I smiled rather grimly to myself and took a significant swallow of paga.
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"Wily Tuchuk, eh?" I thought to myself.
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Aphris, for her part, though the quivas were still available, seemed, shortly after having begun to sleep at Kamchak's boots, for some reason to have thought the better of burying one in his heart.
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It would not have been wise, of course, for even were she successful, her consequent hideous death at the hands of the Clan of Torturers would probably, all things considered, have made her act something of a bad bargain.
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On the other hand she may have feared that Kamchak would simply turn around and seize her.
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After all, it is difficult to sneak up on a man while wearing collar and bells.
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Also, she may have feared more than death that if she failed in an attempt to slay him she would be plunged in the sack again which lay ever ready near the back, left wheel of the wagon.
I smiled rather grimly to myself and took a significant swallow of paga.
"Wily Tuchuk, eh?" I thought to myself.
Aphris, for her part, though the quivas were still available, seemed, shortly after having begun to sleep at Kamchak's boots, for some reason to have thought the better of burying one in his heart.
It would not have been wise, of course, for even were she successful, her consequent hideous death at the hands of the Clan of Torturers would probably, all things considered, have made her act something of a bad bargain.
On the other hand she may have feared that Kamchak would simply turn around and seize her.
After all, it is difficult to sneak up on a man while wearing collar and bells.
Also, she may have feared more than death that if she failed in an attempt to slay him she would be plunged in the sack again which lay ever ready near the back, left wheel of the wagon.
- (Nomads of Gor, Chapter )