Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor (Context Quote)
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42
217
Seremides had perhaps indicated to Vas of Anango, his fellow, that I was to be taken in hand.
42
218
Otherwise might I not interfere, give warning, or sound an alarm? I was miserable with fear that I had heard far too much for my own good.
42
219
At the first opportunity, in privacy, might I not be done away with, to protect a secret I had no wish to share? Commonly the slave's protection is her collar, and her standing, or lack of standing, as a domestic beast, her marketability, and such.
42
220
She is not a free person.
42
221
Indeed, legally, she is not a person.
42
222
Who would be so stupid as to cast aside seized loot or destroy a snared, vendible animal, particularly one likely to be attractive? Now, however, in virtue of what I had heard, I feared that such common assurances, so often relied upon, might no longer obtain.
42
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Vas of Anango, then, I in his arms, stepped on the planking lying athwart the bridge of boats, that linking the aligned canal boats, that wooden paving which might be trodden by two men abreast.
Seremides had perhaps indicated to Vas of Anango, his fellow, that I was to be taken in hand.
Otherwise might I not interfere, give warning, or sound an alarm? I was miserable with fear that I had heard far too much for my own good.
At the first opportunity, in privacy, might I not be done away with, to protect a secret I had no wish to share? Commonly the slave's protection is her collar, and her standing, or lack of standing, as a domestic beast, her marketability, and such.
She is not a free person.
Indeed, legally, she is not a person.
Who would be so stupid as to cast aside seized loot or destroy a snared, vendible animal, particularly one likely to be attractive? Now, however, in virtue of what I had heard, I feared that such common assurances, so often relied upon, might no longer obtain.
Vas of Anango, then, I in his arms, stepped on the planking lying athwart the bridge of boats, that linking the aligned canal boats, that wooden paving which might be trodden by two men abreast.
- (Quarry of Gor, Chapter )