Book 34. (7 results) Plunder of Gor (Context Quote)
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78
This sort of thing, in my case, had not been unusual.
13
79
Oddly, at least to me, I had been not only frequently sold, as I have indicated, but was never sold within the same locale, within the same city, or such, as one would normally expect.
13
80
I understood nothing of this.
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81
If a master tired of me, or needed a stronger girl for heavier labors, for I served commonly as a work slave, why should he not simply hood me and take me to some convenient local market, to be disposed of there? Why did he always solicit a traveling slaver, a passing dealer, the master of a caravan on the brink of departure? The prices I brought, for the most part, were typical, and realistic, and once, thrilling me, most of a silver tarsk, but then, many times, afterward, often to my chagrin or confusion, I would be sold for a pittance, sometimes for little more than being given away.
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82
Why must I be so cheaply discarded? Surely masters would not welcome taking a loss on their buy.
13
83
Indeed, some were merchants, and Goreans, generally, are careful with their coins, often jealously, extremely so.
13
84
What a worthless, miserable slave, I must be, I sometimes thought.
This sort of thing, in my case, had not been unusual.
Oddly, at least to me, I had been not only frequently sold, as I have indicated, but was never sold within the same locale, within the same city, or such, as one would normally expect.
I understood nothing of this.
If a master tired of me, or needed a stronger girl for heavier labors, for I served commonly as a work slave, why should he not simply hood me and take me to some convenient local market, to be disposed of there? Why did he always solicit a traveling slaver, a passing dealer, the master of a caravan on the brink of departure? The prices I brought, for the most part, were typical, and realistic, and once, thrilling me, most of a silver tarsk, but then, many times, afterward, often to my chagrin or confusion, I would be sold for a pittance, sometimes for little more than being given away.
Why must I be so cheaply discarded? Surely masters would not welcome taking a loss on their buy.
Indeed, some were merchants, and Goreans, generally, are careful with their coins, often jealously, extremely so.
What a worthless, miserable slave, I must be, I sometimes thought.
- (Plunder of Gor, Chapter )