| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 41 | 425 | "That is because, over countless generations, you have been traded about, exchanged, View more quotes about captured">captured, carried off, and so on, with the result that you must learn, and quickly, the language of your possessors, your captors, masters, and such. |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 41 | 422 | "Those of your sex," he said, "commonly have an excellent aptitude for the acquisition of languages". |
| 41 | 423 | "May I withdraw?" I asked. |
| 41 | 424 | "No," he said. |
| 41 | 425 | "That is because, over countless generations, you have been traded about, exchanged, captured, carried off, and so on, with the result that you must learn, and quickly, the language of your possessors, your captors, masters, and such. |
| 41 | 426 | Those with the highest skills in such matters would be the most likely to survive, to please, to be used for the purposes of reproduction, and such". |
| 41 | 427 | "How is it," I asked, "that Master accompanied Master Axel of Argentum in his hunt?" "I was bored," he said. |
| 41 | 428 | "I thought the pursuit of a foolish slave might provide something in the nature of a diversion". |