Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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369
"I see," I said.
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370
Policrates, Kliomenes and Callisthenes, and such men, branded and collared, would soon be owned slaves, laboring for masters.
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371
There are many uses for such slaves.
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372
They can be purchased for work chains, to be rented out by their masters, sometimes marched between cities, depending on the seasons and the work available.
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373
They can serve, too, in such places as the mines, the quarries and great farms.
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374
"Master?" asked the girl in yellow gauze, who had been Shirley and now belonged, for the moment nameless, to my friend Aemilianus, of Ar's Station.
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375
"Second slave," I told her, which, among the river towns, and in certain cities, particularly in the north, is a way of indicating that I would take the black wine without creams or sugars, and as it came from the pouring vessel, which, of course, in these areas, is handled by the "second slave," the first slave being the girl who puts down the cups, takes the orders and sees that the beverage is prepared according to the preferences of the one who is being served.
"I see," I said.
Policrates, Kliomenes and Callisthenes, and such men, branded and collared, would soon be owned slaves, laboring for masters.
There are many uses for such slaves.
They can be purchased for work chains, to be rented out by their masters, sometimes marched between cities, depending on the seasons and the work available.
They can serve, too, in such places as the mines, the quarries and great farms.
"Master?" asked the girl in yellow gauze, who had been Shirley and now belonged, for the moment nameless, to my friend Aemilianus, of Ar's Station.
"Second slave," I told her, which, among the river towns, and in certain cities, particularly in the north, is a way of indicating that I would take the black wine without creams or sugars, and as it came from the pouring vessel, which, of course, in these areas, is handled by the "second slave," the first slave being the girl who puts down the cups, takes the orders and sees that the beverage is prepared according to the preferences of the one who is being served.
- (Guardsman of Gor, Chapter )