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 )