Book 16. (1 results) Guardsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 20 | 57 | She was not Melpomene, however. |
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Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 20 | 54 | Only when she has sufficiently View more quotes about pleased">pleased a man is she permitted to crawl from the dancing circle to the cushions of her master for the Ahn. |
| 20 | 55 | The lead dancer reminded me somewhat of the slave, Melpomene, who had once been the Lady Melpomene, of Vonda. |
| 20 | 56 | She was similarly figured to Melpomene; similarly, she had the same dark hair, complexion and high cheekbones as Melpomene. |
| 20 | 57 | She was not Melpomene, however. |
| 20 | 58 | I smiled to myself. |
| 20 | 59 | I doubted that Melpomene, whose slave heat had been ignited, could have managed to dance in such a refined fashion before men. |
| 20 | 60 | Even had she striven to do so I think that small expressions and subtle movements would have betrayed her, to the detriment of the type of dance which she was supposed to be performing. |
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Only when she has sufficiently pleased a man is she permitted to crawl from the dancing circle to the cushions of her master for the Ahn.
The lead dancer reminded me somewhat of the slave, Melpomene, who had once been the Lady Melpomene, of Vonda.
She was similarly figured to Melpomene; similarly, she had the same dark hair, complexion and high cheekbones as Melpomene.
She was not Melpomene, however.
I smiled to myself.
I doubted that Melpomene, whose slave heat had been ignited, could have managed to dance in such a refined fashion before men.
Even had she striven to do so I think that small expressions and subtle movements would have betrayed her, to the detriment of the type of dance which she was supposed to be performing.
- (Guardsman of Gor)