Book 7. (7 results) Captive of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | 435 | I recalled that I, in spite of wearing a brand, was still white silk. |
| 14 | 436 | When a free woman is captured and carried off the news spreads rapidly among the slave girls of a city. |
| 14 | 437 | Whereas they must participate in public lamentations, if such are organized, they are, amongst themselves, secretly delighted, well pleased that one of the arrogant free women will now, as they, wear the collar, and must now, like them, fear the lash. |
| 14 | 438 | Most cities do not, incidentally, organize such lamentations. |
| 14 | 439 | Such, it is sometimes feared, might alarm other free women. |
| 14 | 440 | Too, it seems to reflect on the city and the adequacy of its defenses, and it is seldom thought prudent to advertise possible lapses in this area. |
| 14 | 441 | Too, Goreans tend to be rather fatalistic in some respects. |
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I recalled that I, in spite of wearing a brand, was still white silk.
When a free woman is captured and carried off the news spreads rapidly among the slave girls of a city.
Whereas they must participate in public lamentations, if such are organized, they are, amongst themselves, secretly delighted, well pleased that one of the arrogant free women will now, as they, wear the collar, and must now, like them, fear the lash.
Most cities do not, incidentally, organize such lamentations.
Such, it is sometimes feared, might alarm other free women.
Too, it seems to reflect on the city and the adequacy of its defenses, and it is seldom thought prudent to advertise possible lapses in this area.
Too, Goreans tend to be rather fatalistic in some respects.
- (Captive of Gor, Chapter )