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Book 31. (458 results) Conspirators of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
18	638	A few Ehn after Master Desmond had emerged from the alcove, a slaver's man had entered, and freed Kalligone, who, perhaps as specified by Master Desmond, was to return on all fours to her cage, her silk clenched between her teeth.	10
18	1078	What intelligent girl with her wits about her would have forgone such an opportunity? What rational girl, in the conjectured circumstances, would not have done so? And Astrinax had doubtless brought he in whose charge I was, Master Desmond, into fee! "Put your head to the dirt," said Master Desmond.	10
22	92	"Ho, noble Desmond," said Trachinos, "do you not think this ankle would look well in a pretty anklet?" "She has trim ankles," said Desmond.	10
34	96	"Desmond," said he, "Desmond of Harfax".	10
37	27	"How, Desmond of Harfax," inquired Kleomenes, "have you arrived at your understanding of things?" "I prefer, at present," said Desmond, "to keep my source confidential".	10
46	162	"Desmond, Desmond of Harfax," said Nora.	10
47	91	One of Desmond's Kur guards started after him, but men crowded together, as though preparing to follow Desmond and his guards, and the Kur must thrust them from his path, following which he stopped and wildly looked about, nostrils flaring.	10
48	362	Before the knife of Desmond of Harfax could fall Lord Grendel darted forward with the speed of a charging sleen, and caught Desmond of Harfax about the waist, lifted him, and spun about, hurling him several feet away, back, to the center of the room.	10
49	72	Grendel, and his party, might have provided a rallying point for those who recognized the dangers of lawlessness and anarchy, but his concern was elsewhere, and he would leave the Cave, accompanied by the Lady Bina, Desmond of Harfax, Desmond's cohorts, and several of the men from the Cave, willing ...	10
52	431	It is a common way, amongst slave girls, when inquiring another girl's master, to ask, "Who whips you?" I would then answer, "Desmond of Harfax," or "My master is Desmond of Harfax".	10
53	4	My master, Desmond of Harfax, of the house of Desmond in Harfax, in the high Merchantry of Harfax, has arranged, as I understand it, to have it translated into Gorean.	10
17	125	"Desmond," he said.	10
17	154	I wished he in whose charge I was, Desmond, in the black and gray of the Metal Workers, would return.	10
17	375	Why else would men brand and collar them? "Did you note the behavior of our little barbarian?" Desmond asked the Lady Bina.	10
17	379	"In another moment," said Desmond, "she would have thrust her pretty little body, bare under the nothing of rep cloth, against him".	10
17	389	"The taverns are interested in such girls," said Desmond.	10
17	392	Desmond was looking upon me, grinning.	10
17	395	"It is pleasant," said Desmond, regarding me, "to stoke such fires in a slave's belly".	10
17	404	Astrinax drove one, Lykos the last, and Desmond mine, the second wagon.	10
17	409	"On what have you wagered, Desmond?" inquired the Lady Bina.	10
17	413	"Loyalty is admirable, Desmond," said the Lady Bina, "but not invariably prudential".	10
17	419	"Why?" asked Desmond.	10
17	464	"A new race will soon begin," said Astrinax, turning to Desmond.	10
17	519	Either Astrinax, Lykos, or Master Desmond remained with me.	10
17	534	"What is wrong?" asked Desmond.	10
17	544	I think all there were surprised, the Lady Bina, Master Desmond, Astrinax, and Lykos, and the keeper of the pair on the chain, with his switch, who was in his holiday regalia, that of the Slavers.	10
18	6	Master Desmond had informed me that the Vennan aqueduct, the third longest, was some eight hundred and ten pasangs long.	10
18	12	"I cannot read my new collar, Master," I had said to Master Desmond.	10
18	43	"It would presumably be something like 'I am the property of Desmond of Harfax'".	10
18	50	* * * * The day's races had been recently finished and our party, the Lady Bina, Astrinax, Lykos, Desmond, and myself, had descended the tiers, and were preparing to leave the grounds when we had encountered a neck-chained, matched set of slaves, both barbarians.	10
18	128	"You may as well debracelet Allison," said the Lady Bina to Desmond.	10
18	172	Desmond, at a nod from the Lady Bina, fastened Jane and Eve together with the bracelets which he had removed from me a bit ago, the left wrist of Jane fastened to the right wrist of Eve.	10
18	184	Master Desmond, of course, as far as I knew at the time, was of the Metal Workers.	10
18	193	He would be accompanied by Desmond and Lykos.	10
18	207	Too, I learned that Master Desmond would accompany them.	10
18	343	* * * * "Now those are slaves," said Master Desmond, with an expansive gesture about the room, he in whose keeping I was.	10
18	345	I knelt beside the low table, about which Masters Desmond, Lykos and Astrinax sat, cross-legged.	10
18	376	Master Desmond, I noted, had an eye for the paga slaves.	10
18	378	Why, then, was I so angry? "I have brought Allison here," said Master Desmond, "that she might see what true slaves are like".	10
18	395	"True," said Master Desmond.	10
18	424	I noted that Master Desmond, whom I supposed of the Metal Workers, certainly he in whose charge I was, to my annoyance, was still appraising various paga slaves, as masters look upon such women.	10
18	516	It was doubtless her way her of showing contempt for a lesser girl, and calling Master Desmond's attention to the difference amongst slaves.	10
18	518	Might he not be interested in buying her? "Yes," said Desmond, "paga".	10
18	528	Shortly, the slave, whose name I took to be Kalligone, returned, and, two hands on the goblet, knelt before Master Desmond.	10
18	531	"Here," said Master Desmond, holding out his hand.	10
18	613	I did not think Master Desmond would be easy with her.	10
18	631	I did not so much as glance at he in whose charge I was, Master Desmond, whom I supposed of the Metal Workers.	10
18	641	Certainly Kalligone had approached Master Desmond without having been summoned.	10
18	653	"Probably we should return to the wagons," said Desmond.	10
18	657	"Wake up, Allison," said Master Desmond.	10
18	685	"What is wrong?" inquired Master Desmond.	10
18	711	How I had been treated! I resolved to speak as little to Master Desmond thenceforth as possible.	10
18	726	Indeed, if I were to attempt to circumvent the discipline of Master Desmond by an appeal to Lord Grendel, I had no doubt he would lash me well, and if I were to attempt to appeal to the Lady Bina I was sure she would make inquiries as to what was appropriate under such circumstances, and then, when ...	10
18	802	Master Desmond had declined to relent.	10
18	971	There were five free men with the wagons, Astrinax, who was much as our caravan master; Desmond, thought to be a Metal Worker, in whose care I was; Lykos, whom I supposed a mercenary; fierce, bearded Trachinos, clearly skilled with the gladius, at whose background I could scarcely guess; and his fel...	10
18	1010	"How long must we wait here?" asked Desmond.	10
18	1012	"But you do know we must wait?" said Desmond.	10
18	1015	When Master Desmond turned about, I knelt near him, that I might be before him.	10
18	1043	Master Desmond turned to regard them.	10
18	1051	"She is miserable! She is penitent! Please, Master!" "It seems," said Master Desmond, "that you two wish to be placed in the modality of the mute slave, as well".	10
18	1054	"There is a wide place here, a clearing, for wagons," said Master Desmond.	10
18	1135	"It is no trick of the light behind us, nor to the left, approaching," said Master Desmond.	10
18	1141	"Tal!" called Master Desmond to the leader of the small group.	10
18	1143	"Tal!" called the leader of the riders cheerfully to Master Desmond.	10
18	1156	"Consider the saddles," said Desmond, "there are five boots to a side, as for javelins".	10
18	1158	"Perhaps then," said Desmond, "cavalry tharlarion, war tharlarion".	10
18	1168	"It would seem so," said Desmond.	10
18	1172	Master Desmond, shading his eyes, watched it for a time.	10
19	45	"Is she to be so tunicked, so collared, and put to serving so, and for two Ahn, and then simply to be wafted away, as might be a tower slave?" "She is a woman's slave," Master Desmond reminded them.	10
19	47	"Nonetheless," said Master Desmond.	10
19	50	"Obviously," said Master Desmond.	10
19	79	"Enough," said Master Desmond, pleasantly, and pulled me back, and forced my head down, it held by the hair, again, to his right hip, and then, the slave in leading position, her hands fastened behind her, tied with a short cord, took his way from the fire.	10
19	81	"The master of the wagons," said Master Desmond, "is of Ar.	10
20	21	Astrinax, the Lady Bina, and Master Desmond, he in whose keeping I was, were conversing on the other side of the wagon.	10
20	28	Allison, a slave, had confessed her love for Desmond of Harfax, a free man.	10
20	47	Before he had joined Astrinax and the Lady Bina by the wagon box, he in whose care I was, Desmond of Harfax, had passed me.	10
20	78	"That is for Master Desmond to do," said Jane.	10
20	87	Master Desmond will soon be here, to unshackle us.	10
20	90	Desmond of Harfax had untied me, but, too, he had tied me! I had no doubt that he found me of slave interest, but then, so, too, did many men, certainly the drivers of the caravan of Pausanias.	10
20	114	But how frightful that one might not dare to express this, lest one be beaten or sold! Desmond of Harfax, I was sure, thought me incapable of love.	10
20	130	"How long do you think it might be, before we receive our guide?" asked Desmond of Harfax.	10
20	134	"Where is he?" asked Desmond.	10
20	136	"How then can he guide us?" asked Desmond.	10
20	139	"I do not understand," said Desmond.	10
20	141	"Pausanias?" said Desmond of Harfax.	10
20	144	"And how," asked Master Desmond, "does Pausanias know his way?" "It was conveyed to him by Kleomenes, of the hunters," said Astrinax.	10
20	145	"Then," said Master Desmond, "Kleomenes, at least, knows the way".	10
20	148	"I do not understand," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
20	150	"Can you not speak more clearly?" said Desmond of Harfax.	10
20	152	"It has to do," said Master Desmond, "with a deck of cards?" "Precisely," said Astrinax.	10
20	153	"And how do you come by these things?" asked Desmond of Harfax.	10
20	155	"Oh?" said Desmond.	10
20	159	"They have not been with us for days," said Desmond.	10
20	163	"You are contacted during the night watch?" said Desmond.	10
20	165	"I think I will keep the night watch tonight," said Desmond.	10
20	167	"Why not?" asked Desmond.	10
20	171	"As you will," said Desmond.	10
20	176	Master Desmond had been aware of it, too.	10
20	178	"How many in the band?" asked Desmond.	10
20	180	"Your information is detailed," said Desmond.	10
20	183	"We cannot well defend ourselves against eleven men," said Desmond.	10
20	185	"I do not understand," said Desmond.	10
20	189	"Why have they delayed this long?" asked Desmond.	10
20	193	Why would one venture so into the Voltai if riches, perhaps a buried horde, or a secret mine, were not somehow involved?" "I see," said Desmond.	10
20	195	"It is like an ax, which may fall at any time," said Desmond.	10
20	197	"How is that?" asked Desmond.	10
20	199	"I wonder if we are watched?" said Desmond.	10
20	201	"What of the caravan of Pausanias?" said Desmond.	10
20	203	"How so?" said Desmond.	10
20	205	"Why?" asked Desmond.	10
20	208	"Or something," said Desmond.	10
20	210	"It is nothing," said Desmond, dismissively.	10
20	217	I feared he and Master Desmond might think the Lady Bina joking, or mad.	10
20	227	"We are to follow the caravan of Pausanias," said Master Desmond.	10
20	229	"It should be easy enough to do," said Desmond, "ten wagons, heavily laden, even should there be torrential rains".	10
20	234	"The caravan of Pausanias left the Aqueduct Road," said Desmond.	10
20	236	"And thousands of places where there are no trails," said Desmond.	10
20	274	Too, for whatever reason, I was reluctant to leave the vicinity of the brute I so hated, Desmond of Harfax, he who had treated me so badly, who held me in such contempt, who had so scorned me.	10
20	285	"Have you finished with the harness?" asked Desmond of Harfax.	10
21	65	Trachinos had turned about, angrily, to see Desmond of Harfax.	10
21	67	Desmond of Harfax was unarmed.	10
21	69	"Do you find her pleasant to hold?" inquired Desmond.	10
21	72	"It is not I alone with whom you might deal," said Desmond, "but with Lykos, and Astrinax, and perhaps others".	10
21	74	"I believe so," said Desmond, politely.	10
21	75	I noted that Akesinos, lean and swarthy, as though from nowhere, was now in the background, rather behind Desmond.	10
21	76	His shadow, however, was on the wagon, so I am sure that Master Desmond was aware of his presence.	10
21	77	I supposed he was not so much concerned to conceal his presence as to have Desmond placed between him and Trachinos.	10
21	81	"That would have to be arranged," said Desmond, "with the Lady Bina, but I think I can speak for her, and that she would support my recommendations in the matter".	10
21	83	"For most," said Desmond, "I would suppose her use fee should be a tarsk-bit.	10
21	88	How angry I was! How I hated Desmond of Harfax! Was I, the former Allison Ashton-Baker, worth so little? To be sure, she was now only kajira.	10
21	99	"For most," said Desmond of Harfax, "but for you, a golden tarn disk, of double weight".	10
21	101	"It is not that I think her worth that, of course," said Desmond.	10
21	105	"You said you were," said Desmond.	10
21	107	"I see," said Desmond.	10
21	109	"And I am even less disposed to deal with liars," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
21	114	"Into the wagon!" said Desmond.	10
21	120	"Into the wagon!" cried Desmond.	10
21	125	Master Desmond seized me by the upper right arm and right ankle, and thrust me into the wagon, over the wood, under the canvas, and I found myself on all fours, over the central bar.	10
21	138	Desmond of Harfax lifted the canvas and peered out.	10
21	141	"Hunters," said Desmond.	10
21	156	"Tarsk normally do not cluster and run like that," said Master Desmond.	10
22	46	I made certain to be the first to serve Desmond of Harfax.	10
22	54	Desmond of Harfax took the trencher.	10
22	84	"Would you care for a game of cards?" asked Desmond of Harfax.	10
22	102	I had tried, in my serving, to catch the eye of Master Desmond, to avoid the eye of Master Trachinos.	10
22	130	"Possibly there are even more dangerous sports," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
22	138	"This night, then?" said Desmond of Harfax.	10
22	145	"I understand," said Master Desmond, "it is known even in Teletus".	10
22	150	"It is your victory, your hunt celebration," said Master Desmond.	10
22	153	"Nonetheless," said Desmond of Harfax, politely.	10
22	166	"Quite good," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
22	174	"I will shackle you for the night," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
23	18	"Oh!" I cried, and Desmond of Harfax spun about, seized my right arm, and steadied me.	10
23	25	I feared I had displeased Desmond of Harfax.	10
23	68	"The wagons of Pausanias," said Desmond of Harfax, "are ahead.	10
23	72	"Yes," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
23	81	Desmond of Harfax, who led our column, stopped, and lifted his hand.	10
23	85	"Back, back!" cried Desmond of Harfax, and we turned, all, and fled back, slipping, half sliding, along the trail.	10
23	86	"Hold!" called Desmond.	10
23	91	"We shall have to make our way around this," shouted Desmond of Harfax, trying to wipe rain from his eyes.	10
23	94	"I wish you well!" called Desmond of Harfax.	10
23	96	"I wish you well," called Desmond of Harfax, again.	10
23	99	"Come closer," called Desmond of Harfax.	10
23	108	"That is rare," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
23	117	"We are going forward," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
23	123	"You are free," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
23	130	Desmond of Harfax scrambled up the side of the mountain.	10
23	141	"The trail is narrowed," said Desmond, "slides, the rains".	10
23	143	"They have directions," said Desmond.	10
23	145	"It has to do with a deck of cards," said Desmond.	10
23	150	"Easily," said Desmond.	10
23	161	Desmond fastened the rope about his waist, and then about mine.	10
23	171	Desmond of Harfax waved a farewell to him, and turned, bracing himself, into the wind and rain, and then, slipping some, began to ascend the mountain.	10
24	1	"Dear Trachinos," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
24	4	"I would discontinue your signaling," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
24	10	"The signaling," said Desmond, "was from your band, from Venna, who have been with us for some time, at least since the six hundredth pasang stone of the Aqueduct Road".	10
24	12	"There are nine in your band," said Desmond.	10
24	14	"There is an informant," said Desmond.	10
24	16	"No," said Desmond, "not as you would think of a spy".	10
24	18	"For days," said Desmond.	10
24	22	"Why now have you signaled your people?" asked Desmond.	10
24	24	"It would seem so," said Desmond.	10
24	34	"It was a mistake to signal your band," said Desmond.	10
24	36	"Was there a response to your signal?" asked Desmond.	10
24	38	"I see," said Desmond.	10
24	44	"The Lady Bina," said Desmond, "is free".	10
24	46	"You would leave us here, defenseless, with larls and sleen about, and without food?" said Desmond.	10
24	48	"May I inquire the purport of your recent signal to your band?" asked Desmond.	10
24	56	"Do not signal them to act," said Desmond.	10
24	58	"I am sorry," said Desmond.	10
24	62	"He will not," said Desmond.	10
24	65	"He does not expect to be disarmed," said Desmond.	10
24	67	"Let us prepare our noon meal," said Desmond.	10
24	72	Master Desmond thought this a wise precaution, given what might be found.	10
24	91	"Surely not," said Desmond.	10
24	102	Astrinax, I gathered, and perhaps Desmond, as well, did not realize the other Kur was blind.	10
24	103	Desmond of Harfax had encountered it only in the darkness of the market of Cestias, long ago.	10
24	105	"Who did not eat the kill?" said Desmond.	10
24	115	Desmond and Lykos moved about.	10
24	116	"Tharlarion!" said Desmond.	10
24	118	"You are perceptive, Lady Bina," said Desmond, admiringly.	10
24	123	"I think now it is reasonably clear," said Desmond of Harfax, "from the tracks, the grouping of the bodies, their attitudes.	10
24	130	"The odds," said Desmond, "are no longer heavily in your favor".	10
24	133	"And Astrinax," said Desmond, "might engage, delay, or even strike, one of you, while Lykos and the other tested blade luck in the dark game".	10
24	136	"To perish in the Voltai," said Desmond.	10
24	138	"Surely you do not think Lykos is going to put down his weapon," said Desmond.	10
24	144	"My dear Lykos," said Desmond, "it would be better if it were to slake its thirst at another time, and from some other fountain.	10
24	146	"Attend to Desmond of Harfax," said the Lady Bina.	10
24	155	Then, with a glance at Desmond of Harfax, so, too, did Lykos.	10
25	6	"What think you?" Astrinax asked Desmond of Harfax.	10
25	7	"Perhaps," said Desmond.	10
25	19	"I wager," said Desmond, "one of Teletus might see it as a ship, and perhaps one familiar with the rage, the size, the terror of tarns, see it as one of those formidable monsters".	10
25	21	"And what would you see it as?" inquired Astrinax of Desmond of Harfax.	10
25	22	"I do not know," said Desmond.	10
25	26	"I think," said Desmond of Harfax, "we are near the end of our journey".	10
25	28	"Is that mountain not both prominent and unusually shaped?" asked Desmond.	10
25	32	"It may be the only mountain of its configuration for hundreds of pasangs," said Desmond.	10
25	34	"And much of the Voltai is utter wilderness, much of it trackless," said Desmond.	10
25	37	"His directions, then," said Desmond, "would be relatively simple.	10
25	40	"Precisely," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
25	42	"How so?" asked Desmond.	10
25	45	"I have further interests here," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
25	60	Then he turned to Desmond of Harfax.	10
25	62	"I may be a bigger fool than you thought," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
25	67	"You have been very helpful to me, Desmond," said the Lady Bina, "I am thinking of giving Allison to you".	10
25	68	"Lady?" said Desmond of Harfax.	10
25	69	"One often gives female slaves as gifts, does one not?" "It is done frequently," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
25	78	"This is no time to think of slave girls," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
26	3	Be quiet," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
26	11	"I think she is weak," said Master Desmond.	10
26	17	"It seems she now fears herself pursued," said Desmond.	10
26	25	"That," said Master Desmond to me, pointing, "is a runaway slave".	10
26	32	"There is no escape for the female slave," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
26	36	"What a fool she is," said Desmond of Harfax, regarding the pathetic, approaching figure.	10
26	52	"Who is she?" asked Desmond of Harfax.	10
26	54	"Who is she?" Desmond of Harfax asked again.	10
26	57	"How do you know her?" asked Desmond of Harfax.	10
26	62	"What is she doing here?" asked Desmond.	10
26	79	Master Desmond crouched by the slave, and examined the collar.	10
26	83	"You see," said Master Desmond to me, "we are near our goal".	10
26	98	"No," said Desmond.	10
26	105	"Pausanias, and his crew, and Kleomenes, with his men, are surely human," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
26	107	"And there are doubtless others," said Desmond.	10
26	109	"And supplies, fit for Builders, were brought in the wagons of Pausanias," said Desmond.	10
26	111	"The slave is frightened, beside herself," said Desmond.	10
26	118	"Surely," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
26	120	"I fear something mighty is afoot," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
26	123	"I think so," said Desmond.	10
26	125	"What do you know of decks of cards?" asked Desmond.	10
26	129	"I will be a slave of slaves to you! I will please you in a thousand ways!" "As a slave?" asked Desmond of Harfax.	10
26	141	Had she smiled so at Desmond of Harfax I would have been tempted to leap to her and yank her about, by the hair.	10
26	144	"Are you hungry, thirsty?" asked Desmond of Harfax.	10
26	147	"Her master may attend to such things, as he wishes," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
26	149	"Tie her ankles together," said Desmond to Trachinos.	10
26	152	Had she never been bound by such a man, as the slave she was? "Allison, Jane, Eve," said Desmond.	10
26	161	"It is late," said Desmond.	10
26	165	"Yes," said Desmond.	10
26	167	"I want her in good condition, in the morning," said Desmond.	10
26	168	"To be returned to her master?" "Of course," said Desmond.	10
26	220	"Have pity on her!" I said to Desmond of Harfax.	10
26	238	Desmond of Harfax approached Mina with a short thong.	10
26	251	Almost at the same time Desmond of Harfax drew her hands behind her, and thonged them together, snugly.	10
26	258	"You are heartless," I said to Desmond of Harfax.	10
26	263	"Proceed," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
26	272	I looked up, at Master Desmond.	10
26	428	"I am lovely, am I not?" I asked Master Desmond.	10
27	5	About the table, mixed in with the others, were Astrinax, Desmond, Lykos, Trachinos, and Akesinos.	10
27	60	I was not permitted to kneel behind Desmond of Harfax, or even behind the Lady Bina.	10
27	121	The men other than Astrinax, namely, Desmond, Lykos, Trachinos, and Akesinos, were then led away in another direction, by one of the men of Kleomenes, presumably to their quarters.	10
29	212	I warned Astrinax, and I think he warned two of his hires, Lykos, a mercenary, and Desmond, a Metal Worker".	10
29	213	"I am not sure that Master Desmond is a Metal Worker," I said.	10
29	242	"Master Desmond of Harfax," I said.	10
30	2	I spun about, delighted, and rushed to Desmond of Harfax, knelt before him, pressed my lips quickly to his sandals, knelt up, and then knelt close to him, holding him about the legs, and putting my turned head humbly against his legs, rather as I had seen Mina do with Trachinos.	10
30	86	"I had not seen him," said Desmond.	10
30	91	"They have to do with worlds," said Desmond.	10
30	104	"I see," said Master Desmond.	10
30	153	"He may not be here," said Desmond.	10
33	33	I was not clear, nor was Master Desmond, as to the role the unusual cargo which had been borne by the wagons was to play in the affairs of the Cave.	10
33	35	I speculated that the cargo, which I had gathered from Master Desmond seemed curious and exotic, might be expensive.	10
34	4	She now had her own collar, and was slept at the slave ring of Trachinos, who, as Lykos, Desmond, and Akesinos, now had a small, private room assigned to him.	10
34	87	It was Master Desmond.	10
34	130	Desmond of Harfax then returned to my side.	10
35	11	"Shall we enter?" inquired Desmond of Harfax.	10
35	17	Desmond of Harfax closed the door behind us, and bolted it shut, from the inside.	10
35	19	Master Desmond took a seat on one of the benches, and indicated that I might kneel beside him.	10
35	28	"Look about you," said Master Desmond.	10
35	61	"Yes," said Desmond of Harfax, "though their nature is little known.	10
35	172	"Precisely," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
35	175	"As you cannot read," said Master Desmond, "this is not obvious to you, but the small sheet which seems to be a game's annotation and the large sheet, whose squares contain letters, or meaningless marks, are both numbered".	10
35	247	Desmond of Harfax then reached again into the leather envelope.	10
35	327	"He is as baffled as we," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
36	1	"You know the master named Desmond, do you not?" asked Nora.	10
36	8	"This Desmond of Harfax," she said, "knows you.	10
36	18	I recalled such threats were made once to her by Desmond of Harfax.	10
36	20	It pleased me, somehow, that Nora, so proud, severe, and magisterial with us, so imperious and exacting a first girl, was no more than a cringing slave before Desmond of Harfax.	10
36	34	Might this not be innocent? Perhaps Kleomenes had expressed an interest in play, which interest had come to the attention of Desmond of Harfax, who had somehow located and supplied a suitable means for exploring this interest? Certainly they knew one another from the time of the caravan.	10
36	36	The one difference in this deck of cards from the deck which I had earlier seen in the keeping of Desmond of Harfax was the attractive speckling on the edges of the deck, a sort of design with which I was familiar from the house of chance.	10
37	1	"I have explained to you my understanding of things," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
37	29	"I give you my word," said Desmond.	10
37	31	"Obviously," said Desmond, "I am willing to risk much.	10
37	34	"Yet you have come," said Desmond.	10
37	38	"If so," said Desmond, "they are fools, for they would be involved in the common peril".	10
37	40	"If what you say is true," said Kleomenes, "what can we do?" "Pausanias, with his drivers, and wagons, has already left," said Desmond.	10
37	45	"No," said Desmond, "for a hundred cities might be warned".	10
37	49	"We must try," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
37	53	"That would give the conspiracy a start of months," said Desmond.	10
37	56	"Is it not better to live for a time, than not to live, at all?" "The beasts are formidable," said Desmond, "but, within the laws of Priest-Kings, they are not invincible.	10
37	60	"Good, good!" said Desmond.	10
37	62	"We must enlist who we can amongst the humans," said Desmond.	10
37	65	"Yes," said Desmond.	10
37	68	"Quite possibly," said Desmond.	10
37	71	"Who is high Kur in the Cave?" asked Desmond.	10
37	73	"How many of you have heard of the Kur, Agamemnon?" asked Desmond.	10
37	78	"Not to Kurii," said Desmond, soberly.	10
37	81	"Perhaps," said Desmond, "Agamemnon is still alive.	10
37	93	"I think it is Agamemnon, or contains Agamemnon," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
37	95	"I have gathered certain things, some rather obliquely, not openly stated, from my source," said Desmond.	10
37	97	"I will now," said Desmond of Harfax, "command an unlikely speaker to address you, the barbarian kajira, Allison, whose thigh some of you may have marked".	10
37	105	"A meeting was held," said Desmond of Harfax, "at which none of us, and no free man, was present, but some kajirae were present.	10
37	107	I have learned that Allison, whom I have had in my keeping—" There was laughter at this point, which annoyed me, for they doubtless supposed that Desmond of Harfax had reaped much pleasure from the rich and frequent use of the slender, barbarian brunette in question, whereas the slender, barb...	10
37	109	I was not sure how Master Desmond knew I had been at the meeting in question, but it seemed likely he had obtained this information, and some sense of the nature of the meeting, from one of the other kajirae who had been present.	10
37	111	"Allison," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
37	115	"Do not be afraid, Allison," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
37	139	"Continue," said Master Desmond.	10
37	154	"Continue, Allison," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
37	160	"Continue," said Master Desmond.	10
37	165	"What then?" said Master Desmond.	10
37	176	"These things are hard to understand," said Desmond of Harfax, "but it is my conjecture that the Kur, Agamemnon, did not perish on a far world, but is alive, and on Gor".	10
37	179	"Living, yes," said Desmond, "but not as you think.	10
37	182	"There are devices, technologies, here," said Desmond of Harfax, "with which we are unfamiliar.	10
37	200	"Yes," said Desmond of Harfax, "but the seeing is within you, the seeing is not outside of you.	10
37	205	"Let us suppose that the account rendered by a slave is true," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
37	209	"That is my belief," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
37	214	"Consider," said Desmond of Harfax, "the brain of a mighty, fearsome, almost legendary leader, gigantic and formidable, a Kur of Kurii, kept alive, revered, obeyed.	10
37	217	"Titanic forces could be locked in battle," said Desmond of Harfax, "forces compared to which men are small, weak, and fragile things, little more than field urts scampering about in the grass, amidst the tread of trampling tharlarion".	10
37	220	"It would be a future in which you would be unlikely to participate," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
37	222	"Yes!" said Desmond of Harfax.	10
37	225	"What small blow might affect so great a war?" "Perhaps none," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
37	228	"The assassination of Agamemnon," said Desmond.	10
37	236	"The container of which we have spoken must be seized," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
37	239	"No!" said Desmond of Harfax.	10
37	250	"They have come for us!" "No," said Desmond.	10
38	1	"Beware! Back!" cried Desmond of Harfax, thrusting me to the side of the hall.	10
38	7	"War," said Master Desmond, "but it seems one in which we are not implicated".	10
38	14	"What of the guards?" asked Desmond.	10
38	17	"Four Kurii, armed, passed us, a moment ago," said Desmond.	10
38	20	"Back," said Desmond, and we shrank back against the wall.	10
38	22	"I do not know," said Desmond.	10
38	33	"You see," said Desmond.	10
38	36	"Yes," said Desmond.	10
38	38	"Now," said Desmond.	10
38	45	"We must exercise caution," said Desmond.	10
38	47	"It is not obvious we may leave with impunity," said Desmond.	10
38	51	"Let them," said Desmond.	10
38	54	"To kill Agamemnon," said Desmond.	10
39	1	I clutched the bars of the slave cage in which Desmond of Harfax had placed me.	10
39	37	Master Desmond, though, with his fellows from the secret meeting, including Astrinax, Lykos, Trachinos, Akesinos, and Kleomenes, had worked his way through to the positions held by the adherents of Agamemnon.	10
41	45	I knocked, lightly, on the door of the small room which had been assigned to Desmond of Harfax.	10
41	47	It had been given to me by Astrinax, and I was to deliver it to Master Desmond.	10
41	48	"Who is there?" said Desmond.	10
41	90	And I hoped no kajira had been fastened at the slave ring, at least by Desmond of Harfax.	10
41	178	I wondered what it would be, to be whipped by Desmond of Harfax.	10
43	1	"All is lost," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
43	37	"How else could he obtain his release from his cell?" asked Desmond of Harfax.	10
43	42	"Things began to go badly several days ago," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
43	50	"I do not know," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
43	88	"Four times," said Desmond of Harfax, "before the revolt of Lucius, despite the importunities of Agamemnon, Timarchos, Lysymachos, and others, Grendel sought to postpone this journey, meanwhile laboring on our behalf".	10
44	66	"Master Desmond," I said, "without your leadership, despairs of escaping the Cave, of braving the Voltai, of counteracting the conspiracy.	10
44	68	"Desmond is a fine leader, one of intelligence, power, and honor," said Grendel.	10
44	78	"You love Desmond of Harfax," he said.	10
46	46	"Whom shall I say has reserved you for the evening?" "Desmond of Harfax," I said.	10
46	68	In any event, it seemed clear that Desmond of Harfax's small assemblage of determined men was at great risk.	10
46	167	I recalled that Desmond of Harfax had once said to me, "It is clear how at least one might survive".	10
47	3	It had been announced, yesterday, that all conspirators had twenty Ahn in which to surrender themselves, before their names would be revealed to the high Kurii by Desmond of Harfax, who, in full nobility, had come forward voluntarily to perform his bounden duty to his superiors.	10
47	4	He had apparently made the stipulation that he would reveal the names of the conspirators only to Agamemnon himself, thus assuring himself that all would be done fully and properly, without any confusion or mistake, and, also, naturally, one supposes, that he, Desmond of Harfax, would then be recogn...	10
47	28	"We are to witness the deposition of Desmond of Harfax".	10
47	39	"Desmond of Harfax is to be led down the hall shortly, to the Audience Chamber of Agamemnon.	10
47	59	The way the men were about, and near the sides of the hall, looking back down the hall, toward the direction from which Desmond of Harfax might approach, I was uneasy.	10
47	61	Almost none of those men, of course, had been at that perilous meeting called so long ago by Desmond of Harfax, at which, I, too, had been in attendance.	10
47	62	I was sure they were no part of Master Desmond's party.	10
47	65	Too, even if they were not of Master Desmond's party, most might have been sympathetic to any band of men who, in the face of the Kurii, might have dared to secretly enleague themselves.	10
47	69	I found it hard to believe that Desmond of Harfax would have betrayed his fellows.	10
47	73	It did not seem like the Master Desmond I had thought I had known.	10
47	78	Leaning forward I saw, approaching, Desmond of Harfax, followed by two Kurii, who occasionally bared their fangs threateningly, and growled, as men started to surge closer to their charge.	10
47	79	Desmond was smiling, which seemed the more to anger the men about.	10
47	84	What, now, could be believed? What, now, could remain in its place? "Traitor!" I heard, and I looked up to see a shape from the side, Akesinos, hurling himself upon Desmond of Harfax, his hands clutching for his throat.	10
47	86	"Stop, you fool!" said Desmond of Harfax.	10
47	88	Trachinos pulled Akesinos bodily from Desmond of Harfax.	10
47	89	"Run," said Desmond of Harfax to Akesinos.	10
47	92	Then he returned to his post, with his fellow, by Desmond of Harfax.	10
47	93	The Kur who had remained with Desmond of Harfax turned on his translator.	10
47	95	Desmond of Harfax, shaken, his tunic torn, bruised, then continued on his way, followed by the two guards.	10
47	97	Had the hands of Akesinos found their mark would he not have perished within the Ehn? The Kur who had the Lady Bina under his supervision indicated that we should follow the two guards and Desmond of Harfax, which we did, he following.	10
47	98	Master Desmond was subjected to no further attacks before we reached the double doors, large, suitable for the passage of Kurii, which led into the audience chamber.	10
47	101	Desmond of Harfax was carrying a weapon into the audience chamber.	10
48	1	It was a distraught Desmond of Harfax who was led before the dais, for on the dais, on three tables, were three containers.	10
48	3	"Tal, noble Desmond," came a voice from the central container.	10
48	4	"Tal, noble Desmond," came a voice from the container to the left.	10
48	5	"Tal, noble Desmond," came a voice from the container on the right.	10
48	11	Might there not be indefinite subtleties, one lurking behind the other, in this kaissa of choice? "Tal, Noble Agamemnon, Theocrat of the World, Eleventh Face of the Nameless One," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
48	13	"Yes," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
48	15	"Did we not allow all conspirators twenty Ahn in which to surrender themselves?" "The generosity of your offer was beyond question, Lord Agamemnon," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
48	17	"It seems so," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
48	19	"True," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
48	21	"It is tragic," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
48	23	"How can it be helped?" asked Desmond of Harfax.	10
48	29	"But first, great lord," said Desmond of Harfax, "may I approach you more closely?" "No," said Agamemnon.	10
48	30	"I would like to speak more intimately," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
48	33	"Certainly," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
48	36	"It is clearly understood, of course," said Desmond of Harfax, "that I bring the matter of egregious treachery to your attention simply, and only, to frustrate treason, and protect the person and plans of your lordship".	10
48	38	"Such is my duty, and privilege," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
48	40	"But, too," said Desmond of Harfax, "might one not expect some token of gratitude from your lordship, however negligible, no matter how undeserved it might be?" "The generosity of the Theocrat of the World, the Eleventh Face of the Nameless One," said Agamemnon, "may be depended upon, and is well kn...	10
48	41	"Would a thousand pieces of gold, tarn disks of double weight, be appropriate?" asked Desmond of Harfax.	10
48	43	"What of yours?" cried Desmond of Harfax leaping to the dais, thrusting the central container to the floor, and falling upon it with his knife.	10
48	45	Immediately Desmond of Harfax was disarmed and seized by Kurii.	10
48	48	Desmond of Harfax had chosen incorrectly.	10
48	51	I was afraid Desmond of Harfax might have had his arms torn from his body.	10
48	57	How brave, and foolish, Desmond of Harfax had been! Did he think that so mighty a foe, so jealously guarded, might be so easily disposed of? I recalled that he whom he had spoken of as his principal, who had been, as it had turned out, Grendel, had said nothing of the assassination of Agamemnon.	10
48	59	This silence, I suspected, had puzzled, or displeased, Desmond of Harfax.	10
48	62	Desmond of Harfax struggled futilely in the grip of two Kurii.	10
48	92	"Speak your last, Desmond of Harfax," came from the container on the left.	10
48	93	"Gladly," cried Desmond of Harfax.	10
48	94	"Down with the tyrant! Down with Agamemnon!" One of the Kurii near Master Desmond raised a massive paw.	10
48	127	I did see that Desmond of Harfax was free, one of his captors, headless, beside him.	10
48	128	Desmond of Harfax was on all fours, looking about.	10
48	169	Back with these Kurii, to the side, was Desmond of Harfax, his knife now in hand, and, on the other side, the Lady Bina and myself.	10
48	327	"You live, glorious Grendel!" cried Desmond of Harfax.	10
48	347	"What men will," cried Desmond of Harfax, "may now escape the Cave.	10
48	355	"There is no time to lose," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
48	357	"We shall leave as soon as possible," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
48	363	I ran to Desmond of Harfax, and knelt beside him.	10
48	370	"Kill it!" cried Desmond of Harfax, from the center of the room, now on his feet, unsteadily, grasping his arm.	10
48	371	"Forgive me, dear Desmond," said Grendel.	10
48	372	"Kill it, kill it!" cried Desmond of Harfax.	10
49	141	Our familiar fellows were with us, Astrinax, Lykos, Desmond of Harfax, Trachinos, and Akesinos.	10
49	195	Too, might not another steel world bring Agamemnon to one of its own laboratories and there restore and rearm him, that he might further pursue, perhaps now to their own advantage, planetary imperialisms? Desmond of Harfax had wanted to kill Agamemnon.	10
49	240	I did not know the whereabouts of Desmond of Harfax.	10
51	16	"Would," said Astrinax, lifting his goblet, "that one other were here, one we know well, one with whom we shared many perils and hardships, the noble Desmond of Harfax!" "Yes," said Lykos.	10
51	29	"It might interest you to know," said the Lady Bina, "that I made a similar offer to Desmond of Harfax, twice".	10
51	31	"Yes," said the Lady Bina, "I offered our pretty Allison twice to Desmond of Harfax, but he would not accept her".	10
51	75	"Noble Desmond of Harfax" I said, "has never had the least interest in the slave, Allison.	10
51	88	"Moreover," I said, "Desmond of Harfax is despicable, so shameless that he has not even acknowledged his duplicity to his fellows.	10
51	95	I would strive to be the worst possible slave to him! I despise the shameless, ungrateful, hypocrite, and fraud, Desmond of Harfax! I loathe him, I hate him! He is thief of trust, a promoter of pretense.	10
51	143	"To Desmond of Harfax," he said.	10
51	163	In the threshold stood Desmond of Harfax.	10
51	184	"Key," said Desmond of Harfax, extending his hand to the side.	10
51	187	Desmond of Harfax then adjusted the new collar, his collar, on the neck of his newly purchased slave, Allison, a barbarian.	10
51	190	"What I please," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
51	192	"Every word," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
51	242	Desmond of Harfax reached down, took my bound, right ankle, and dragged me into the sleeping chamber of the Lady Bina.	10
51	247	Knowing that Desmond of Harfax was a decent and honorable man, though he might be a fearsome and demanding master, I was not afraid that I would be fed to sleen, cast to leech plants, or such.	10
51	254	Turning a little, I saw Master Desmond in the threshold.	10
52	2	I was tied on my knees, my hands before me, fastened to the ring, in the small, bright courtyard, behind a house on Clive, that in which Desmond of Harfax had rented a room.	10
52	4	"Know that you are a slave," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
52	8	"Desmond of Harfax!" He then gave me another stroke.	10
52	193	"More was involved in the Voltai," said Desmond of Harfax.	10
52	429	"It says," he said, "'I belong to Desmond of Harfax.	10
53	22	My master, Desmond of Harfax, has been very indulgent in this regard.	10