Book 22. (7 results) Dancer of Gor (Context Quote)
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10
But that was an absurd interpretation, surely, of what had occurred.
3
11
I was only reading the paper I had found in the book.
3
12
That was all.
3
13
I had taken the paper home.
3
14
The next day, after a troubled, restless night, and after hours of anxiety, misery and hesitation, I had suddenly, feverishly, burned it.
3
15
Thus I had hoped to put it from me, but I knew the thing had happened, that the words had been said, and had had their meaning, that which they had had at the time, and not necessarily that which I might now fervently desire to ascribe to them, and to such a man.
3
16
That the paper might be burned could not undo what was now transcribed in the reality of the world.
But that was an absurd interpretation, surely, of what had occurred.
I was only reading the paper I had found in the book.
That was all.
I had taken the paper home.
The next day, after a troubled, restless night, and after hours of anxiety, misery and hesitation, I had suddenly, feverishly, burned it.
Thus I had hoped to put it from me, but I knew the thing had happened, that the words had been said, and had had their meaning, that which they had had at the time, and not necessarily that which I might now fervently desire to ascribe to them, and to such a man.
That the paper might be burned could not undo what was now transcribed in the reality of the world.
- (Dancer of Gor, Chapter )