Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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Quote
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73
She was no Talena, but she had stood high in the realms of treachery which had so beleaguered glorious Ar.
20
74
I had told her that I did not care for gold washed in blood, but I supposed she had not believed me.
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75
What might a man favor more than gold, a slave at his feet? Perhaps, I thought.
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76
Could the slave, I wondered, be truly enwrapped in the toils of love? How absurd that would be! But I knew that no love could compare with the love of a slave for her master, the love of a vulnerable, helpless slave, who may be beaten or sold on a whim, for her master.
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77
Is it not the most profound, the most helpless, the deepest, of all loves? But the love of a slave, I knew, was to be scorned.
20
78
For she is a slave.
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79
"Can Master not guess?" she asked, again.
She was no Talena, but she had stood high in the realms of treachery which had so beleaguered glorious Ar.
I had told her that I did not care for gold washed in blood, but I supposed she had not believed me.
What might a man favor more than gold, a slave at his feet? Perhaps, I thought.
Could the slave, I wondered, be truly enwrapped in the toils of love? How absurd that would be! But I knew that no love could compare with the love of a slave for her master, the love of a vulnerable, helpless slave, who may be beaten or sold on a whim, for her master.
Is it not the most profound, the most helpless, the deepest, of all loves? But the love of a slave, I knew, was to be scorned.
For she is a slave.
"Can Master not guess?" she asked, again.
- (Mariners of Gor, Chapter )