Book 17. (7 results) Savages of Gor (Context Quote)
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Sentence #
Quote
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493
An entire village is likely to turn out to watch such a race.
14
494
What was going on, further, could not be clearly understood unless it is understood that the dust Legs knew and respected, and liked, Grunt.
14
495
Such a game they would not have played with a stranger.
14
496
Theoretically, one supposes, a high bid might be made on what lay concealed beneath the hide and then the hide, the bid accepted, might be withdrawn to reveal a wench as ugly as a tharlarion, but the dust Legs knew, in the practical context, that Grunt would not do this to them.
14
497
They understood, in the context, that he would be sure to put something not only good, but very good, beneath that hide.
14
498
Similarly, since bids are almost always lower on an unseen commodity, he would be, in effect, making them a gift.
14
499
The dust Leg refused, with great drama, to go higher than two hides for what lay beneath the hide.
An entire village is likely to turn out to watch such a race.
What was going on, further, could not be clearly understood unless it is understood that the dust Legs knew and respected, and liked, Grunt.
Such a game they would not have played with a stranger.
Theoretically, one supposes, a high bid might be made on what lay concealed beneath the hide and then the hide, the bid accepted, might be withdrawn to reveal a wench as ugly as a tharlarion, but the dust Legs knew, in the practical context, that Grunt would not do this to them.
They understood, in the context, that he would be sure to put something not only good, but very good, beneath that hide.
Similarly, since bids are almost always lower on an unseen commodity, he would be, in effect, making them a gift.
The dust Leg refused, with great drama, to go higher than two hides for what lay beneath the hide.
- (Savages of Gor, Chapter )