Book 28. (1 results) Kur of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 73 | 209 | A well-known Gorean saying has it that curiosity is not becoming in a kajira. |
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Book 28. (7 results) Kur of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 73 | 206 | This ignorance, of course, is also helpful with respect to her control. |
| 73 | 207 | On the other hand, despite the best efforts by masters, there is often, one fears, slave to slave, one overhearing something here, another hearing something there, and so on, often a rapid transmission of the most exquisite and detailed information amongst them. |
| 73 | 208 | After all, they traverse the streets, draw water at the fountains, bargain in the markets, kneel at the laundry troughs, and so on. |
| 73 | 209 | A well-known Gorean saying has it that curiosity is not becoming in a kajira. |
| 73 | 210 | Nonetheless, it is also commonly understood, often to the surprise, and sometimes chagrin, of masters, that kajirae, in a thousand ways, however mysteriously, are often well informed. |
| 73 | 211 | It may be supposed then that the slave in the stable, despite the handicap of her incarceration, was already well aware of certain profound alterations in the world, political, and otherwise. |
| 73 | 212 | Nonetheless, as this was not known to Cabot and Lord Grendel, or not known for certain, Lord Grendel, by means of intermediaries, guards, and such, made certain that the slave was well aware of the victory of Lord Arcesilaus, the appearance of Lord Grendel in the capital, that of a human commander, Tarl Cabot, as well, and so on. |
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This ignorance, of course, is also helpful with respect to her control.
On the other hand, despite the best efforts by masters, there is often, one fears, slave to slave, one overhearing something here, another hearing something there, and so on, often a rapid transmission of the most exquisite and detailed information amongst them.
After all, they traverse the streets, draw water at the fountains, bargain in the markets, kneel at the laundry troughs, and so on.
A well-known Gorean saying has it that curiosity is not becoming in a kajira.
Nonetheless, it is also commonly understood, often to the surprise, and sometimes chagrin, of masters, that kajirae, in a thousand ways, however mysteriously, are often well informed.
It may be supposed then that the slave in the stable, despite the handicap of her incarceration, was already well aware of certain profound alterations in the world, political, and otherwise.
Nonetheless, as this was not known to Cabot and Lord Grendel, or not known for certain, Lord Grendel, by means of intermediaries, guards, and such, made certain that the slave was well aware of the victory of Lord Arcesilaus, the appearance of Lord Grendel in the capital, that of a human commander, Tarl Cabot, as well, and so on.
- (Kur of Gor, Chapter 73)