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Book 35. (1 results) Quarry of Gor (Individual Quote)

I did know that much thought, however, even in a lesser house, goes into the display of slaves. - (Quarry of Gor, Chapter 2, Sentence #191)
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2 191 I did View more quotes about know">know that much thought, however, even in a lesser house, goes into the display of slaves.

Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor (Context Quote)

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2 188 "It was clever of the house master to put this one, a plainer girl, and a barbarian, before Adraste," said the fellow who had relieved Adraste of her bonds.
2 189 "In that way, by contrast one accentuates the beauty of Adraste".
2 190 I was not pleased to hear this.
2 191 I did know that much thought, however, even in a lesser house, goes into the display of slaves.
2 192 What merchant is not aware of such things? It is not unusual to display a plainer woman first, in order to dramatize the greater value of the subsequent merchandise.
2 193 I did not regard myself as plain, of course, and I doubted that many masters would have done so.
2 194 In any event, angrily, I resolved to do better than well, and show the tiers goods for which bids would be fierce, goods which could be removed from the block only dearly.
"It was clever of the house master to put this one, a plainer girl, and a barbarian, before Adraste," said the fellow who had relieved Adraste of her bonds. "In that way, by contrast one accentuates the beauty of Adraste". I was not pleased to hear this. I did know that much thought, however, even in a lesser house, goes into the display of slaves. What merchant is not aware of such things? It is not unusual to display a plainer woman first, in order to dramatize the greater value of the subsequent merchandise. I did not regard myself as plain, of course, and I doubted that many masters would have done so. In any event, angrily, I resolved to do better than well, and show the tiers goods for which bids would be fierce, goods which could be removed from the block only dearly. - (Quarry of Gor)