Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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36
180
I saw two Initiates in their snowy white, with their golden pans held out, to receive offerings.
36
181
Commonly they do nothing for coin received, but, occasionally, they agree to bless the giver, and commend him to priest-kings.
36
182
Among their many services, for a sufficient fee, they assure success in business, politics, and love, which successes are unfailing, it is said, unless they not be in accord with the will of the priest-kings.
36
183
On the docks, also for a sufficient fee, they sometimes sell fair winds and clear skies, which also never fail, it is said, save when not in accord with the will of the priest-kings.
36
184
The Pani, discovering that the Initiates were not marketing their golden pans but expected to receive something for nothing, as it were, or nothing tangible, asked them to step aside, as they were impeding the way of honest tradesmen.
36
185
Many fellows, of course, do not wear their caste robes about, except when on caste business, and some don them only on formal occasions or holidays.
36
186
Many free women, for example, and some men, concerned with respect to their appearance, do not care to limit their wardrobes as narrowly as their castes might seem to recommend.
I saw two Initiates in their snowy white, with their golden pans held out, to receive offerings.
Commonly they do nothing for coin received, but, occasionally, they agree to bless the giver, and commend him to priest-kings.
Among their many services, for a sufficient fee, they assure success in business, politics, and love, which successes are unfailing, it is said, unless they not be in accord with the will of the priest-kings.
On the docks, also for a sufficient fee, they sometimes sell fair winds and clear skies, which also never fail, it is said, save when not in accord with the will of the priest-kings.
The Pani, discovering that the Initiates were not marketing their golden pans but expected to receive something for nothing, as it were, or nothing tangible, asked them to step aside, as they were impeding the way of honest tradesmen.
Many fellows, of course, do not wear their caste robes about, except when on caste business, and some don them only on formal occasions or holidays.
Many free women, for example, and some men, concerned with respect to their appearance, do not care to limit their wardrobes as narrowly as their castes might seem to recommend.
- (Mariners of Gor, Chapter )