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But doubtless even a greater blow was to have been given away by Rask of Treve, and to a woman! I did not doubt but what Verna appreciated the ironies of this situation. - (Captive of Gor, Chapter 16, Sentence #209)

She might have been no more than a work slave. To be sure, she would have been an uncommonly beautiful work slave. Doubtless, to be so garbed would have constituted a considerable blow to the exquisite vanity of the high-born, high-caste Talena, even the daughter of a Ubar. But doubtless even a greater blow was to have been given away by Rask of Treve, and to a woman! I did not doubt but what Verna appreciated the ironies of this situation. Doubtless she was much pleased to put the daughter of her enemy, Marlenus of Ar, he who had captured her in the northern forests, and had caged her, and exhibited her, in a simple rep-cloth work tunic. But also, of course, this made a great deal of sense. The work tunic would conceal the identity of her new acquisition, generously bestowed on her from the bounty of Rask of Treve. - (Captive of Gor)