaking strangely of Mistress Evelyn, Master?" she asked.	10
15	286	It seemed she heard herself, as though it were not she herself, but another who was speaking.	10
16	13	How vigorous and remarkable, and diverse, and expressive, seemed that strange tongue, at once so lively, bright and fluent, even delicate, and then suddenly so explosively rude and brutal, at one moment loud, at another soft, at one moment rapid, even careless, at another measured and stately, at on...	10
16	385	Thus, in the most innocent and natural discourse, speaking of this or that, she is likely to show herself a slave, because that is a slave's word, or name, for such and such an object.	10
17	169	Is it acceptable, Masters, that I speak as I am speaking?" And thus, in this way, she continued, until the father indicated, by putting his finger up, in a cautionary manner, that she should desist.	10
18	234	"She has nice legs, and a pretty ass," said Tersius Major, speaking vulgarly.	10
18	796	She had then, with apparent interest, seemed to be considering her ankle, and she had then turned to him, her hands at her ankle, and inquired, innocently, "Do you think, Master, that my ankle would look well in a golden shackle?" He had risen, not speaking, and turned away.	10
19	713	Too, she had been fed, in a manner of speaking, earlier by the brutish, impatient, handsome Selius Arconious.	10
22	5	There was the pounding of tabors, too, speaking of excitement and the rousings of blood.	10
22	114	But, in a moment, she had turned aside, and back, determined to kneel before the free woman and, risking the blows of masters, and risking punishment for speaking without permission, warn the cruel, harsh mistress of the risks she might be running.	10
22	204	Speaking of illiteracy, however, it should be noted that illiteracy is not that uncommon on Gor.	10
25	131	These slaves were muchly at their ease, resting, sitting, kneeling, lying down, subject only to the constraints of their manacling, Some were speaking softly to one another.	10
25	403	"If your bondage is important to you, and you understand it as your one possibility to obtain your total fulfillment as a female, you may always again expose yourself to the risk of the collar, disarranging a veil, walking lonely bridges at night, lifting the hem of a garment, as though to avoid soi...	10
27	1501	Speaking as though one might be on Earth, and ignoring the complexities of the Gorean compass, which points always to the Sardar, each of the four tarns, each with its suspended basket, went to a different quadrant, one to the north, the others to the east, south and west.	10
27	2175	"You," said the officer, speaking slowly, and clearly, to the three beasts.	10
27	3359	See, too, of course, speaking of free women, that she is decorous before them.	10

Book 28. (14 results) Kur of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	68	Did she not know she could be lashed for speaking in that tone of voice to a free man? Did she think she was a free woman.	10
5	311	"But how can a mere human, no more than a simple beast, be a friend to those as mighty and noble as Kurii?" "Do you think you are speaking ironically?" asked Arcesilaus.	10
9	23	"I am speaking.	10
11	73	"They are trying to overhear our conversation," said Peisistratus, "but I fear you have frustrated them, as you persist in speaking English.	10
21	554	"We see him as Kur," cried Cabot, "but they see him as human, as human!" "They think he is blinded, helpless, forlorn in darkness?" "Precisely," said Cabot, speaking in what for him was utter darkness.	10
22	115	Several times she had been switched for speaking without permission.	10
27	170	"That is merely the absurdity of your former culture speaking.	10
44	196	But then she was whimpering, not speaking, her body trembling, her head still down, to Lord Grendel's feet.	10
46	56	'Mistresses' might do, but, as the nondominants are not, strictly speaking, slaves, though perhaps somewhat slavelike, the connotations are incorrect.	10
51	86	"In the history of the world of which we may be speaking," said Cabot, "for thousands of years women were recognized, and even feared, for the intensity of their sexuality.	10
63	44	"Beware," said Flavion, "you are speaking of a free woman".	10
77	35	"Did you ever expect, on Earth, to be as you are now, before one such as I, speaking so?" "No, Master," she said.	10
78	50	Could you be from Earth?" "No," laughed Corinna, "I am Gorean, and many of my Gorean collar sisters would look down on me for even speaking to an Earth-girl slave.	10
80	65	"Friend Cabot," said Zarendargar, "sometime before we part, before we diversely take ship, perhaps this evening, I would enjoy speaking with you".	10

Book 29. (6 results) Swordsmen of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	16	I am utilizing this manner of speaking, as it seems to me not only convenient but suitable.	10
12	285	I could not hear, but I supposed the fellow was speaking to it, soothingly.	10
13	348	"I heard the masters speaking," she said, "in the camps.	10
18	108	"Speaking, feeling animals?" he said.	10
22	30	Is it a way of speaking, an expression, a hesitation, a gesture, a turning of the head, a shyness, a glance, a subtle, revealing, furtive unwillingness to make eye contact when a certain word is spoken, what? There are a hundred subtle cues, readable by the experienced and skilled.	10
38	111	As we were speaking, numerous Pani, and mercenaries, were ascending the ramp, boarding.	10

Book 30. (11 results) Mariners of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	109	In such situations speaking is unnecessary, and sometimes dangerous, as it costs time.	10
3	892	"If one is speaking of slaves, it is appropriate, and prescribed, of course".	10
7	181	Durbar, not speaking, took the place at the second pump, that place vacated by Tyrtaios.	10
12	269	I did not punish her for speaking without permission.	10
16	334	I took them to be speaking of tarns.	10
24	196	One of the Pani youth had come up behind her, probably unnoticed, caught her speaking, and struck her, several times, swiftly, about the left arm and neck.	10
25	56	Was their treasure not aboard? What had they to hope for here, other than uncertainty, danger, and possible death? I sensed there was much secret speaking amongst the men.	10
27	69	"No speaking!" warned a Pani warrior, within, directing the bannermen, and their attendant troops, to follow him, away from the castle.	10
28	248	"Whatever might be the truth in these matters," she said, "for those of us who are slaves, and know we are slaves, and would be slaves, and are complete only at the feet of men, do not be cruel, do not begrudge us our collars!" "You would be owned?" "Wholly, and helplessly!" I regarded her, not spea...	10
33	137	They thought it the name of a remote place on Gor, from which lovely barbarians, illiterate, somehow, unbelievably enough, not even capable of speaking the language, were harvested for the markets.	10
37	59	Whereas many masters do accord their girls a standing permission to speak, many others do not, but expect the slave, under normal conditions, at least, to request permission to speak, before speaking.	10

Book 31. (6 results) Conspirators of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	46	So please forgive me for addressing you, for speaking first.	10
7	742	Upper-caste women doubtless were subject to the same needs and drives as other women, and I would learn that affairs and assignations were not infrequent amongst them, and that many free women, particularly those most sensitive to the demands of their codes, who had most internalized society's expec...	10
8	1175	My native tongue is called "English," and I am not sure that I would have allowed myself to understand the auctioneer even had he been speaking in that tongue.	10
9	361	"The speaking thing," said another.	10
10	73	I knew that some individuals can follow a language which they do not care to speak, or are not adept at speaking Too, how could a beast such as this articulate the phonemes of a human language, presumably no more than we could recreate the sounds of its own speech.	10
15	191	There was nothing human there, but the stream of sound was clearly articulated, and I knew it was speaking to me.	10

Book 32. (8 results) Smugglers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
15	310	I felt it wise to retrain from speaking, as she had spoken of Priest-Kings.	10
21	424	"You do recall," said Tyrtaios, "that the beast with the speaking machine claimed to know the contents of the cargo".	10
21	437	There was no device, no speaking machine.	10
21	498	I have discarded the speaking device".	10
22	96	"I heard him speaking to another," she said.	10
30	39	"I see I must lash her for speaking to strange men".	10
38	97	To be sure, such a permission is easily revoked, and then the slave will be expected to ask permission before speaking.	10
43	96	"Another is speaking for the prisoners.	10

Book 33. (7 results) Rebels of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
6	83	Lower Pani, peasants, fishermen, Ashigaru, and such, seldom share such a reservation, unless speaking to those of a higher station.	10
11	310	Tajima regarded me, not speaking.	10
12	29	"Beware speaking the name of a free man," I said.	10
21	269	Too, someone had called for the speaking of a sign.	10
29	421	"What are you speaking of?" asked the slave.	10
60	111	"Of what are you speaking?" said Nodachi.	10
61	57	Lord Nishida remained taciturn, not speaking.	10

Book 34. (13 results) Plunder of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	132	On the other hand, he may have heard something of this sort of thing, one way or another, doubtless through the other girls, they speaking to others, and others to others.	10
7	125	Sometimes two or three plainer girls, comparatively speaking, are used to lead up to, or frame, a less plain girl, in order that her beauty may seem even, by contrast, more striking.	10
7	403	Surely I must prove to him that I was not a slave, that I was proud, noble, and independent, not a woman who belonged at a man's feet, not a slave! Without speaking, he left the room.	10
9	96	He then rose, and, without speaking, dressed, and left the room.	10
9	190	He had then risen, and, without speaking, had dressed, and left the room.	10
9	227	Vendors were quiet, men ceased calling out to one another, stevedores put down their bundles, men ceased speaking, and all drew to the sides, clearing a path between the bales and crates, and the cages.	10
15	242	I had no idea, of course, of whom he might be speaking.	10
17	94	"Liar, liar!" she said, the switch speaking again, twice.	10
30	186	"Speaking of stupidity," I said.	10
33	99	"Perhaps," said Kurik, "it is speaking Gorean".	10
33	623	Doubtless she was speaking in Kur.	10
65	230	"I am a free woman, and I am speaking, so attend me, and well! I think these fellows were honestly misled.	10
65	235	"A free woman is speaking".	10

Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	178	"As you may suspect, my homely, naked, two-legged beasts," he said, speaking English, as had his predecessor, "your lives have changed.	10
4	33	We dare not raise our voice in their presence, and, if we are permitted the honor of speaking to them, will commonly do so softly, head down, with extreme deference.	10
4	200	She had scarcely been ensconced in her cage and the slaver's man departed than she turned to me, speaking through the cage that separated us.	10
7	222	I did not regard it as wise to be standing amidst free men speaking.	10
10	66	I am speaking, of course, of a trained, or fine, dancer.	10
11	400	Few listen, I suppose, because it is difficult to listen when one is oneself speaking.	10
29	40	Yet they sat side by side, speaking to one another, and exchanging views.	10

Book 36. (10 results) Avengers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
7	73	"I am not speaking of Thera, I am not speaking of Sybaris.	10
7	72	"I am not speaking of the Farther Islands," I said.	10
7	74	I am speaking of one tavern in one town, a tavern here in Sybaris, The Living Island.	10
17	15	I regarded her for some time, not speaking.	10
19	83	We stopped speaking, for three palanquins, one after the other, with drawn curtains, moved past.	10
53	204	I had the speaking tube brought to the stern deck.	10
53	226	I then turned back, with the speaking tube, to the nearby ship.	10
57	63	"Archers, shields!" blared a hand-held speaking tube on the corsair ship.	10
57	66	Across the water, the speaking tube fell to the deck and Thurnock refitted another arrow to his string.	10
59	10	Speaking so is permitted to free women, who may say and do much what they wish.	10