Book 19. (7 results) Kajira of Gor (Context Quote)
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Quote
31
548
Certainly he had taken much pleasure with me.
31
549
But he must know that the true Sheila had fallen to Hassan, the Slave Hunter.
31
550
Only recently he had brought her to Argentum in a golden sack.
31
551
Even now, for his amusement, he kept her for several ahn a day in that sack, suspended, tied shut, in the throne room, while business was conducted.
31
552
The sack was to be opened, and she was to be presented to Claudius, Ubar of Argentum, and the high council, and high citizens of Argentum, at the climax of a great feast, to be celebrated two days from now.
31
553
So what interest had Miles of Argentum in me? Surely he did not think that I might be the real Sheila.
31
554
In his treatment of me, and in calling me Sheila, and so on, surely he had been only playing a game with me.
Certainly he had taken much pleasure with me.
But he must know that the true Sheila had fallen to Hassan, the Slave Hunter.
Only recently he had brought her to Argentum in a golden sack.
Even now, for his amusement, he kept her for several ahn a day in that sack, suspended, tied shut, in the throne room, while business was conducted.
The sack was to be opened, and she was to be presented to Claudius, Ubar of Argentum, and the high council, and high citizens of Argentum, at the climax of a great feast, to be celebrated two days from now.
So what interest had Miles of Argentum in me? Surely he did not think that I might be the real Sheila.
In his treatment of me, and in calling me Sheila, and so on, surely he had been only playing a game with me.
- (Kajira of Gor, Chapter )