Book 26. (7 results) Witness of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 29 | 144 | But, lo, would her own brothers not ransom her? But it seemed not. |
| 29 | 145 | What then was to be her fate? If she were not simply fed to sleen, it would be, presumably, oh, miserable fate, the collar! Well, you can well imagine our reluctance to see such a fine lady, and one so special to us, being simply put upon a block, somewhere, and who would know where, and being sold to just anyone. |
| 29 | 146 | No, it seemed fitting to us that we should rescue her from such a fate. |
| 29 | 147 | Was she not, after all, an honored member of our caste? And so we decided to ransom her, if her brothers would not, as an act, if nothing else, of caste solidarity and benevolence. |
| 29 | 148 | And so she was ransomed. |
| 29 | 149 | And her ransom was not cheap, I tell you that. |
| 29 | 150 | Should we not have waited until she was enslaved, and then bid upon her? No, certainly not. |
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But, lo, would her own brothers not ransom her? But it seemed not.
What then was to be her fate? If she were not simply fed to sleen, it would be, presumably, oh, miserable fate, the collar! Well, you can well imagine our reluctance to see such a fine lady, and one so special to us, being simply put upon a block, somewhere, and who would know where, and being sold to just anyone.
No, it seemed fitting to us that we should rescue her from such a fate.
Was she not, after all, an honored member of our caste? And so we decided to ransom her, if her brothers would not, as an act, if nothing else, of caste solidarity and benevolence.
And so she was ransomed.
And her ransom was not cheap, I tell you that.
Should we not have waited until she was enslaved, and then bid upon her? No, certainly not.
- (Witness of Gor, Chapter )