Book 32. (7 results) Smugglers of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 46 | 112 | In problematical situations, escaped slaves are commonly publicly exhibited for a time, chained under a pertinent notice and then, if not claimed, auctioned, or delivered to the finder. |
| 46 | 113 | Sometimes a slave is tortured and, in this case, she is likely to acknowledge herself the slave of anyone whom the magistrate might suggest, perhaps a relative in another village. |
| 46 | 114 | To be sure, a slave is seldom subjected to any grievous torture, as it might lower her value. |
| 46 | 115 | An exception is when her testimony is to be taken in a court of law. |
| 46 | 116 | Then any slave, male or female, will be placed on the rack, the theory being that this will guarantee a veracious testimony, even from the lips of a slave. |
| 46 | 117 | What it commonly guarantees is that the slave, howling in misery or screaming through tears, will tell the judge whatever he wishes to hear. |
| 46 | 118 | I stopped, suddenly, in the dusk. |
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In problematical situations, escaped slaves are commonly publicly exhibited for a time, chained under a pertinent notice and then, if not claimed, auctioned, or delivered to the finder.
Sometimes a slave is tortured and, in this case, she is likely to acknowledge herself the slave of anyone whom the magistrate might suggest, perhaps a relative in another village.
To be sure, a slave is seldom subjected to any grievous torture, as it might lower her value.
An exception is when her testimony is to be taken in a court of law.
Then any slave, male or female, will be placed on the rack, the theory being that this will guarantee a veracious testimony, even from the lips of a slave.
What it commonly guarantees is that the slave, howling in misery or screaming through tears, will tell the judge whatever he wishes to hear.
I stopped, suddenly, in the dusk.
- (Smugglers of Gor, Chapter )