Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 14 | 167 | "View more quotes about nothing">Nothing, Master!" called Adraste, controlling her mirth. |
| 14 | 168 | "I see nothing funny in this," I whispered to Adraste. |
| 14 | 169 | Adraste was now again the mistress of her emotions. |
| 14 | 170 | "Dear Zia, sweet barbarian," she said, "forgive me. |
| 14 | 171 | I nursed my secret for so long, so well, that pent-up emotions must burst forth. |
| 14 | 172 | I might have cried, wept, groaned, or wailed, but I dared not, for fear of the masters, for a cry of misery would surely call forth inquiry, and so, almost without thinking, my surprise, consternation, and terror, in some unusual accommodation, which must find expression, rushed forth, transformed, concealed, as laughter". |
| 14 | 173 | "An inadvertent substitution," I said, "mirth for dismay, laughter for distress". |
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"Nothing, Master!" called Adraste, controlling her mirth.
"I see nothing funny in this," I whispered to Adraste.
Adraste was now again the mistress of her emotions.
"Dear Zia, sweet barbarian," she said, "forgive me.
I nursed my secret for so long, so well, that pent-up emotions must burst forth.
I might have cried, wept, groaned, or wailed, but I dared not, for fear of the masters, for a cry of misery would surely call forth inquiry, and so, almost without thinking, my surprise, consternation, and terror, in some unusual accommodation, which must find expression, rushed forth, transformed, concealed, as laughter".
"An inadvertent substitution," I said, "mirth for dismay, laughter for distress".
- (Quarry of Gor)