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Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor (Context Quote)

Chapter # Sentence # Quote
8 95 Why, I wondered, were the masters willing to view her departure with such equanimity? How she had abused the privilege of being allowed on deck! Happily, it seemed, her action had not resulted in the suspension of such a privilege for myself and the other two.
8 96 The four of us had been purchased in Brundisium, from different houses.
8 97 I was the only one who had been purchased from the House of Anesidemus.
8 98 Our ship was a merchant vessel, called a "round ship," though its beam was not that much broader than that of a long ship, as I now know, with its ram and shearing blades.
8 99 Our cargo, other than ourselves, was largely carvings and vessels of jade, a green gemstone, purchased in Brundisium, and apparently brought in as trade goods from afar, from, as it was said, "the World's End".
8 100 "She swims well," had said one of oarsmen, presumably at the rail, watching.
8 101 "She was a bath girl, at the Capacian, in Ar," had said another oarsman, presumably watching, as well.
Why, I wondered, were the masters willing to view her departure with such equanimity? How she had abused the privilege of being allowed on deck! Happily, it seemed, her action had not resulted in the suspension of such a privilege for myself and the other two. The four of us had been purchased in Brundisium, from different houses. I was the only one who had been purchased from the House of Anesidemus. Our ship was a merchant vessel, called a "round ship," though its beam was not that much broader than that of a long ship, as I now know, with its ram and shearing blades. Our cargo, other than ourselves, was largely carvings and vessels of jade, a green gemstone, purchased in Brundisium, and apparently brought in as trade goods from afar, from, as it was said, "the World's End". "She swims well," had said one of oarsmen, presumably at the rail, watching. "She was a bath girl, at the Capacian, in Ar," had said another oarsman, presumably watching, as well. - (Quarry of Gor, Chapter )