Book 7. (7 results) Captive of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 7 | 15 | Indeed, the preceding fall, at the fair of Se'Kara, near the Sardar Mountains, he had contracted with a marauder, Haakon of Skjern, for one hundred northern beauties, to be taken from the villages north of the Laurius and from the coastal villages, upward even to the edges of Torvaldsland. |
| 7 | 16 | It was to collect this merchandise that Targo was venturing to Laura. |
| 7 | 17 | He had already, at the fair, paid Haakon a deposit on this purchase, in the amount of fifty gold pieces. |
| 7 | 18 | The balance of one hundred and fifty gold pieces would be due when the consignment was delivered. |
| 7 | 19 | Two gold pieces is a high price for a raw girl, delivered in Laura, but if the same girl can be brought safely to a large market city, she will probably bring five or more, even if untrained. |
| 7 | 20 | Further, in offering as much as two gold pieces in Laura, Targo assured himself the first pick of Haakon's choicest captures. |
| 7 | 21 | Beyond this, Targo had speculated that since no city had recently fallen, and the house of Cernus had been destroyed in Ar, one of the great slave houses, that the market would be high this spring. |
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Indeed, the preceding fall, at the fair of Se'Kara, near the Sardar Mountains, he had contracted with a marauder, Haakon of Skjern, for one hundred northern beauties, to be taken from the villages north of the Laurius and from the coastal villages, upward even to the edges of Torvaldsland.
It was to collect this merchandise that Targo was venturing to Laura.
He had already, at the fair, paid Haakon a deposit on this purchase, in the amount of fifty gold pieces.
The balance of one hundred and fifty gold pieces would be due when the consignment was delivered.
Two gold pieces is a high price for a raw girl, delivered in Laura, but if the same girl can be brought safely to a large market city, she will probably bring five or more, even if untrained.
Further, in offering as much as two gold pieces in Laura, Targo assured himself the first pick of Haakon's choicest captures.
Beyond this, Targo had speculated that since no city had recently fallen, and the house of Cernus had been destroyed in Ar, one of the great slave houses, that the market would be high this spring.
- (Captive of Gor, Chapter )