Book 26. (7 results) Witness of Gor (Context Quote)
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135
"Perhaps the slave recalls," he said, "one who was once the Lady Constanzia of Besnit, one who once, when the mistress of a rich house, defrauded the house of William, in Harfax.
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136
Much did the house of William suffer, in its resources, and more, in its reputation, in its very name, honored for generations in a dozen cities.
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137
Nearly did she bring the house of William to its ruin, but the house, a strong one, survived, and, rebuilt itself, in its resources and its name.
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138
Indeed, it is now the most prosperous of the merchant houses in Harfax.
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139
In the time of our peril, of our shame, of our sacrifices, we did not, of course, forget the name of Constanzia of Besnit.
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140
But, know that even now, now, in a time in which our fortunes have been recovered and more, in a time in which our name shines again, and more brightly than ever, in a dozen cities, in a time in which we have become first among the houses of our caste in Harfax, we still remember that name.
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No, we have never forgotten the name of Constanzia of Besnit.
"Perhaps the slave recalls," he said, "one who was once the Lady Constanzia of Besnit, one who once, when the mistress of a rich house, defrauded the house of William, in Harfax.
Much did the house of William suffer, in its resources, and more, in its reputation, in its very name, honored for generations in a dozen cities.
Nearly did she bring the house of William to its ruin, but the house, a strong one, survived, and, rebuilt itself, in its resources and its name.
Indeed, it is now the most prosperous of the merchant houses in Harfax.
In the time of our peril, of our shame, of our sacrifices, we did not, of course, forget the name of Constanzia of Besnit.
But, know that even now, now, in a time in which our fortunes have been recovered and more, in a time in which our name shines again, and more brightly than ever, in a dozen cities, in a time in which we have become first among the houses of our caste in Harfax, we still remember that name.
No, we have never forgotten the name of Constanzia of Besnit.
- (Witness of Gor, Chapter )