Book 35. (1 results) Quarry of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 14 | 172 | I View more quotes about might">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". |
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Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 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". |
| 14 | 174 | "Precisely," she said. |
| 14 | 175 | "I find that hard to believe," I said. |
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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".
"Precisely," she said.
"I find that hard to believe," I said.
- (Quarry of Gor)