This was, we may remember, the price for which Mirus had allegedly sold her to Targo.
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It was not much, but it was surely something, and Targo, a professional slaver, had paid it, and so, doubtless, had hoped to make a profit on her, perhaps of as much as five tarsks.
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She did not know what Portus had paid for her.
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Several times she had been tempted, when he had seemed in a good mood, to crawl to him on her belly, take his ankles in her small hands, kiss his feet, and beg to know.
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But she had not dared to do so.
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Portus was not a patient man.
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Too, she knew that curiosity was supposedly unbecoming in a slave girl.
This was, we may remember, the price for which Mirus had allegedly sold her to Targo.
It was not much, but it was surely something, and Targo, a professional slaver, had paid it, and so, doubtless, had hoped to make a profit on her, perhaps of as much as five tarsks.
She did not know what Portus had paid for her.
Several times she had been tempted, when he had seemed in a good mood, to crawl to him on her belly, take his ankles in her small hands, kiss his feet, and beg to know.
But she had not dared to do so.
Portus was not a patient man.
Too, she knew that curiosity was supposedly unbecoming in a slave girl.
- (Prize of Gor, Chapter )