Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor (Individual Quote)
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202
Wedges of sa-tarna bread were next distributed, and a half larma to each man, useful in prolonged voyages, a precaution against weakness and bleeding.
Wedges of Sa-Tarna bread were next distributed, and a half larma to each man, useful in prolonged voyages, a precaution against weakness and bleeding.
- (Mariners of Gor, Chapter 12, Sentence #202)
Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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199
Was I somehow special? I did know her as the former Lady Flavia of Ar.
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200
But it seems that that might have encouraged not liberties on her part, but a zealous circumspection in such matters, a particular desire to please.
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201
Did she think it demeaning, rather than utterly appropriate, that she should be serving men? Did she still think of herself as she had in Ar, a woman of power and station, far superior to, say, a mere guard, a soldier, she still a fine lady who was now, inexplicably and unconscionably, set to menial, shameful tasks, fit only for a slave? In our mess, of some one hundred and sixty men, mostly armsmen, at four long tables, some twenty to a side, sixteen slaves served.
12
202
Wedges of sa-tarna bread were next distributed, and a half larma to each man, useful in prolonged voyages, a precaution against weakness and bleeding.
12
203
The bread was placed not at my right hand, but insolently before me, half torn.
12
204
The larma half was small, dry, and withered; it had been crushed, perhaps yesterday, voiding it of most juice.
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205
There was little but rind left.
Was I somehow special? I did know her as the former Lady Flavia of Ar.
But it seems that that might have encouraged not liberties on her part, but a zealous circumspection in such matters, a particular desire to please.
Did she think it demeaning, rather than utterly appropriate, that she should be serving men? Did she still think of herself as she had in Ar, a woman of power and station, far superior to, say, a mere guard, a soldier, she still a fine lady who was now, inexplicably and unconscionably, set to menial, shameful tasks, fit only for a slave? In our mess, of some one hundred and sixty men, mostly armsmen, at four long tables, some twenty to a side, sixteen slaves served.
Wedges of sa-tarna bread were next distributed, and a half larma to each man, useful in prolonged voyages, a precaution against weakness and bleeding.
The bread was placed not at my right hand, but insolently before me, half torn.
The larma half was small, dry, and withered; it had been crushed, perhaps yesterday, voiding it of most juice.
There was little but rind left.
- (Mariners of Gor, Chapter 12)