Book 32. (1 results) Smugglers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 21 | 383 | "It was a gesture of View more quotes about contempt">contempt, a transparent sleight, an obvious insult". |
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Book 32. (7 results) Smugglers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 21 | 380 | I gathered that it had served its purpose, marking their campsite, and that the beasts had little need of its illumination. |
| 21 | 381 | "When the fee was cast to the ground," I said, "it was no test". |
| 21 | 382 | "Certainly not," said Tyrtaios. |
| 21 | 383 | "It was a gesture of contempt, a transparent sleight, an obvious insult". |
| 21 | 384 | "But the beast," I said, "then need retrieve it himself, and did so, seething with fury". |
| 21 | 385 | "We permitted it to save face," said Tyrtaios, "pretending to accept the matter on the leader's vaunted terms, as a test of our pride, and probity". |
| 21 | 386 | "Do you think he was fooled?" I said. |
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I gathered that it had served its purpose, marking their campsite, and that the beasts had little need of its illumination.
"When the fee was cast to the ground," I said, "it was no test".
"Certainly not," said Tyrtaios.
"It was a gesture of contempt, a transparent sleight, an obvious insult".
"But the beast," I said, "then need retrieve it himself, and did so, seething with fury".
"We permitted it to save face," said Tyrtaios, "pretending to accept the matter on the leader's vaunted terms, as a test of our pride, and probity".
"Do you think he was fooled?" I said.
- (Smugglers of Gor)