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At best, if freed, she would be sequestered in the house, kept from public view that her shame not be broadcast. - (Quarry of Gor, Chapter 25, Sentence #69)

At one time I might have believed that, but I had learned in Brundisium, and after that, from a thousand other asides and remarks, in the tavern and elsewhere, that Gorean society did not easily ignore the shame and dishonor which would inevitably accrue to a family's name and reputation should it be discovered that a daughter, sister, niece, or such, had been collared. The humiliating stain of slavery was not to be endured. Normally she would be kept as a slave, either in the family's house, or estates, or, more likely, sold out of the city. At best, if freed, she would be sequestered in the house, kept from public view that her shame not be broadcast. "I have enemies, and am known to some," he said. "And it was desirable to keep secret the true identity of the slave, Luta, lest ambitious felons obtain her and not free her, but use her to extort riches from her family, threatening to otherwise make her shame publicly known. So, as you will understand, it was impractical that I, in the auction at the house of Anesidemus, should openly bid upon, or buy, Luta, even through an agent. - (Quarry of Gor)