Book 7. (7 results) Captive of Gor (Context Quote)
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192
She had been rejected! This made no sense! I had once been offered, on Earth, a hundred dollars, for a single kiss.
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193
I had toyed with the idea of granting it, not for the hundred dollars, of course, but for piquant frisson involved, the tingling, flattering little thrill of such a transaction, me, Elinor Brinton, selling a kiss, the surprising, unexpected, naughty adventure of it, of pretending, for a moment, that I was such a woman, one who might do such a thing, a mere slut, perhaps a "call girl," or such, doubtless one much in demand, doubtless the most beautiful in the city, or, better, perhaps a beautiful, sophisticated, unfaithful noblewoman, whom monarchs might beseech to be their mistress, the sort of woman whom men sought and for whose favors they might bankrupt kingdoms.
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194
But I did not grant the favor, of course.
10
195
One of my kisses, I told myself, that of Elinor Brinton, was worth more.
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196
Indeed, they were not for sale.
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197
Besides I did not kiss men.
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198
I hated men, their spineless compliance, and stupidity.
She had been rejected! This made no sense! I had once been offered, on Earth, a hundred dollars, for a single kiss.
I had toyed with the idea of granting it, not for the hundred dollars, of course, but for piquant frisson involved, the tingling, flattering little thrill of such a transaction, me, Elinor Brinton, selling a kiss, the surprising, unexpected, naughty adventure of it, of pretending, for a moment, that I was such a woman, one who might do such a thing, a mere slut, perhaps a "call girl," or such, doubtless one much in demand, doubtless the most beautiful in the city, or, better, perhaps a beautiful, sophisticated, unfaithful noblewoman, whom monarchs might beseech to be their mistress, the sort of woman whom men sought and for whose favors they might bankrupt kingdoms.
But I did not grant the favor, of course.
One of my kisses, I told myself, that of Elinor Brinton, was worth more.
Indeed, they were not for sale.
Besides I did not kiss men.
I hated men, their spineless compliance, and stupidity.
- (Captive of Gor, Chapter )