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| 19 | 139 | A View more quotes about girl">girl in the Curulean is seldom sold for less than two gold pieces. |
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| 19 | 136 | "Verbina, she is," called he, "who so fears a man that she would flee him, at the risk of death and torture, White Silk and never before owned, yet certified ready for the chain of a master who would use her as she so richly deserves!" The crowd roared with amusement, enjoying the sport of the auctioneer. |
| 19 | 137 | The first bid was some four gold pieces, which was good, and suggested that the night might go well. |
| 19 | 138 | Prices of girls vary considerably with her caste, the supply of her general type and the trends of the market. |
| 19 | 139 | A girl in the Curulean is seldom sold for less than two gold pieces. |
| 19 | 140 | This is largely, doubtless, because the Curulean refuses to accept women for sale who are not genuinely attractive. |
| 19 | 141 | In a rather brief amount of time Verbina was auctioned to a young Warrior for seven gold pieces. |
| 19 | 142 | An extremely good price, under relatively normal market conditions, for a truly beautiful woman of High Caste tends to be about thirty pieces of gold, though some go as high as forty, and fifty is not unknown; these prices, for women of low caste, may be approximately halved. |