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I suspected that he was at worst a dupe, a trusting man, perhaps even one of considerable talent, who had found himself, through no real fault of his own, a pawn in games of state, games in which there seemed to be no rules other than survival and victory. - (Magicians of Gor, Chapter 6, Sentence #100)

To be sure, he might have been of that party, and might have been, in the developments within that party, outmaneuvered, to find himself suddenly cast in the role of a scapegoat, something to be thrown to the crowd, to satisfy it and protect others. On the other hand, from what I knew of Gnieus Lelius, whom I had met, I guessed he was an honest man. Indeed, in another time and place, it was my speculation that he might have served as an efficient, beloved administrator. I suspected that he was at worst a dupe, a trusting man, perhaps even one of considerable talent, who had found himself, through no real fault of his own, a pawn in games of state, games in which there seemed to be no rules other than survival and victory. "Read further," demanded a man. "That is the message," said the fellow who had been reading it. "There is no more". - (Magicians of Gor)