Book 8. (7 results) Hunters of Gor (Context Quote)
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Quote
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435
"I have seen the thief's brand!" she cried.
22
436
"It is beautiful!" It was a tiny, three-pronged brand, burned into the face over the right cheekbone.
22
437
I had seen it several times, once on one who worked for the mysterious Others, a member of a crew of a black ship, once encountered in the mountains of the Voltai, not far from great Ar itself.
22
438
The caste of thieves was important in Port Kar, and even honored.
22
439
It represented a skill which in the city was held in high repute.
22
440
Indeed, so jealous of their prerogatives were the caste of thieves that they often hunted thieves who did not belong to the caste, and slew them, throwing their bodies to the urts in the canals.
22
441
Indeed, there was less thievery in Port Kar than there might have been were there no caste of thieves in the city.
"I have seen the thief's brand!" she cried.
"It is beautiful!" It was a tiny, three-pronged brand, burned into the face over the right cheekbone.
I had seen it several times, once on one who worked for the mysterious Others, a member of a crew of a black ship, once encountered in the mountains of the Voltai, not far from great Ar itself.
The caste of thieves was important in Port Kar, and even honored.
It represented a skill which in the city was held in high repute.
Indeed, so jealous of their prerogatives were the caste of thieves that they often hunted thieves who did not belong to the caste, and slew them, throwing their bodies to the urts in the canals.
Indeed, there was less thievery in Port Kar than there might have been were there no caste of thieves in the city.
- (Hunters of Gor, Chapter )