Book 21. (7 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Context Quote)
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Quote
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"Do you think I would so soon forget my cuffing?" she asked.
28
21
"No," I said.
28
22
"I did not think so".
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23
"The other girl had a name, or thought she did," she said, "the false girl, that assumed identity, she who the disguised, hiding slave was pretending to be, but that name was taken from her, stripped away like her clothing, leaving behind only the real girl, the depth woman, the basic animal, the slave, she who is deeper than all pretenses, shams, and names.
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Now that depth woman, that basic animal, the slave, may be named, and will be named, as men please, as they wish, which is wholly fitting, and, it in its way, enforcing their will upon her and calling to her attention her complete subjection to it, whatever it may be, and whether it is capricious or not, is far deeper and more meaningful than what went on with her former name, which was the result of a mere legal convention".
28
25
"I see," I said.
28
26
"So I shall answer promptly to the name given me," she smiled.
"Do you think I would so soon forget my cuffing?" she asked.
"No," I said.
"I did not think so".
"The other girl had a name, or thought she did," she said, "the false girl, that assumed identity, she who the disguised, hiding slave was pretending to be, but that name was taken from her, stripped away like her clothing, leaving behind only the real girl, the depth woman, the basic animal, the slave, she who is deeper than all pretenses, shams, and names.
Now that depth woman, that basic animal, the slave, may be named, and will be named, as men please, as they wish, which is wholly fitting, and, it in its way, enforcing their will upon her and calling to her attention her complete subjection to it, whatever it may be, and whether it is capricious or not, is far deeper and more meaningful than what went on with her former name, which was the result of a mere legal convention".
"I see," I said.
"So I shall answer promptly to the name given me," she smiled.
- (Mercenaries of Gor, Chapter )