Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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7
56
After all, according to the rude codes of Gor, I owed her nothing; indeed, considering her attempt on my life, which had been foiled only by the fortuitous net of Nar's web, I would have been within my rights to slay her, abandoning her body to the water lizards.
After all, according to the rude codes of Gor, I owed her nothing; indeed, considering her attempt on my life, which had been foiled only by the fortuitous net of Nar's web, I would have been within my rights to slay her, abandoning her body to the water lizards.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter 7, Sentence #56)
Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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Quote
7
53
"I do not take orders from the daughter of the Ubar of Ar," I said.
7
54
"You must take me with you," she said, eyes still downcast.
7
55
"Why?" I asked.
7
56
After all, according to the rude codes of Gor, I owed her nothing; indeed, considering her attempt on my life, which had been foiled only by the fortuitous net of Nar's web, I would have been within my rights to slay her, abandoning her body to the water lizards.
7
57
Naturally, I was not looking at things from precisely the Gorean point of view, but she would have no way of knowing that.
7
58
How could she know that I would not treat her as—according to the rough justice of Gor—she deserved? "You must protect me," she said.
7
59
There was something of a pleading note in her voice.
"I do not take orders from the daughter of the Ubar of Ar," I said.
"You must take me with you," she said, eyes still downcast.
"Why?" I asked.
After all, according to the rude codes of Gor, I owed her nothing; indeed, considering her attempt on my life, which had been foiled only by the fortuitous net of Nar's web, I would have been within my rights to slay her, abandoning her body to the water lizards.
Naturally, I was not looking at things from precisely the Gorean point of view, but she would have no way of knowing that.
How could she know that I would not treat her as—according to the rough justice of Gor—she deserved? "You must protect me," she said.
There was something of a pleading note in her voice.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter 7)