Book 23. (7 results) Renegades of Gor (Context Quote)
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8
773
He had not simply permitted the women to be redeemed.
8
774
He had gotten something of value from them, perhaps as a penalty fee, or as something in the way of compensation for the inconvenience they had caused him, over and above the amount of their unpaid bills.
8
775
There, to one side, on a rack, long and lovely, hung pelts of female hair.
8
776
Such, as I have mentioned, particularly in times of siege, though there is always a market for it on gor, is highly prized for the making of catapult ropes.
8
777
I had little doubt that the fellow, given my suppositions as to his probable thoroughness in such matters, would not even have had the graciousness to shear the heads of the ladies.
8
778
In shearing, you see, one might lose a fifth of a hort or so of hair.
8
779
Doubtless he had had their heads shaved.
He had not simply permitted the women to be redeemed.
He had gotten something of value from them, perhaps as a penalty fee, or as something in the way of compensation for the inconvenience they had caused him, over and above the amount of their unpaid bills.
There, to one side, on a rack, long and lovely, hung pelts of female hair.
Such, as I have mentioned, particularly in times of siege, though there is always a market for it on gor, is highly prized for the making of catapult ropes.
I had little doubt that the fellow, given my suppositions as to his probable thoroughness in such matters, would not even have had the graciousness to shear the heads of the ladies.
In shearing, you see, one might lose a fifth of a hort or so of hair.
Doubtless he had had their heads shaved.
- (Renegades of Gor, Chapter )