Book 4. (7 results) Nomads of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 636 | I and the wagons would go with them. |
| 9 | 1 | Aphris of Turia There was little doubt that I, in the worn, red tunic of a warrior, and Kamchak, in the black leather of the Tuchuks, seemed somewhat out of place at the banquet of Saphrar, merchant of Turia. |
| 9 | 2 | "It is the spiced brain of the Torian vulo," Saphrar was explaining. |
| 9 | 3 | It was somewhat surprising to me that Kamchak and I, being in our way ambassadors of the Wagon Peoples, were entertained in the house of Saphrar, the merchant, rather than in the palace of Phanius Turmus, Administrator of Turia. |
| 9 | 4 | Kamchak's explanation was reasonably satisfying. |
| 9 | 5 | There were apparently two reasons, the official reason and the real reason. |
| 9 | 6 | The official reason, proclaimed by Phanius Turmus, the Administrator, and others high in the government, was that those of the Wagon Peoples were unworthy to be entertained in the administrative palace; the real reason, apparently seldom proclaimed by anyone, was that the true power in Turia lay actually with the Caste of merchants, chief of whom was Saphrar, as it does in many cities. |
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I and the wagons would go with them.
Aphris of Turia There was little doubt that I, in the worn, red tunic of a warrior, and Kamchak, in the black leather of the Tuchuks, seemed somewhat out of place at the banquet of Saphrar, merchant of Turia.
"It is the spiced brain of the Torian vulo," Saphrar was explaining.
It was somewhat surprising to me that Kamchak and I, being in our way ambassadors of the Wagon Peoples, were entertained in the house of Saphrar, the merchant, rather than in the palace of Phanius Turmus, Administrator of Turia.
Kamchak's explanation was reasonably satisfying.
There were apparently two reasons, the official reason and the real reason.
The official reason, proclaimed by Phanius Turmus, the Administrator, and others high in the government, was that those of the Wagon Peoples were unworthy to be entertained in the administrative palace; the real reason, apparently seldom proclaimed by anyone, was that the true power in Turia lay actually with the Caste of merchants, chief of whom was Saphrar, as it does in many cities.
- (Nomads of Gor, Chapter )