Book 21. (7 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | 927 | "Of course not," said my hostess. |
| 25 | 928 | "Suppose she was a ubar's daughter". |
| 25 | 929 | "I see," I said. |
| 25 | 930 | "The daughter of a ubar may bring ten thousand pieces of gold in a private sale," said the hostess, "but, as a woman, as a mere female on a chain, she may be worth far less than thousands of wenches one might lead home for a few copper tarsks". |
| 25 | 931 | "That is true," I said. |
| 25 | 932 | And it is not unoften the case that such a common wench, of which little is expected, bought originally perhaps with the mere object of keeping her for a week or so and then reselling her, will be discovered to be an astounding value. |
| 25 | 933 | Fortunate is the master who gets so much for so little. |
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"Of course not," said my hostess.
"Suppose she was a ubar's daughter".
"I see," I said.
"The daughter of a ubar may bring ten thousand pieces of gold in a private sale," said the hostess, "but, as a woman, as a mere female on a chain, she may be worth far less than thousands of wenches one might lead home for a few copper tarsks".
"That is true," I said.
And it is not unoften the case that such a common wench, of which little is expected, bought originally perhaps with the mere object of keeping her for a week or so and then reselling her, will be discovered to be an astounding value.
Fortunate is the master who gets so much for so little.
- (Mercenaries of Gor, Chapter )