Book 35. (1 results) Quarry of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 31 | 44 | That could be done later at the guarded money tables, if one were able, if one were alive. |
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Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 31 | 41 | He seemed to have an uncanny sense of degrees of prowess, even before the first bright contact of steel. |
| 31 | 42 | Too, several times before my purchase, I later learned, he had frequented the Gambles and familiarized himself with the bouts of several contestants, though then refraining from betting, perhaps to avoid calling attention to himself. |
| 31 | 43 | At this point, today, despite his remarkably successful wagering, he had not yet turned his winning slips into coins. |
| 31 | 44 | That could be done later at the guarded money tables, if one were able, if one were alive. |
| 31 | 45 | I suspect that he had placed but one tarsk on the table to suggest either limits to his affluence or some diffidence as to his skills. |
| 31 | 46 | On the other hand, a silver tarsk is a coin of not inconsiderable value. |
| 31 | 47 | For many Goreans, a silver tarsk might represent the savings of several months. |
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He seemed to have an uncanny sense of degrees of prowess, even before the first bright contact of steel.
Too, several times before my purchase, I later learned, he had frequented the Gambles and familiarized himself with the bouts of several contestants, though then refraining from betting, perhaps to avoid calling attention to himself.
At this point, today, despite his remarkably successful wagering, he had not yet turned his winning slips into coins.
That could be done later at the guarded money tables, if one were able, if one were alive.
I suspect that he had placed but one tarsk on the table to suggest either limits to his affluence or some diffidence as to his skills.
On the other hand, a silver tarsk is a coin of not inconsiderable value.
For many Goreans, a silver tarsk might represent the savings of several months.
- (Quarry of Gor, Chapter 31)