Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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142
The gate to the wharf area, leading to the walled-in trail, was open, and the coffle, weary and footsore, neck-roped, their burdens delivered, were being herded within, by their young herdsmen.
26
143
Once within the gate the lads began to remove them, one by one, from the coffle.
26
144
While the rope was being removed the slaves must kneel.
26
145
Also, of course, they were in the presence of a free person, in this case, a boy, of the lesser Pani.
26
146
Once free of the rope, the girls were permitted to rise to their feet, that they might seek their keepers, and be returned to their kennels.
26
147
The sun was high, and the day warm.
26
148
The burdens they had borne, while not heavy for a man, would have been heavy for a woman, and the climb back to the castle from the wharf, given its twistings and its tortuous steepness, would be time consuming and difficult for either a man or woman.
The gate to the wharf area, leading to the walled-in trail, was open, and the coffle, weary and footsore, neck-roped, their burdens delivered, were being herded within, by their young herdsmen.
Once within the gate the lads began to remove them, one by one, from the coffle.
While the rope was being removed the slaves must kneel.
Also, of course, they were in the presence of a free person, in this case, a boy, of the lesser Pani.
Once free of the rope, the girls were permitted to rise to their feet, that they might seek their keepers, and be returned to their kennels.
The sun was high, and the day warm.
The burdens they had borne, while not heavy for a man, would have been heavy for a woman, and the climb back to the castle from the wharf, given its twistings and its tortuous steepness, would be time consuming and difficult for either a man or woman.
- (Mariners of Gor, Chapter )