Book 20. (1 results) Players of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 16 | 1056 | "But he is a View more quotes about free">free man," protested one. |
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Book 20. (7 results) Players of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 16 | 1053 | "We shall play," said he, "not for the mere use of the female, but for her ownership, to see whose collar it will be that shall be locked upon her throat. |
| 16 | 1054 | Further, the life of he who loses shall be forfeit to the victor, to be done with as he pleases". |
| 16 | 1055 | Several of those in the hall gasped. |
| 16 | 1056 | "But he is a free man," protested one. |
| 16 | 1057 | It is one thing to play for a female, of course, for Goreans tend to regard such as fit for spoils and loot, particularly if they should be, to begin with, naught but properties, mere chattels, but it is quite another to set free males at stake. |
| 16 | 1058 | Temenides did not respond to this protest. |
| 16 | 1059 | "And," asked the player, "if you should win, and claim, this forfeit, what might I expect to be your pleasure?" "That you be boiled alive in the oil of tharlarion," said Temenides. |
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"We shall play," said he, "not for the mere use of the female, but for her ownership, to see whose collar it will be that shall be locked upon her throat.
Further, the life of he who loses shall be forfeit to the victor, to be done with as he pleases".
Several of those in the hall gasped.
"But he is a free man," protested one.
It is one thing to play for a female, of course, for Goreans tend to regard such as fit for spoils and loot, particularly if they should be, to begin with, naught but properties, mere chattels, but it is quite another to set free males at stake.
Temenides did not respond to this protest.
"And," asked the player, "if you should win, and claim, this forfeit, what might I expect to be your pleasure?" "That you be boiled alive in the oil of tharlarion," said Temenides.
- (Players of Gor)