Book 22. (7 results) Dancer of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | 633 | The original master, of course, has the right to try to recover his property, which remains technically his for a period of one week. |
| 6 | 634 | If I were to flee the thief, however, after he has consolidated his hold on me, for example, kept me for even a night, I could, actually in Gorean law, be counted as a runaway slave, from him, even though he did not technically own me yet, and punished accordingly. |
| 6 | 635 | Analogies are that it is not permitted to animals to challenge the tethers on their necks, or flee the posts within which they find themselves penned, that money must retain its value, and buying power, regardless of who has it in hand, and so on. |
| 6 | 636 | Strictures of this sort, of course, do not apply to free persons, such as free women. |
| 6 | 637 | A free woman is entitled to try to escape a captor as best she can, and without penalty, even after her first night in his bonds, if she still chooses to do so. |
| 6 | 638 | If she is enslaved, of course, then she is subject to, and covered by, the same customs, practices and laws as any other slave. |
| 6 | 639 | The point of these statutes, it seems, is to keep the slave in perfect custody, at all times, and to encourage boldness on the part of males. |
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The original master, of course, has the right to try to recover his property, which remains technically his for a period of one week.
If I were to flee the thief, however, after he has consolidated his hold on me, for example, kept me for even a night, I could, actually in Gorean law, be counted as a runaway slave, from him, even though he did not technically own me yet, and punished accordingly.
Analogies are that it is not permitted to animals to challenge the tethers on their necks, or flee the posts within which they find themselves penned, that money must retain its value, and buying power, regardless of who has it in hand, and so on.
Strictures of this sort, of course, do not apply to free persons, such as free women.
A free woman is entitled to try to escape a captor as best she can, and without penalty, even after her first night in his bonds, if she still chooses to do so.
If she is enslaved, of course, then she is subject to, and covered by, the same customs, practices and laws as any other slave.
The point of these statutes, it seems, is to keep the slave in perfect custody, at all times, and to encourage boldness on the part of males.
- (Dancer of Gor, Chapter )