Book 14. (1 results) Fighting Slave of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 12 | 215 | I had discounted such View more quotes about matters">matters in virtue of what I had conjectured were consequences of Gorean influence and a lack of practice, over years, in the language. |
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Book 14. (7 results) Fighting Slave of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 12 | 212 | "That is true," I said. |
| 12 | 213 | Her English was indeed excellent. |
| 12 | 214 | It was perhaps a bit formal and precise for a native speaker, a little too correct, perhaps, and it had been occasionally infected with certain oddities of expression and construction which had been surprising, but I had not weighed these factors heavily. |
| 12 | 215 | I had discounted such matters in virtue of what I had conjectured were consequences of Gorean influence and a lack of practice, over years, in the language. |
| 12 | 216 | "Why then," I asked, "did you fear you might not be able to deceive me?" "Is it not obvious?" she asked. |
| 12 | 217 | "No," I said. |
| 12 | 218 | "Do you think that any real slave girl would even have dared to think of acting as I did?" I said nothing. |
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"That is true," I said.
Her English was indeed excellent.
It was perhaps a bit formal and precise for a native speaker, a little too correct, perhaps, and it had been occasionally infected with certain oddities of expression and construction which had been surprising, but I had not weighed these factors heavily.
I had discounted such matters in virtue of what I had conjectured were consequences of Gorean influence and a lack of practice, over years, in the language.
"Why then," I asked, "did you fear you might not be able to deceive me?" "Is it not obvious?" she asked.
"No," I said.
"Do you think that any real slave girl would even have dared to think of acting as I did?" I said nothing.
- (Fighting Slave of Gor)