Book 25. (7 results) Magicians of Gor (Context Quote)
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41
"Good," I said.
24
42
The original time of the assignation, conveyed to the slave, which he, in turn, would have conveyed to his master, was the seventh ahn.
24
43
Accordingly the master, and presumably two magistrates, who would act as official witnesses and be officers versed in certain matters, would wish to arrive early, presumably about half past the sixth ahn, or, at any rate, at a decent interval before the seventh ahn.
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44
The free woman might very well, of course, not appear precisely at the seventh ahn.
24
45
She might prefer to let her putative lover wait, perhaps torturing himself with anxieties and doubts as to her intent to appear at all.
24
46
This is very different from a slave, of course.
24
47
The slave must be instantly ready to serve the master, and at so little as a whistle, a gesture or a snapping of the fingers.
"Good," I said.
The original time of the assignation, conveyed to the slave, which he, in turn, would have conveyed to his master, was the seventh ahn.
Accordingly the master, and presumably two magistrates, who would act as official witnesses and be officers versed in certain matters, would wish to arrive early, presumably about half past the sixth ahn, or, at any rate, at a decent interval before the seventh ahn.
The free woman might very well, of course, not appear precisely at the seventh ahn.
She might prefer to let her putative lover wait, perhaps torturing himself with anxieties and doubts as to her intent to appear at all.
This is very different from a slave, of course.
The slave must be instantly ready to serve the master, and at so little as a whistle, a gesture or a snapping of the fingers.
- (Magicians of Gor, Chapter )