Book 33. (1 results) Rebels of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 20 | 32 | View more quotes about perhaps">Perhaps it was twofold, first, that her beauty and charm would add luster to the evening; and, second, that the categorical reversal of her fortune, perhaps suddenly manifested, would be found instructive by the guests, as they would then better understand the consequences of having failed the shogun. |
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Book 33. (7 results) Rebels of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 20 | 29 | If she had had trepidations at her return to the palace, they seemed to have been assuaged. |
| 20 | 30 | Lord Yamada, I was sure, had taken great pains to dispel them. |
| 20 | 31 | But I could not understand her presence at the table. |
| 20 | 32 | Perhaps it was twofold, first, that her beauty and charm would add luster to the evening; and, second, that the categorical reversal of her fortune, perhaps suddenly manifested, would be found instructive by the guests, as they would then better understand the consequences of having failed the shogun. |
| 20 | 33 | But, too, it may have been much simpler. |
| 20 | 34 | Perhaps it simply pleased the shogun, who was reputed to have a fondness for jests. |
| 20 | 35 | I had heard that more than one individual had been summoned to the palace, thinking to be honored and rewarded, and had perished miserably in the straw jacket. |
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If she had had trepidations at her return to the palace, they seemed to have been assuaged.
Lord Yamada, I was sure, had taken great pains to dispel them.
But I could not understand her presence at the table.
Perhaps it was twofold, first, that her beauty and charm would add luster to the evening; and, second, that the categorical reversal of her fortune, perhaps suddenly manifested, would be found instructive by the guests, as they would then better understand the consequences of having failed the shogun.
But, too, it may have been much simpler.
Perhaps it simply pleased the shogun, who was reputed to have a fondness for jests.
I had heard that more than one individual had been summoned to the palace, thinking to be honored and rewarded, and had perished miserably in the straw jacket.
- (Rebels of Gor)