Book 18. (1 results) Blood Brothers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 28 | 107 | It is not only stronger and more resilient than hemp but it possesses View more quotes about better">better properties of weather resistance, being less affected by moisture and temperature changes. |
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Book 18. (7 results) Blood Brothers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 28 | 104 | Aside from the obvious fact that it might improve the price of a girl in her sale or resale, it can also be sheared and sold. |
| 28 | 105 | Free women sometimes buy hair for wigs or falls, and, although the hair they purchase is always certified as coming only from free women, there is little doubt that it is often taken from female slaves. |
| 28 | 106 | Too, interestingly, female hair is prized for catapult ropes. |
| 28 | 107 | It is not only stronger and more resilient than hemp but it possesses better properties of weather resistance, being less affected by moisture and temperature changes. |
| 28 | 108 | When a city is under siege, particularly if the siege is prolonged, even free women will often have their hair shorn, contributing it to the supplies for municipal defense. |
| 28 | 109 | Considering the usual vanity of Goreans, both male and female, over their appearance, this is a patriotic sacrifice of no little magnitude. |
| 28 | 110 | It is particularly significant when one understands that the women know very well that if they fall into the hands of the enemy, with their hair shorn, they may expect to be sold into low slaveries, such as agricultural servitudes or those of the mills. |
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Aside from the obvious fact that it might improve the price of a girl in her sale or resale, it can also be sheared and sold.
Free women sometimes buy hair for wigs or falls, and, although the hair they purchase is always certified as coming only from free women, there is little doubt that it is often taken from female slaves.
Too, interestingly, female hair is prized for catapult ropes.
It is not only stronger and more resilient than hemp but it possesses better properties of weather resistance, being less affected by moisture and temperature changes.
When a city is under siege, particularly if the siege is prolonged, even free women will often have their hair shorn, contributing it to the supplies for municipal defense.
Considering the usual vanity of Goreans, both male and female, over their appearance, this is a patriotic sacrifice of no little magnitude.
It is particularly significant when one understands that the women know very well that if they fall into the hands of the enemy, with their hair shorn, they may expect to be sold into low slaveries, such as agricultural servitudes or those of the mills.
- (Blood Brothers of Gor)