Book 7. (7 results) Captive of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 13 | 98 | It is a custom of the Initiates of Teletus, and of certain other islands and cities, if the youth agrees to go to the Sardar when they request it, then his, or her, family or guardians, if they wish it, will receive one tarn disk of gold. |
| 13 | 99 | Ute knew that the leather worker, and his companion, could well use this piece of gold. |
| 13 | 100 | Besides, she knew well that, some year, prior to her twenty-fifth year, such a journey must be undertaken by her. |
| 13 | 101 | The Merchants of Teletus, controlling the city, would demand it of her, fearing the effects of the possible displeasure of the priest-kings on their trade. |
| 13 | 102 | If she did not undertake the journey then, she would be simply, prior to her twenty-fifth birthday, removed from the domain of their authority, placed alone outside their jurisdiction, beyond the protection of their soldiers. |
| 13 | 103 | Such an exile, commonly for a Gorean, is equivalent to enslavement or death. |
| 13 | 104 | For a girl as beautiful as Ute it would doubtless have meant prompt reduction to shameful bondage, chains and the collar. |
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It is a custom of the Initiates of Teletus, and of certain other islands and cities, if the youth agrees to go to the Sardar when they request it, then his, or her, family or guardians, if they wish it, will receive one tarn disk of gold.
Ute knew that the leather worker, and his companion, could well use this piece of gold.
Besides, she knew well that, some year, prior to her twenty-fifth year, such a journey must be undertaken by her.
The Merchants of Teletus, controlling the city, would demand it of her, fearing the effects of the possible displeasure of the priest-kings on their trade.
If she did not undertake the journey then, she would be simply, prior to her twenty-fifth birthday, removed from the domain of their authority, placed alone outside their jurisdiction, beyond the protection of their soldiers.
Such an exile, commonly for a Gorean, is equivalent to enslavement or death.
For a girl as beautiful as Ute it would doubtless have meant prompt reduction to shameful bondage, chains and the collar.
- (Captive of Gor, Chapter )