Book 28. (1 results) Kur of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 704 | View more quotes about presumably">Presumably he first thought her simply differently spoken, and that they had no language in common. |
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Book 28. (7 results) Kur of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 701 | He seemed puzzled at her response. |
| 1 | 702 | He did not understand, of course, at that time, that she, whatever might be her native intelligence, which was surely considerable, lacked speech, and for a very obvious reason. |
| 1 | 703 | It had never been taught to her. |
| 1 | 704 | Presumably he first thought her simply differently spoken, and that they had no language in common. |
| 1 | 705 | But he soon discounted this speculation as she did not seem to speak to him in a different language, hers, but seemed rather to be trying to make his own sort of sounds. |
| 1 | 706 | He did not think she was retarded because she had a lively, seemingly perceptive sense about her, and she repeated a number of his sounds with an alacrity and accuracy that suggested, rather, an agile, quick mind. |
| 1 | 707 | Too, she could not be deaf, or a mute. |
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He seemed puzzled at her response.
He did not understand, of course, at that time, that she, whatever might be her native intelligence, which was surely considerable, lacked speech, and for a very obvious reason.
It had never been taught to her.
Presumably he first thought her simply differently spoken, and that they had no language in common.
But he soon discounted this speculation as she did not seem to speak to him in a different language, hers, but seemed rather to be trying to make his own sort of sounds.
He did not think she was retarded because she had a lively, seemingly perceptive sense about her, and she repeated a number of his sounds with an alacrity and accuracy that suggested, rather, an agile, quick mind.
Too, she could not be deaf, or a mute.
- (Kur of Gor)