Book 5. (7 results) Assassin of Gor (Context Quote)
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Quote
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293
"Not in such numbers," grumbled Portus.
2
294
He looked at Kuurus.
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295
"Have you any idea of the expense of acquiring a barbarian woman from beyond the cities—the distances involved? Normally they can be brought in only one at a time, on tarnback.
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296
A caravan of common slave wagons would take a year to go beyond the cities and return".
2
297
"A hundred tarnsmen, well organized," said Kuurus, "could strike barbarian villages, bind a hundred wenches, and return in twenty days".
2
298
"True," said Portus, "but commonly such raids take place on cylinders in given cities—the distances beyond the cities are great, and the prices paid for mere barbarian girls are less".
2
299
Kuurus shrugged.
"Not in such numbers," grumbled Portus.
He looked at Kuurus.
"Have you any idea of the expense of acquiring a barbarian woman from beyond the cities—the distances involved? Normally they can be brought in only one at a time, on tarnback.
A caravan of common slave wagons would take a year to go beyond the cities and return".
"A hundred tarnsmen, well organized," said Kuurus, "could strike barbarian villages, bind a hundred wenches, and return in twenty days".
"True," said Portus, "but commonly such raids take place on cylinders in given cities—the distances beyond the cities are great, and the prices paid for mere barbarian girls are less".
Kuurus shrugged.
- (Assassin of Gor, Chapter )