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Most of those present, however, I think, were probably just as well pleased that the Lady Yanina was not in evidence. - (Players of Gor, Chapter 18, Sentence #163)

As generous as Belnar might be with those who served him well, I did not doubt but what he might be correspondingly merciless with those who did not succeed in pleasing him. "I wish only," said Belnar, "that the Lady Yanina was here, that she might be present on this night of her triumph". There were again sympathetic noises from the crowd. Most of those present, however, I think, were probably just as well pleased that the Lady Yanina was not in evidence. She was, after all, in a sense, one courtier among others, and thus, in a sense, was doubtless in rivalry with many of them, not just Flaminius. It is one thing to praise the generosity of a ubar and quite another to be genuinely enthusiastic over the exaltation and promotion of a possible competitor. Too, Belnar was obviously enjoying himself. - (Players of Gor)