Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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9
123
The collar, from behind, was put about her throat and locked; her head was jerked sideways as, by the collar chain, in the fist of one of Hassan's men, she was secured by the snap lock at the chain's free end, to the stake ring.
9
124
Her ankles were chained, snapped into the ankle rings; her right wrist was then locked in a slave bracelet; Hassan's man, reaching under her right leg, by the dangling bracelet, rudely jerked her right hand and wrist under her right leg; he then locked her left wrist in the bracelet, confining her hands behind and below her right leg.
9
125
She lay on her side in the gravel, miserable.
9
126
When free women and slave girls are chained together, it is common to respect the distinction between them by chaining them somewhat differently; in this case the free girl's hands were braceleted before her body, the slave's were fastened below her right leg; it is common for the slave to be placed under greater restraint, and more discomfort, than her free sister; this acknowledges the greater nobility of the free woman, and is a courtesy often extended to her, until she, too, is only a slave; "Give the free girl a switch," said Hassan; it was done; the free girl wielded the switch with two hands; the slave, as she was chained, could not defend herself.
9
127
Hassan slipped the golden tarn disk into his wallet.
9
128
"Alyena!" he called.
9
129
The girl came running to him, and knelt before him.
The collar, from behind, was put about her throat and locked; her head was jerked sideways as, by the collar chain, in the fist of one of Hassan's men, she was secured by the snap lock at the chain's free end, to the stake ring.
Her ankles were chained, snapped into the ankle rings; her right wrist was then locked in a slave bracelet; Hassan's man, reaching under her right leg, by the dangling bracelet, rudely jerked her right hand and wrist under her right leg; he then locked her left wrist in the bracelet, confining her hands behind and below her right leg.
She lay on her side in the gravel, miserable.
When free women and slave girls are chained together, it is common to respect the distinction between them by chaining them somewhat differently; in this case the free girl's hands were braceleted before her body, the slave's were fastened below her right leg; it is common for the slave to be placed under greater restraint, and more discomfort, than her free sister; this acknowledges the greater nobility of the free woman, and is a courtesy often extended to her, until she, too, is only a slave; "Give the free girl a switch," said Hassan; it was done; the free girl wielded the switch with two hands; the slave, as she was chained, could not defend herself.
Hassan slipped the golden tarn disk into his wallet.
"Alyena!" he called.
The girl came running to him, and knelt before him.
- (Tribesmen of Gor, Chapter )