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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)

Chapter # Sentence # Quote
5 71 "How do I know you are an agent of priest-kings?" I asked.
5 72 "Perhaps I am an unlikely agent," he said.
5 73 "Who am I to know? One might say the same of you, if you are indeed an agent.
5 74 Who is to tell priest-kings who will be their instruments? Are you privy to their councils, can you read the mists, the fogs and clouds, which hover about the Sardar?" I supposed it was possible that this man might be an agent of priest-kings.
5 75 Doubtless they selected their human agents with an eye to probity and utility, not nobility, not honor.
5 76 Too, the moralities of priest-kings might not be those of men, or of Kurii.
5 77 Too, I knew there was a new dynasty in the Nest.
"How do I know you are an agent of priest-kings?" I asked. "Perhaps I am an unlikely agent," he said. "Who am I to know? One might say the same of you, if you are indeed an agent. Who is to tell priest-kings who will be their instruments? Are you privy to their councils, can you read the mists, the fogs and clouds, which hover about the Sardar?" I supposed it was possible that this man might be an agent of priest-kings. Doubtless they selected their human agents with an eye to probity and utility, not nobility, not honor. Too, the moralities of priest-kings might not be those of men, or of Kurii. Too, I knew there was a new dynasty in the Nest. - (Swordsmen of Gor, Chapter )