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I did not know, of course, if there might be any relationship between the name of the ship and the Lady Dorna whom I had encountered so unpleasantly some weeks ago. - (Quarry of Gor, Chapter 36, Sentence #72)

Curiosity may not only be "unbecoming to a kajira," but might, I suspected, particularly if satisfied, be fraught with peril. One of the ships of Bosk of Port Kar, incidentally, was the Dorna. This was the vessel which had engaged, and destroyed, the Cosian raider on the voyage north from Brundisium to Port Kar. I did not know, of course, if there might be any relationship between the name of the ship and the Lady Dorna whom I had encountered so unpleasantly some weeks ago. I still remembered the terrible tunic of pain and the noxious fumes she had inflicted on me in her apartment. It did not seem likely to me, on the whole, that there would be a connection between the two names, that of the woman and the ship. Ships are often given a feminine name, and, for all I knew, 'Dorna' might be a familiar woman's name on this world. - (Quarry of Gor)