Book 17. (1 results) Savages of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 14 | 96 | As far as I was View more quotes about concerned">concerned I might have given the woman the mirror. |
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Book 17. (7 results) Savages of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 14 | 93 | How could they, free, begin to compete with a slave? How could they even begin to do so, unless they, themselves, also became slaves? "Two," said the Dust-Leg woman. |
| 14 | 94 | "Five," I said. |
| 14 | 95 | My interest in the Barrens, of course, was not in trading. |
| 14 | 96 | As far as I was concerned I might have given the woman the mirror. |
| 14 | 97 | On the other hand, I realized, and Grunt had made it clear to me, too, that one must not insult the red savages nor deal with them unrealistically, particularly in the light of other traders and merchants who might follow me. |
| 14 | 98 | If I gave away goods, or traded them too cheaply, this would suggest that I was delivering cheap or inferior merchandise, an inference it would not be in our interest for the red savages to draw. |
| 14 | 99 | Too, if they thought the goods sound, they might think they had been paying too highly for them in the past, or expect that future dealers would deal with them similarly, which, of course, they would not be likely to do, nor be able, realistically, to afford to do. |
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How could they, free, begin to compete with a slave? How could they even begin to do so, unless they, themselves, also became slaves? "Two," said the Dust-Leg woman.
"Five," I said.
My interest in the Barrens, of course, was not in trading.
As far as I was concerned I might have given the woman the mirror.
On the other hand, I realized, and Grunt had made it clear to me, too, that one must not insult the red savages nor deal with them unrealistically, particularly in the light of other traders and merchants who might follow me.
If I gave away goods, or traded them too cheaply, this would suggest that I was delivering cheap or inferior merchandise, an inference it would not be in our interest for the red savages to draw.
Too, if they thought the goods sound, they might think they had been paying too highly for them in the past, or expect that future dealers would deal with them similarly, which, of course, they would not be likely to do, nor be able, realistically, to afford to do.
- (Savages of Gor)