Book 26. (7 results) Witness of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
7
101
To be sure, perhaps I had been brought here, really, no differently from others, nor for purposes essentially different from theirs.
7
102
That was possible.
7
103
But I was not sure of it.
7
104
The "flowers" here were of astounding quality and I was not at all sure that I, even given the fact that I might be of interest, even of remarkable interest, on this world, really belonged among them, at least on purely aesthetic grounds.
7
105
Similarly I was not versed in song, I was not skilled with lute or lyre, I did not even know the special dances of the gardens.
7
106
It is one thing to writhe naked before guards, one's body obedient to the slightest tremor of the flute, and quite another, for example, to swirl in a belt of jewels on the dancing floor of one of the golden taverns, reached only from the high bridges.
7
107
But then, perhaps, they are not really so different after all.
To be sure, perhaps I had been brought here, really, no differently from others, nor for purposes essentially different from theirs.
That was possible.
But I was not sure of it.
The "flowers" here were of astounding quality and I was not at all sure that I, even given the fact that I might be of interest, even of remarkable interest, on this world, really belonged among them, at least on purely aesthetic grounds.
Similarly I was not versed in song, I was not skilled with lute or lyre, I did not even know the special dances of the gardens.
It is one thing to writhe naked before guards, one's body obedient to the slightest tremor of the flute, and quite another, for example, to swirl in a belt of jewels on the dancing floor of one of the golden taverns, reached only from the high bridges.
But then, perhaps, they are not really so different after all.
- (Witness of Gor, Chapter )