"In several respects," said Cabot, "it seems you were insufficiently respectful".
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"Yes, master".
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"Are you aware of the penalties for showing insufficient respect?" "No, master," she said, "but I fear them".
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"A slave," said Cabot, "may speak the names of free persons in certain fashions, and in certain situations, obviously, such as 'My master is Tarl Cabot', 'I am the slave of Tarl Cabot', 'Mistress Publia desires that you would call upon her', 'master Gordon desires your opinion on the breeding of a young female slave', 'master Clearchus has repaired the kaiila saddle', 'It is expected that master Turik's new coffle will arrive in the city tomorrow, by the tenth Ahn', and so on.
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But the slave does not address the master, or other free persons, by their own names, unless having permission to do so".
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"Yes, master".
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"And that permission is rarely, if ever, granted".
"In several respects," said Cabot, "it seems you were insufficiently respectful".
"Yes, master".
"Are you aware of the penalties for showing insufficient respect?" "No, master," she said, "but I fear them".
"A slave," said Cabot, "may speak the names of free persons in certain fashions, and in certain situations, obviously, such as 'My master is Tarl Cabot', 'I am the slave of Tarl Cabot', 'Mistress Publia desires that you would call upon her', 'master Gordon desires your opinion on the breeding of a young female slave', 'master Clearchus has repaired the kaiila saddle', 'It is expected that master Turik's new coffle will arrive in the city tomorrow, by the tenth Ahn', and so on.
But the slave does not address the master, or other free persons, by their own names, unless having permission to do so".
"Yes, master".
"And that permission is rarely, if ever, granted".
- (Kur of Gor, Chapter )