Book 35. (1 results) Quarry of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 14 | 173 | "An inadvertent substitution," I said, "mirth for View more quotes about dismay">dismay, laughter for distress". |
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Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 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. |
| 14 | 176 | "Dear Zia," she said, "tell no one that I am discovered, that I was once the Lady Julia Leta. |
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"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.
"Dear Zia," she said, "tell no one that I am discovered, that I was once the Lady Julia Leta.
- (Quarry of Gor)