• Home
  • Contact

Results Details

"identity "

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

"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. - (Quarry of Gor, Chapter 25, Sentence #71)
Chapter # Sentence # Quote
25 71 "And it was View more quotes about desirable">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.

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

Chapter # Sentence # Quote
25 68 Normally she would be kept as a slave, either in the family's house, or estates, or, more likely, sold out of the city.
25 69 At best, if freed, she would be sequestered in the house, kept from public view that her shame not be broadcast.
25 70 "I have enemies, and am known to some," he said.
25 71 "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.
25 72 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.
25 73 Rather I arranged, through a brigand, Decius of Venna, to steal Luta after her purchase".
25 74 "So," I thought, "the name of the man with the scar is 'Decius of Venna'.
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. Rather I arranged, through a brigand, Decius of Venna, to steal Luta after her purchase". "So," I thought, "the name of the man with the scar is 'Decius of Venna'. - (Quarry of Gor)