Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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Sentence #
Quote
8
490
Who, after all, would think to seek him beyond the farther islands? Or perhaps he wished to seek a fortune in a new, untried venue, a fortune, like many, obtainable by sword skill? Perhaps, on the other hand, he sought the former Lady Flavia of Ar.
8
491
The reward for her return to Ar was far from negligible.
8
492
Might it not purchase a galley, and several slaves, of high quality? But she had thought he was after greater game, of some sort.
8
493
But what might that be? Also, as she could recognize him, her death might be worth far more to him than the gold her delivery to Ar might bring.
8
494
To be sure, I, too, might recognize him.
8
495
I had taken care to avoid being alone with him.
8
496
Clearly I constituted a danger to him, and, as a free man, one far more dangerous than that posed by a slave.
Who, after all, would think to seek him beyond the farther islands? Or perhaps he wished to seek a fortune in a new, untried venue, a fortune, like many, obtainable by sword skill? Perhaps, on the other hand, he sought the former Lady Flavia of Ar.
The reward for her return to Ar was far from negligible.
Might it not purchase a galley, and several slaves, of high quality? But she had thought he was after greater game, of some sort.
But what might that be? Also, as she could recognize him, her death might be worth far more to him than the gold her delivery to Ar might bring.
To be sure, I, too, might recognize him.
I had taken care to avoid being alone with him.
Clearly I constituted a danger to him, and, as a free man, one far more dangerous than that posed by a slave.
- (Mariners of Gor, Chapter )