Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | 14 | On the whole I find her more joyful than many of her Earth-inhabiting sisters who, theoretically at least, enjoy a more lofty status, although it is surely true that on my old world I have met several women with something of the Gorean zest for acknowledging the radiant truth of their sex, the gifts of joy, grace and beauty, tenderness, and fathoms of love that we poor men, I suspect, may sometimes and tragically fail to understand, to comprehend. |
| 9 | 15 | Yet with all due respect and regard for the most astounding and marvelous sex, I suspect that, perhaps partly because of my Gorean training, it is true that a touch of the slave ring is occasionally beneficial. |
| 9 | 16 | Of custom, a slave girl may not even ascend the couch to serve her master's pleasure. |
| 9 | 17 | The point of this restriction, I suppose, is to draw a clearer distinction between her status and that of a free Companion. |
| 9 | 18 | At any rate the dignities of the couch are, by custom, reserved for the free Companion. |
| 9 | 19 | When a master wishes to make use of a slave girl he tells her to light the lamp of love, which she obediently does, placing it in the window of his chamber that they may not be disturbed. |
| 9 | 20 | Then with his own hand he throws upon the stone floor of his chamber luxurious love furs, perhaps from the larl itself, and commands her to them. |
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On the whole I find her more joyful than many of her Earth-inhabiting sisters who, theoretically at least, enjoy a more lofty status, although it is surely true that on my old world I have met several women with something of the Gorean zest for acknowledging the radiant truth of their sex, the gifts of joy, grace and beauty, tenderness, and fathoms of love that we poor men, I suspect, may sometimes and tragically fail to understand, to comprehend.
Yet with all due respect and regard for the most astounding and marvelous sex, I suspect that, perhaps partly because of my Gorean training, it is true that a touch of the slave ring is occasionally beneficial.
Of custom, a slave girl may not even ascend the couch to serve her master's pleasure.
The point of this restriction, I suppose, is to draw a clearer distinction between her status and that of a free Companion.
At any rate the dignities of the couch are, by custom, reserved for the free Companion.
When a master wishes to make use of a slave girl he tells her to light the lamp of love, which she obediently does, placing it in the window of his chamber that they may not be disturbed.
Then with his own hand he throws upon the stone floor of his chamber luxurious love furs, perhaps from the larl itself, and commands her to them.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter )