Book 31. (7 results) Conspirators of Gor (Context Quote)
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Sentence #
Quote
10
279
A literate slave may deliver messages placed in a small leather tube, tied by a string about her collar.
10
280
Her hands are thonged, or braceleted, behind her back.
10
281
In this way she will be as ignorant of the message's content as an illiterate slave.
10
282
Messages of great importance, such as might be transmitted between armies, or cities, are carried by free persons, and are sealed with wax, bearing the imprint of a signet ring.
10
283
In this way one is assured of the sender, and, if the seal is unbroken, of the security of the message.
10
284
As the sheets were now folded, and readied for delivery, I put the kerchief about my head.
10
285
It had been some weeks now since my purchase from the Tarsk Market.
A literate slave may deliver messages placed in a small leather tube, tied by a string about her collar.
Her hands are thonged, or braceleted, behind her back.
In this way she will be as ignorant of the message's content as an illiterate slave.
Messages of great importance, such as might be transmitted between armies, or cities, are carried by free persons, and are sealed with wax, bearing the imprint of a signet ring.
In this way one is assured of the sender, and, if the seal is unbroken, of the security of the message.
As the sheets were now folded, and readied for delivery, I put the kerchief about my head.
It had been some weeks now since my purchase from the Tarsk Market.
- (Conspirators of Gor, Chapter )