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Book 2. (1 results) Outlaw of Gor (Individual Quote)

In Tharna, however, famed for its hospitality, I was confident that inns would be common. - (Outlaw of Gor, Chapter 9, Sentence #35)
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9 35 In Tharna, however, famed for its hospitality, I was confident that inns would be common.

Book 2. (7 results) Outlaw of Gor (Context Quote)

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9 32 I left the bridge, and descended through the spiral stairwell of the cylinder, soon finding myself on the streets again.
9 33 Inns, as such, are not plentiful on Gor, the hostility of cities being what it is, but usually some can be found in each city.
9 34 There must, after all, be provision made for entertaining merchants, delegations from other cities, authorized visitors of one sort or another, and, to be frank, the innkeeper is not always scrupulous about the credentials of his guests, asking few questions if he receives his handful of copper tarn disks.
9 35 In Tharna, however, famed for its hospitality, I was confident that inns would be common.
9 36 It was surprising then that I could locate none.
9 37 I decided, if worse came to worst, that I could always go to a simple Paga Tavern where, if those of Tharna resembled those of Ko-ro-ba and Ar, one might, curled in a rug behind the low tables, unobtrusively spend the night for the price of a pot of paga, a strong, fermented drink brewed from the yellow grains of Gor's staple crop, Sa-Tarna, or Life-Daughter.
9 38 The expression is related to Sa-Tassna, the expression for meat, or for food in general, which means Life-Mother.
I left the bridge, and descended through the spiral stairwell of the cylinder, soon finding myself on the streets again. Inns, as such, are not plentiful on Gor, the hostility of cities being what it is, but usually some can be found in each city. There must, after all, be provision made for entertaining merchants, delegations from other cities, authorized visitors of one sort or another, and, to be frank, the innkeeper is not always scrupulous about the credentials of his guests, asking few questions if he receives his handful of copper tarn disks. In Tharna, however, famed for its hospitality, I was confident that inns would be common. It was surprising then that I could locate none. I decided, if worse came to worst, that I could always go to a simple Paga Tavern where, if those of Tharna resembled those of Ko-ro-ba and Ar, one might, curled in a rug behind the low tables, unobtrusively spend the night for the price of a pot of paga, a strong, fermented drink brewed from the yellow grains of Gor's staple crop, Sa-Tarna, or Life-Daughter. The expression is related to Sa-Tassna, the expression for meat, or for food in general, which means Life-Mother. - (Outlaw of Gor, Chapter 9)