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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, Chapter 20, Sentence #35)

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. Three slaves attended on the tables, mostly head down, that they might not meet the eyes of free persons. Their service, as was appropriate for Gorean slaves, was graceful, deferential, efficient, silent, and unobtrusive. They would kneel to receive their dishes or vessels from the table of the kitchen master, the serving table, toward the back and right of the room, rise, approach the guests' table, kneel, and, their arms extended, their head down between their extended arms, place the dish or vessel, held in two hands, on the table; they would then rise and back away, that they might not turn their back on a free person without permission, and then, sensing they were dismissed, they would return to the vicinity of the serving table, near which they would kneel. - (Rebels of Gor)