Book 31. (7 results) Conspirators of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
18
770
"May I clothe myself, master?" "You may".
18
771
"May I speak, master?" "You may".
18
772
What Jane had in mind, of course, were the usual formulas by means of which a slave, denied speech, may request to speak.
18
773
Some typical petitionary formulas would be "I beg to speak," "I would speak," and "May I speak, master?" The common understanding here is that the slave requires the master's permission to clothe herself and to speak.
18
774
She is, after all, a slave.
18
775
The master's permission is, actually, implicitly involved in many aspects of the slave's life.
18
776
To be sure, most of these permissions are standing permissions.
"May I clothe myself, master?" "You may".
"May I speak, master?" "You may".
What Jane had in mind, of course, were the usual formulas by means of which a slave, denied speech, may request to speak.
Some typical petitionary formulas would be "I beg to speak," "I would speak," and "May I speak, master?" The common understanding here is that the slave requires the master's permission to clothe herself and to speak.
She is, after all, a slave.
The master's permission is, actually, implicitly involved in many aspects of the slave's life.
To be sure, most of these permissions are standing permissions.
- (Conspirators of Gor, Chapter )