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Book 5. (1 results) Assassin of Gor (Individual Quote)

She was an extremely quick-witted, lively girl, though perhaps somewhat plain. - (Assassin of Gor, Chapter 19, Sentence #174)
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19 174 She was an View more quotes about extremely">extremely quick-witted, lively girl, though perhaps somewhat plain.

Book 5. (7 results) Assassin of Gor (Context Quote)

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19 171 I myself, in spite of my predicament, found myself being awestruck, again and again, by the beauty, the performances, the dances of the girls who were, lot by lot, brought before us; how beautiful are women, how fantastic, how tormenting, how superb, how marvelous, how excruciatingly maddening, and beautiful and marvelous they are! At last, late in the evening, the auctioneer remarked, with something of a sneer, that the first barbarian would be presented, and to remember that he had warned them to expect nothing.
19 172 The crowd cried out angrily, "The barbarian! The barbarian!" I was startled when I saw the girl brought forth.
19 173 It was perhaps the plainest of all the barbarians who had been brought on the black ships; though I knew the girl to be among the most intelligent, and also, I had heard, among the most responsive.
19 174 She was an extremely quick-witted, lively girl, though perhaps somewhat plain.
19 175 Now, however, as I saw her shuffled across the boards, stiff, wrapped in a worn, dark blanket, she looked dull, stupid.
19 176 Her eyes didn't seem to focus, and her tongue occasionally protruded at the side of her mouth.
19 177 She scratched herself, and looked about herself, seemingly obtuse and surly.
I myself, in spite of my predicament, found myself being awestruck, again and again, by the beauty, the performances, the dances of the girls who were, lot by lot, brought before us; how beautiful are women, how fantastic, how tormenting, how superb, how marvelous, how excruciatingly maddening, and beautiful and marvelous they are! At last, late in the evening, the auctioneer remarked, with something of a sneer, that the first barbarian would be presented, and to remember that he had warned them to expect nothing. The crowd cried out angrily, "The barbarian! The barbarian!" I was startled when I saw the girl brought forth. It was perhaps the plainest of all the barbarians who had been brought on the black ships; though I knew the girl to be among the most intelligent, and also, I had heard, among the most responsive. She was an extremely quick-witted, lively girl, though perhaps somewhat plain. Now, however, as I saw her shuffled across the boards, stiff, wrapped in a worn, dark blanket, she looked dull, stupid. Her eyes didn't seem to focus, and her tongue occasionally protruded at the side of her mouth. She scratched herself, and looked about herself, seemingly obtuse and surly. - (Assassin of Gor)