Book 16. (1 results) Guardsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 19 | 124 | To the View more quotes about slave">slave, on the other hand, it is the portal to her master's house. |
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Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 19 | 121 | She sees the door, a device by means of which she gains access to her dwelling, but can it have the same meaning to her as to one who has been helplessly carried through it, as a slave? Similarly, the free woman passes through that door whenever she wishes. |
| 19 | 122 | She does not give it a second thought. |
| 19 | 123 | It is only a door. |
| 19 | 124 | To the slave, on the other hand, it is the portal to her master's house. |
| 19 | 125 | It is, thus, a significant border in her world. |
| 19 | 126 | Commonly, if the master is home, and she is not under orders, as in, say, running an errand, or conducting regular business, such as shopping or gardening, she must, on her knees, beg his permission to leave the house, usually specifying her itinerary and when she expects to return. |
| 19 | 127 | Similarly a free woman may look upon a wall and see there merely the side of a room, but the slave girl may see there an obdurate barrier, beyond which she cannot run, against which she could be thrown and stripped, a barrier at the foot of which, crouching in terror, she would have to await the pleasure of her master. |
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She sees the door, a device by means of which she gains access to her dwelling, but can it have the same meaning to her as to one who has been helplessly carried through it, as a slave? Similarly, the free woman passes through that door whenever she wishes.
She does not give it a second thought.
It is only a door.
To the slave, on the other hand, it is the portal to her master's house.
It is, thus, a significant border in her world.
Commonly, if the master is home, and she is not under orders, as in, say, running an errand, or conducting regular business, such as shopping or gardening, she must, on her knees, beg his permission to leave the house, usually specifying her itinerary and when she expects to return.
Similarly a free woman may look upon a wall and see there merely the side of a room, but the slave girl may see there an obdurate barrier, beyond which she cannot run, against which she could be thrown and stripped, a barrier at the foot of which, crouching in terror, she would have to await the pleasure of her master.
- (Guardsman of Gor)