Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
3
1262
Too, had he not, already, in his pouch, a wealth of precious stones? 'My apologies,' said the leader.
3
1263
'We thought the slave once the Lady Flavia.
3
1264
' The word 'once' frightened me.
3
1265
I realized that I was now, in the eyes of the law, no longer the Lady Flavia but an animal that might be named as the free might please.
3
1266
Shortly thereafter the officer and the slave had reentered the tarn basket and the tarnster took the bird to flight, the basket trailing behind on its long harness ropes.
3
1267
I saw its silhouette briefly against the yellow moon.
3
1268
I recalled the authority with which the officer had spoken, and the care, the circumspection, with which the leader had responded.
Too, had he not, already, in his pouch, a wealth of precious stones? 'My apologies,' said the leader.
'We thought the slave once the Lady Flavia.
' The word 'once' frightened me.
I realized that I was now, in the eyes of the law, no longer the Lady Flavia but an animal that might be named as the free might please.
Shortly thereafter the officer and the slave had reentered the tarn basket and the tarnster took the bird to flight, the basket trailing behind on its long harness ropes.
I saw its silhouette briefly against the yellow moon.
I recalled the authority with which the officer had spoken, and the care, the circumspection, with which the leader had responded.
- (Mariners of Gor, Chapter )