Book 23. (7 results) Renegades of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | 1087 | "Certainly not, for we are slaves!" The slave, as might be supposed, is forbidden to wear the garmenture of the free woman, unless ordered to do so by an appropriate authority, usually the master. |
| 21 | 1088 | He may wish to require this of her as a joke or a humiliation, or as an aspect of some stratagem, or such. |
| 21 | 1089 | Perhaps he wishes to take her to a song drama, but does not want to distress free women who might be offended at her presence. |
| 21 | 1090 | Sometimes slaves so clad are used as decoys, as in supposedly rich caravans, actually manned by guardsmen disguised as merchants, hoping to lure in bandits, or as substitutes for free women, as when it is thought important to divert pursuits or disguise the whereabouts or movements of free women, such things. |
| 21 | 1091 | But Publia's concern was well warranted. |
| 21 | 1092 | Not only is the slave not entitled to the garmenture of the free woman, but it is forbidden to her. |
| 21 | 1093 | In some cities it is a capital offense for her to so clothe herself without permission. |
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"Certainly not, for we are slaves!" The slave, as might be supposed, is forbidden to wear the garmenture of the free woman, unless ordered to do so by an appropriate authority, usually the master.
He may wish to require this of her as a joke or a humiliation, or as an aspect of some stratagem, or such.
Perhaps he wishes to take her to a song drama, but does not want to distress free women who might be offended at her presence.
Sometimes slaves so clad are used as decoys, as in supposedly rich caravans, actually manned by guardsmen disguised as merchants, hoping to lure in bandits, or as substitutes for free women, as when it is thought important to divert pursuits or disguise the whereabouts or movements of free women, such things.
But Publia's concern was well warranted.
Not only is the slave not entitled to the garmenture of the free woman, but it is forbidden to her.
In some cities it is a capital offense for her to so clothe herself without permission.
- (Renegades of Gor, Chapter )