Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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3
1504
"In disarranging your veils in Ar," I said, "in your time of power, your features, as doubtless you intended, were well bared, though, could you have seen the future, you might have been more careful, more decorous.
3
1505
You are the former Lady Flavia of Ar, and that name, as I understand it, remains high on the proscription lists, perhaps just beneath those of Talena herself, and Seremides".
3
1506
"Do not betray me!" she pleaded.
3
1507
"death by impalement," I said, "is doubtless a most miserable death, and not the swiftest.
3
1508
Indeed, it can take more than an Ahn to descend the spear.
3
1509
And sometimes, suitably braced, increment by transitory increment, the victim given food and water, the execution can take several days, during which time the victim is exposed to the jeers and abuse of the public".
3
1510
She came and lay down beside me.
"In disarranging your veils in Ar," I said, "in your time of power, your features, as doubtless you intended, were well bared, though, could you have seen the future, you might have been more careful, more decorous.
You are the former Lady Flavia of Ar, and that name, as I understand it, remains high on the proscription lists, perhaps just beneath those of Talena herself, and Seremides".
"Do not betray me!" she pleaded.
"death by impalement," I said, "is doubtless a most miserable death, and not the swiftest.
Indeed, it can take more than an Ahn to descend the spear.
And sometimes, suitably braced, increment by transitory increment, the victim given food and water, the execution can take several days, during which time the victim is exposed to the jeers and abuse of the public".
She came and lay down beside me.
- (Mariners of Gor, Chapter )