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They would follow me, in two days. I carried my weapons, even the great bow, recovered from Verna's camp, days before. I had come to the forest rich in my prides and my plans. I would, from under the nose of Marlenus, preferably by trade, snatch Talena, thus evening the score for his banishment of me from Ar, thus regaining her, thus winning glory, thus setting my ladder against the political heights of the planet Gor, for, with such a woman at my side, there were few doors and cylinders that would be locked against me, and I, only a merchant of Port Kar, might have ascended unimpeded the stairs of influence and power. At a stroke, companionship with such a woman, coupled with my position and riches in Port Kar, would have made me one of the most significant and prominent men on Gor. I smiled. Men of lowly origins and great ambition and talent, I knew, had often used alliances with high-born women to further the fortunes of their designs. - (Hunters of Gor, Chapter )