Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 21 | 793 | "View more quotes about bring">Bring the lamp closer," I said to Alcinoë. |
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Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 21 | 790 | I had little doubt that many lives had been saved, after the fall of a city, by a naked captive's supplicatory writhings before its conquerors. |
| 21 | 791 | We came then to the last slave, on her chain. |
| 21 | 792 | Oddly, she cried out in fear, broke position, and bent over, shuddering, covering herself, as she could, with her hands. |
| 21 | 793 | "Bring the lamp closer," I said to Alcinoë. |
| 21 | 794 | By the hair, I drew up the head of the slave, and she, interestingly, tried to turn to the side, and, neglecting her body, covered her face with her hands. |
| 21 | 795 | To be sure, many women fear face stripping more than body stripping. |
| 21 | 796 | The face, after all, with its subtleties of expression, is uniquely personal, particularly revelatory, and especially revealing. |
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I had little doubt that many lives had been saved, after the fall of a city, by a naked captive's supplicatory writhings before its conquerors.
We came then to the last slave, on her chain.
Oddly, she cried out in fear, broke position, and bent over, shuddering, covering herself, as she could, with her hands.
"Bring the lamp closer," I said to Alcinoë.
By the hair, I drew up the head of the slave, and she, interestingly, tried to turn to the side, and, neglecting her body, covered her face with her hands.
To be sure, many women fear face stripping more than body stripping.
The face, after all, with its subtleties of expression, is uniquely personal, particularly revelatory, and especially revealing.
- (Mariners of Gor)