Book 7. (7 results) Captive of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
12
703
In Targo's gold they might have had interest but they would have to spend men to obtain it.
12
704
Meanwhile the real treasure was escaping.
12
705
Targo, a rational man, and a brilliant slaver, had chosen to purchase his own life, and that of his men, and the safety of his gold, by the flight of the slave girls.
12
706
It had been a desperate measure, and one not willingly adopted by a merchant.
12
707
It was clear evidence that Targo had recognized the seriousness of his predicament, and the odds by which he was outnumbered and the probable result of continuing the engagement.
12
708
"Come, El-in-or!" screamed Ute.
12
709
"Come!" Ute pulled with both her hands on the strap that bound us together and I, stumbling, fled after her.
In Targo's gold they might have had interest but they would have to spend men to obtain it.
Meanwhile the real treasure was escaping.
Targo, a rational man, and a brilliant slaver, had chosen to purchase his own life, and that of his men, and the safety of his gold, by the flight of the slave girls.
It had been a desperate measure, and one not willingly adopted by a merchant.
It was clear evidence that Targo had recognized the seriousness of his predicament, and the odds by which he was outnumbered and the probable result of continuing the engagement.
"Come, El-in-or!" screamed Ute.
"Come!" Ute pulled with both her hands on the strap that bound us together and I, stumbling, fled after her.
- (Captive of Gor, Chapter )