Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 36 | 558 | A negligible View more quotes about gift">gift thus, at least, demonstrated that Lord Nishida and Tarl Cabot understood and respected his feelings, acknowledging, in this way, the accepted disparity involved, that the values involved were incommensurable. |
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Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 36 | 555 | "Good," he said. |
| 36 | 556 | He had been denied passage on the River Dragon, which had been of desperate importance to him. |
| 36 | 557 | What then might compensate him for a loss so grievous? A valuable gift would have been, under the circumstances, cruel, or insulting. |
| 36 | 558 | A negligible gift thus, at least, demonstrated that Lord Nishida and Tarl Cabot understood and respected his feelings, acknowledging, in this way, the accepted disparity involved, that the values involved were incommensurable. |
| 36 | 559 | He approached the door, and I stood aside. |
| 36 | 560 | He stopped within the threshold. |
| 36 | 561 | He stood still, there, as though shocked, as in disbelief. |
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"Good," he said.
He had been denied passage on the River Dragon, which had been of desperate importance to him.
What then might compensate him for a loss so grievous? A valuable gift would have been, under the circumstances, cruel, or insulting.
A negligible gift thus, at least, demonstrated that Lord Nishida and Tarl Cabot understood and respected his feelings, acknowledging, in this way, the accepted disparity involved, that the values involved were incommensurable.
He approached the door, and I stood aside.
He stopped within the threshold.
He stood still, there, as though shocked, as in disbelief.
- (Mariners of Gor)