Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
3
438
The block is high, and I was several feet from the tiers.
3
439
And surely it was seldom that a bidder would be permitted to ascend the block.
3
440
There might be several interested men in the tiers, making this impractical, and the merchants are eager to keep the sales moving, one item after another.
3
441
The examination position is more commonly required on a slave shelf or in a sales camp, where a given buyer, perhaps shopping, may be interested in a particular slave, one which he may wish to inspect more closely.
3
442
My puzzlement was short lived.
3
443
I could not see behind me.
3
444
I did not realize, for example, that the auctioneer had now, again, removed the whip from his belt.
The block is high, and I was several feet from the tiers.
And surely it was seldom that a bidder would be permitted to ascend the block.
There might be several interested men in the tiers, making this impractical, and the merchants are eager to keep the sales moving, one item after another.
The examination position is more commonly required on a slave shelf or in a sales camp, where a given buyer, perhaps shopping, may be interested in a particular slave, one which he may wish to inspect more closely.
My puzzlement was short lived.
I could not see behind me.
I did not realize, for example, that the auctioneer had now, again, removed the whip from his belt.
- (Quarry of Gor, Chapter )