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Kurik

Book 34. (500 results) Plunder of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
11	272	"Do you know a man named Kurik, Kurik of Victoria?" "Yes," I said.	10
23	163	"Kurik of Victoria," he said, "is the key to the venture, and you are the key to Kurik of Victoria".	10
49	60	At that point, the throng in the room gathered about Kurik and Decius Albus, and Decius Albus began to introduce them, or most of them, one after the other, to Kurik, and all were exchanging hand clasps, hand to wrist, in the Gorean fashion, which grip is more secure than the hand-to-hand clasp, wit...	10
51	308	The guard became aware of Kurik's presence at about the same time that Kurik employed the lamp stand.	10
68	273	"Let Kurik of Victoria hear that!" "I wish you well," said Kurik of Victoria.	10
3	91	"We would not have picked her up," said the leader, "were it not for Kurik.	10
3	99	"Kurik was annoyed," said the leader.	10
3	104	"We will let Kurik decide," said the leader.	10
3	110	"Kurik is not a fool," said the second man.	10
5	147	"She is the one Kurik said was a bitch," said one of the men.	10
5	158	"Is it true," asked the fellow with the accent, "that when Kurik appeared before you, you did not immediately fall to your knees?" "Yes," I whispered.	10
5	164	"More amusingly," said another, "she struck Kurik".	10
6	50	Why should we, women, or, at least, our sort of women, be on our knees before men? I recalled the brute from the office, he spoken of as Kurik.	10
8	122	I had been told it read 'I am the slave of Kurik of Victoria'.	10
8	394	Kurik threw back his large head and laughed.	10
9	39	Many times last night Kurik, my master, had put me to his pleasure.	10
9	182	Last night he who had been my master, Kurik, of Victoria, had much used me.	10
9	276	I was furious that Kurik, he of Victoria, to whom I had belonged, who had so peremptorily, so routinely, so ruthlessly deprived me of my virginity, not that a slave's virginity is of more worth than that of a pig, and who had, despite my will, dared to caress me into eager, helpless, begging servitu...	10
9	637	I recalled the mighty arms of Kurik, enfolding me helplessly in the grip of the master, a helplessness and bliss I could not forget.	10
23	44	"Your first master," he said, "was Kurik, of Victoria, of the caste of Slavers".	10
23	67	"How you must hate Kurik of Victoria," he said.	10
23	89	"I gather then," he said, "if you are candid with me, which I trust you are, you do not hate, abominate, and loathe Kurik of Victoria".	10
23	93	"Do you think you could recognize Kurik, of Victoria, should you see him again?" "Assuredly, Master," I said.	10
23	94	"I suspected," he said, "that you hated Kurik of Victoria, and thus that I could most easily have my will with you did I pretend enmity to that noble, prized fellow, that most fortunate fellow, whom I gladly seek".	10
23	104	"You do not bear Kurik of Victoria ill will?" he asked.	10
23	108	"You would do your best to contribute to the welfare and good fortune of Kurik of Victoria?" he asked.	10
23	113	"He seeks Kurik of Victoria, to tender him position, riches, and power".	10
23	114	"Kurik of Victoria is then most fortunate," I said.	10
23	115	"On behalf of my principal, it is incumbent upon me to contact Kurik of Victoria".	10
23	128	"My charge," he said, "is to make contact with Kurik of Victoria, to see that he receives what he deserves".	10
23	145	"May I inquire the name of your principal," I said, "the source of the projected emoluments, and the deserts you plan to bestow on my former master, the noble Kurik of Victoria?" "Ela," he said, "such matters are confidential".	10
23	149	"You will not be," he said, "for you wish the best for our dear Kurik of Victoria".	10
23	160	"It had to do with Kurik of Victoria?" I said.	10
23	164	"My master," I said, "he whom I knew as Tullius Quintus, of Ar, I fear, wished to sell me to some bidder, that I might be used to locate Kurik of Victoria".	10
23	167	"He trolled," he said, "casting his lines about, a word here, a word there, in the taverns, in the markets, words that would be meaningless to most, stray sounds, but telling to he who might have an ear for the name 'Phyllis', for the name 'Kurik of Victoria'".	10
23	187	"I can recognize Kurik of Victoria, surely, but I have no idea as to his whereabouts.	10
23	191	My sources inform me that it is to Kurik of Victoria, in Brundisium, that the package is to be delivered, Brundisium, a great port, familiar with exotic cargos, unusual birds, mighty serpents, surprising beasts, a port where such cargos are not likely to elicit undue attention.	10
23	203	"And you will discover, and obtain, this gift through the offices of Kurik of Victoria?" "Yes," he said.	10
23	207	"Kurik of Victoria is fortunate".	10
23	208	"And thus your cooperation," he said, "given your hope to do well by Kurik of Victoria, is well assured".	10
26	77	I had no idea what might be the contents of this shipment, or its importance, or what it might have to do with me, or with my first master, Kurik, of Victoria.	10
26	244	"Kurik, of Victoria?" I said.	10
26	265	"How are you to deal with Kurik of Victoria?" I asked.	10
26	271	"I bear Kurik of Victoria no ill will," I said.	10
27	27	I was determined not to reveal the identity of Kurik of Victoria to my master.	10
27	36	What I did not understand was why my master had said I would be unable to help myself, why he thought that I could not help but identify Kurik of Victoria.	10
27	38	I hoped, but did not hope, that Kurik of Victoria was not even in Brundisium.	10
27	82	"I think it likely," he said, "that by now Kurik of Victoria is in Brundisium.	10
27	89	And if Kurik of Victoria wishes to conceal his presence, as he may well wish to do, where better than in the district of the lower wharves".	10
27	167	"I think," he said, "that the shipment may be about, and Kurik of Victoria, as well, here amongst the southern piers.	10
28	66	Perhaps, at last, here, we shall detect our elusive Kurik of Victoria, and be led by him, unwittingly, to our prize".	10
28	70	Did Tyrtaios fear I might call out to Kurik of Victoria, to warn him of his danger? Surely not.	10
28	99	"So," said Tyrtaios, pleasantly, "that is Kurik of Victoria".	10
28	114	To my misery I saw Kurik of Victoria approaching us.	10
28	122	I could not have helped but react to the sight of Kurik of Victoria, my first master.	10
28	124	My clever plans, that I might refrain from disclosing the proximity of Kurik of Victoria, did I see him, had been unfounded.	10
28	127	I fear my expression was one of fear, protest, and agony, as I tried to warn Kurik of Victoria of his danger.	10
28	132	But he could see the expression of Kurik of Victoria, which conveyed naught but interest, and perhaps concern.	10
28	133	"You pause, sad Master," said Kurik of Victoria.	10
28	135	"You are on the street of Crates, near the food shop of Bion," said Kurik, of Victoria.	10
28	138	"She seems distressed," said Kurik.	10
28	141	Kurik, with his thumb, wiped the tears from my cheek.	10
28	143	Could he not see my misery, my fear? "She is pretty," said Kurik.	10
28	146	"For a pot girl," said Kurik, "for a kettle-and-mat girl".	10
28	147	I was sure then he recognized me! I was thrilled that he might recognize me, even bitted, but, too, what was I doing here? Would his suspicions not be aroused? Might not he be sought? What likelihood was there that this encounter would be utterly fortuitous? "I am sure," said Kurik, "her misadventur...	10
28	150	"Merciful Master," said Kurik.	10
28	154	"Perhaps then," said Kurik, "we should give her a taste of the lash".	10
28	156	Kurik then took out a copper tarsk, and dropped it into my cup.	10
28	158	I fear you have inadvertently deposited a full tarsk in the cup!" "How do you know?" asked Kurik.	10
28	160	"Remarkable," said Kurik.	10
28	162	"It shall remain where it is," said Kurik, magnanimously.	10
28	164	"Of course," said Kurik, "I am Tenrik, of Siba".	10
28	166	"Where did you buy your slave?" asked Kurik.	10
28	169	"Barbarians make good slave girls," said Kurik.	10
28	171	"Take this one," said Kurik.	10
28	180	"I, too, wish you well, gentle Master," said Kurik, turning away.	10
28	181	No sooner had Kurik vanished than I was pulled about by the stick and collar, and hastened, half dragged, back up the street.	10
28	186	How could things proceed more smoothly? And consider the absurdity of the name, 'Tenrik', obviously reminiscent of his real name, 'Kurik'! Could he not do better than that? And he alleges to be of Siba, he, of Victoria! Siba is another of the towns on the Vosk, like Victoria.	10
28	208	You have identified Kurik of Victoria for me.	10
28	249	"Trust," he said, "that my mission is successful, for if Kurik of Victoria should survive, and learn you betrayed him, as you did, and very nicely, it would not be well to fall into his hands".	10
28	254	I had betrayed Kurik of Victoria.	10
29	59	I could not but recognize the voice of my first master, Kurik, of Victoria.	10
29	81	He knows you!" "How could he know me?" asked Kurik.	10
29	106	A bit later Kurik stood, and replaced the key on its hook.	10
30	40	Then I, too, would be a paga girl! How far I was from my former world, the office, my well-chosen, fashionable garments! Kurik then went to the proprietor's counter, where he released me, and I knelt beside him.	10
30	44	Meanwhile, Kurik, by means of a coin or two, was making certain arrangements.	10
30	51	It was clear to me that Kurik, to my annoyance, while waiting for his specifications, whatever they might have been, to be effectuated, was considering the paga girls, two or three of whom were only too well aware of his regard, and little loath, I fear, to bring him paga.	10
30	59	In any event, Kurik then indicated an opening in the wall, one of several such, and I, at his gesture, approached it.	10
30	191	"Good," said Kurik, of Victoria.	10
30	196	"He mocks you, that you chose the name 'Tenrik of Siba' as a concealing name," I said, "for it is foolishly and clearly close to that of 'Kurik', and he finds it pathetically inept that you should have claimed to be from Siba, for that is merely another town on the Vosk, as is your true town, Victor...	10
30	201	Kurik turned to the curtain, but remained a bit to the side.	10
30	256	I knelt back, and waited, for several Ehn, until Kurik had finished with the contents of the trencher.	10
30	288	Despite the rudeness, and the commanding brutality, of Kurik, of Victoria, in the manner in which it had occurred, I had been fed and watered.	10
30	334	Four times the music stopped, and I waited for the return of Kurik, of Victoria, but it would begin again, perhaps with another slave, certainly with another tempo, another mood, another exhibition of how marvelously beautiful and desirable a human female can be, another exhibition of why they shoul...	10
30	335	I rehearsed a hundred greetings, criticisms, comments, witty remarks, and clever observations, for when I should be rejoined by Kurik, of Victoria, that he might realize how little his absence concerned me, that his neglect of me was scarcely noticed, if at all, and perhaps had even been welcomed, s...	10
30	345	Many times then, that evening, the next morning, and the next afternoon, did Kurik of Victoria pleasure himself with me.	10
30	363	Kurik of Victoria knew well the handling of helpless slaves, their caressing and owning, their grasping and stroking, their conquest and fulfillment.	10
30	371	More than once I had seized the slave whip, kissed it, and licked it, and, kneeling, proffered it to Kurik of Victoria.	10
30	386	I fear that I many times cried out my love for Kurik of Victoria.	10
31	2	"She will do," said Kurik of Victoria.	10
31	14	"This is a cheap market," said Kurik of Victoria.	10
31	20	"Nor do I," said Kurik.	10
31	30	"But perhaps she was of high caste, and known, and her seller did not want her to be purchased by a friend, and freed," said Kurik.	10
31	55	In the alcove, earlier, when I had learned that the house of Anesidemus was a slave market, I had, distraught, in misery, cast myself to my belly before Kurik of Victoria, who was sitting, cross-legged, his back to the leather curtain.	10
31	82	I was begging Kurik of Victoria to own me.	10
31	104	"He would think," said Kurik of Victoria, "sixty or seventy copper tarsks would be too much".	10
31	106	"I do not doubt it," said Kurik of Victoria, my master.	10
31	138	"Shortly," said Kurik, of Victoria.	10
31	141	"You have never been sold from a block, have you?" asked Kurik.	10
31	149	"Apparently she is not used to being sold," said Kurik.	10
31	165	"She objects," said Kurik, "the little fool.	10
31	167	"Perhaps she was once of significant station, of high caste!" "Why should one be shamed, to have been demonstrated to be alive, healthy, vital, and well?" asked Kurik.	10
31	177	"Not at all," said Kurik.	10
31	191	"At the Slave Whip," said Kurik, my master.	10
31	193	"Yes," said Kurik, of Victoria.	10
31	195	"I would hope for a tarsk-bit or two more," said Kurik.	10
31	200	"I am not so cheap! I am beautiful, very beautiful! I will show you I am worth more!" Kurik laughed.	10
31	207	How helpless we are, the goods of masters! "It must be past the twentieth Ahn," said Kurik.	10
32	44	I had been in the arms of Kurik of Victoria.	10
32	49	"That is the house of Flavius Minor," said Kurik, pointing to a large, dark warehouse.	10
32	60	Kurik hesitated some yards before the small door, and looked about.	10
32	78	Kurik rapped lightly on the door, and then stepped to the side, into the shadows.	10
32	90	Kurik stepped into the light.	10
32	92	"A package has been delivered," said Kurik, "perhaps recently.	10
32	97	"I have no claiming disk," said Kurik.	10
32	99	"As the package for which there is no claiming disk," said Kurik.	10
32	101	"From far away," said Kurik.	10
32	103	"Yes," said Kurik.	10
32	105	"You are expecting me," said Kurik.	10
32	107	"Admit me," said Kurik.	10
32	109	The panel slid shut, and the door opened partly, and Kurik slipped through.	10
32	112	"And risk having her cry out?" asked Kurik.	10
32	124	But, surely, I thought, if my master can assume some guise, why not I? But why, I asked myself, that of a paga girl? Did my master so think of me? Did he think of me as no more than a paga girl, if that? Who could look at me, and think I was a mere paga girl? But then I realized that any master, eve...	10
32	132	"She will do," said Kurik.	10
32	142	"That is my understanding," said Kurik.	10
32	157	"It is large," said Kurik.	10
32	167	"It has no markings," said Kurik, peering at the crate.	10
32	169	"You are sure it is the one?" asked Kurik.	10
32	171	"Good," said Kurik.	10
32	173	"No," said Kurik.	10
32	175	"No," said Kurik.	10
32	180	"I decline," said Kurik.	10
32	182	"I decline," repeated Kurik.	10
32	186	"Doubtless," said Kurik.	10
32	190	"I would not be able to do so," said Kurik.	10
32	192	"I would not be alive in the morning," said Kurik.	10
32	194	"I suspect you understand quite well," said Kurik.	10
32	197	"Not really," said Kurik.	10
32	200	"Why else," asked Kurik, "would you and your friend have so subtly separated yourself from me, and from what better vantage point might one fire than from the first balcony?" "And you conjecture more than one?" said he who had admitted us.	10
32	201	"One might miss," said Kurik.	10
32	204	"It is the ready weapon, the patient weapon," said Kurik.	10
32	205	"Perhaps you know the signal upon which your conjectured bowmen will fire?" "Ela," said Kurik, "I do not".	10
32	207	"It is quite possible," said Kurik.	10
32	210	"I commend your skepticism," said Kurik.	10
32	213	"I see," said Kurik.	10
32	218	"Now?" said Kurik.	10
32	220	"It would not be wise," said Kurik.	10
32	222	"No," said Kurik.	10
32	224	"That is the bar for the first Ahn, is it not?" said Kurik.	10
32	226	"I claim the package," said Kurik "It is yours," said he who had admitted us.	10
33	12	"No," said Kurik.	10
33	17	"Steady," said Kurik.	10
33	21	"Steady," said Kurik.	10
33	25	"Draw back the lantern," said Kurik.	10
33	30	"Not so large," said Kurik.	10
33	32	"Much like a beast," said Kurik.	10
33	34	"Possibly," said Kurik.	10
33	36	"No," said Kurik.	10
33	42	"It is small for a Kur," said Kurik.	10
33	44	"Remove your finger from the trigger of your bow," said Kurik.	10
33	52	"Do not fire," said Kurik.	10
33	56	"No," said Kurik.	10
33	60	"If it were wild," said Kurik, "it would not be here".	10
33	62	"Like a Kur," said Kurik.	10
33	65	"I am familiar with females of the Kurii," said Kurik.	10
33	70	"Yes," said Kurik.	10
33	76	"This beast," said Kurik, "has been transmitted from afar, for a particular purpose.	10
33	79	"Kurii," said Kurik, "are a dangerous, rational, technologically advanced species.	10
33	83	"If you wish," said Kurik.	10
33	85	"And this beast," said Kurik, "if it is not Kur, is assuredly Kurlike".	10
33	87	"Thus," said Kurik, "I do not think our hirsute friends, considering the presumed importance of this business, would be so negligent or stupid as to omit instructions, or forget to provide a translator".	10
33	99	"Perhaps," said Kurik, "it is speaking Gorean".	10
33	102	"It is a different throat, a different vocal apparatus," said Kurik.	10
33	104	"Where is the device, the translator?" "One, I suspect," said Kurik, "was not deemed necessary".	10
33	108	And then he turned to Kurik.	10
33	112	"No," said Kurik, looking down at me.	10
33	116	"Continue," said Kurik.	10
33	134	"Would you prefer, instead, to engage the beast in discourse?" asked Kurik.	10
33	137	"The beast, I am sure," said Kurik, "is female.	10
33	141	"It, I am sure, is a female," said Kurik, "and the slave is a female, the most female of females, one in a collar.	10
33	145	"Slaves seldom lie," said Kurik.	10
33	150	"Perhaps," said Kurik.	10
33	153	"This slave," said Kurik, "is a barbarian, brought to our markets from the slave world.	10
33	159	"Things are not so easily explained," said Kurik.	10
33	162	"Why would this be?" asked Kurik.	10
33	165	"Consider women," said Kurik, "small, slight, lovely, desirable, an exciting and ideal form of wealth.	10
33	171	"Undoubtedly," said Kurik.	10
33	173	"I am not sure," said Kurik.	10
33	175	"That remains to be seen," said Kurik.	10
33	177	"We might learn to do so," said Kurik.	10
33	191	"She understands Gorean!" said Kurik.	10
33	193	"Possibly," said Kurik.	10
33	195	"She knows Gorean," said Kurik.	10
33	202	"Perhaps not," said Kurik.	10
33	215	"What is it?" demanded Kurik.	10
33	225	"Continue," said Kurik.	10
33	228	"Of some slaves," said Kurik.	10
33	230	"You do not think we bring them to Gor simply for their beauty, do you?" asked Kurik.	10
33	232	"Stupid slaves do not sell well," said Kurik.	10
33	234	"The intelligent woman," said Kurik, "makes the best slave.	10
33	254	"Let me address her," said Kurik.	10
33	267	"You are much like a Kur," said Kurik.	10
33	276	"Amongst the Kurii," said Kurik, "there are three, or, if you like, four sexes, the dominants, the females, the wombs, and the nondominants.	10
33	281	"The seeded Kur female, after conceiving," said Kurik, "deposits the fertilized egg in one of the living wombs, usually housed in remote areas, often in caves or tunnels.	10
33	286	"The Kur female is dangerous and appetitious," said Kurik.	10
33	290	"There are analogs," said Kurik.	10
33	292	"This creature then, in the crate," I said, "came so to be?" "I do not think so," said Kurik.	10
33	295	"I think," said Kurik, "it was delivered from a human womb".	10
33	297	"It had a mother," said Kurik.	10
33	301	"An advanced biological and medical technology was doubtless involved," said Kurik.	10
33	306	"No," said Kurik.	10
33	310	"You are a female," said Kurik.	10
33	313	"No," said Kurik.	10
33	319	"I," said Kurik.	10
33	338	Kurik then turned to the huddled beast in the crate.	10
33	344	"The slave," said Kurik, "a mere slave, understands you, and I am beginning to understand you.	10
33	356	"It is merely different," said Kurik, "wholly suitable for, and appropriate to, a differing form of life".	10
33	359	"Not wrong," said Kurik.	10
33	363	"I cannot see the color, as you are in the darkness of the crate," said Kurik.	10
33	365	"Perhaps you are a creature of the day, as many others," said Kurik.	10
33	372	"Do so," said Kurik.	10
33	379	"So?" said Kurik.	10
33	401	"Most humans," said Kurik to the beast, "have five digits on each appendage.	10
33	404	"No," said Kurik, "you are not human".	10
33	406	"No," said Kurik.	10
33	408	"Part Kur, part human," said Kurik.	10
33	410	"True," said Kurik.	10
33	412	"Not at all," said Kurik.	10
33	419	"Precisely," said Kurik.	10
33	422	"Yes," said Kurik.	10
33	424	"Yes," said Kurik.	10
33	430	"You are a female," said Kurik.	10
33	442	"What did she say?" asked Kurik.	10
33	444	"Of course," said Kurik.	10
33	451	"So perhaps experiments, or projects, are so identified," said Kurik.	10
33	457	"Not at all," said Kurik.	10
33	462	"What shall we call it?" "We will give her a barbarian name," said Kurik.	10
33	465	"A name from a barbarian world," said Kurik, "one I think not unfitting".	10
33	467	"'Eve'," said Kurik, my master.	10
33	469	"As she is the first of her kind," said Kurik.	10
33	471	"It is not necessary that you do," said Kurik.	10
33	477	"You have been paid well," said Kurik.	10
33	479	Kurik turned to the beast.	10
33	484	"Of course," said Kurik.	10
33	492	"Dismantle the crate," said Kurik.	10
33	494	"It was never here," said Kurik.	10
33	497	"Nothing," said Kurik.	10
33	499	"Be content," said Kurik.	10
33	502	"Bring a blanket, or cloak," said Kurik.	10
33	504	Kurik then turned to the beast.	10
33	523	"Yes," said Kurik.	10
33	524	"You must trust me," said Kurik to the beast.	10
33	527	"What did she say?" asked Kurik.	10
33	529	"Do not be afraid," said Kurik to the beast.	10
33	531	"I cannot tell her that," said Kurik.	10
33	532	"She presses the question," I said to Kurik.	10
33	533	Kurik turned to the beast.	10
33	537	"It is something she will understand," said Kurik.	10
33	541	Kurik took the cloth and flung it at the beast.	10
33	546	"No," said Kurik.	10
33	554	"What is wrong?" asked Kurik.	10
33	556	"What is wrong?" asked Kurik.	10
33	559	"I hear nothing," said Kurik.	10
33	561	"It is nothing," said Kurik.	10
33	582	"It is too late," said Kurik, facing the beasts, drawing a dagger from his belt.	10
33	587	"Stay back!" said Kurik, brandishing his dagger.	10
33	589	"Away!" said Kurik, waving his arm, dagger in hand, in what was clearly a violent, desperate, shunning, warning, gesture.	10
33	592	"They have no translators," said Kurik.	10
33	597	"Our task," cried Kurik, "is set by Lord Arcesilaus!" "She says," I said, "these are not the minions of Lord Arcesilaus".	10
33	598	"I feared so," said Kurik, "seekers of vengeance and renewed war, partisans of a more fearsome lord, adherents of a throne unforgotten and never surrendered".	10
33	599	The lead beast suddenly sprang forward, and was precipitately upon us, far more quickly than I might have deemed possible, and, with a contemptuous sweep of its mighty paw, struck Kurik to the side, into the darkness.	10
33	638	But they struck her, those terrible, mighty things, until she whimpered and cringed, and then they hooded and bundled her in the very sheet of canvas in which Kurik had expected to conceal her, to take her through the streets of Brundisium in the night.	10
33	647	But what could they want of her? Of what value could she be to them, or to anyone? How could she, or it, such a thing, figure in the plans of rational beasts? Then I realized, shaken, that she might be a female, as Kurik had said.	10
33	696	"It is important to let it live," said Kurik, my master.	10
33	704	"There is a rear entrance," said Kurik, slinging the bow over his shoulder, seizing me by the arm.	10
33	727	"Sometimes one makes a festival of fire," said Kurik.	10
33	729	"The house would have been burned in any case," said Kurik.	10
33	738	"I think a fire, at the wharves," said Kurik.	10
33	746	"There," said Kurik, pointing.	10
33	750	"There are fire brigades," said Kurik.	10
33	758	"It is said," said Kurik, "that one, unarmed, could kill a sleen".	10
33	760	"But it is said, as well," said Kurik, "that one would be no match for a larl".	10
33	762	"They are neither invulnerable nor invincible," said Kurik.	10
33	765	"Doubtless," said Kurik, "but they would do well to refrain from availing themselves, at least openly, of such advantages on this world".	10
33	816	"She was a gem," said Kurik.	10
34	52	Kurik had refused the entreaties of the tavern master to summon a member of the green caste.	10
34	111	"But suppose," said Kurik, "that it was discovered that the lovelier world was not as innocent and vulnerable as had been conjectured.	10
34	118	"They have enacted laws, weapon laws, communication laws, and such," said Kurik, "that are enforced with severity, that no other form of life, Kur or human, or other, may reduce, sicken, or ruin their world".	10
34	119	"Why do not the Kurii," I asked, "if they are so ambitious, violent, and powerful, if this world is not yet available to them, seize Earth?" "Priest-Kings," said Kurik, "shelter Earth.	10
34	120	Who would place at the disposal of an enemy the resources of a planet, who would grant them an island, a platform, from which, in time, to launch a great attack, a mighty armada, against them?" "How is it," I asked, "that Priest-Kings have permitted humans on their world?" "Gods," said Kurik, "have ...	10
34	124	"And Priest-Kings," I said, "condone humans, and even Kurii, on Gor?" "Provided the laws are kept," said Kurik.	10
34	128	"Yes, modified," said Kurik.	10
34	135	"Men serve Priest-kings, men serve Kurii," said Kurik.	10
34	228	"Tyrtaios, Master," I said, "he of the Assassins!" Kurik of Victoria rose up and removed the switch from the wall.	10
34	286	For a moment, Kurik of Victoria seemed unsteady.	10
35	21	"Who whips you?" I had never been whipped, though my master, Kurik of Victoria, never hesitated to use the switch on me when I had been stupid, slow to respond, or in any other way the least bit displeasing.	10
36	1	"That is interesting," said Kurik of Victoria.	10
36	123	"An Argive king," said Kurik, my master, "a name chosen doubtless with something in mind".	10
37	92	Certainly I knew I would strive to excite the interest of Kurik of Victoria.	10
38	1	"And there was no message?" asked Kurik.	10
38	15	"The slave," said Kurik, "is extremely intelligent.	10
38	45	Kurik, my master, slapped his thigh in amusement, and broke out laughing.	10
38	57	"He might have been, he might not have been," said Kurik.	10
39	1	"Fire!" whispered Kurik, shaking me.	10
39	4	Kurik's hand prevented me from springing to my feet.	10
39	60	I feared that Kurik of Victoria, seemingly so calm, seemingly so oblivious of the danger, was now deranged, or mad.	10
39	69	Kurik of Victoria, a step behind me, flung shut the door and drew me back into the room.	10
39	166	"It weighs little," said Kurik, "and can be handled easily with one hand, as might be a rod".	10
39	187	I cried out, for the pole dipped down, unexpectedly, given our weight, but, after a few terrifying moments, Kurik had trod the pole upward to the higher roof, across the way.	10
40	49	Kurik of Victoria, of course, had made certain inquiries.	10
40	168	At least Kurik of Victoria had not braceleted my hands behind my back, before sending me on his errand.	10
41	5	"I fear," had said Kurik, my master, "we will not make the first contact with Lord Grendel.	10
41	18	"So, too, is the larl," said Kurik, "until it is hungry, or needful, or surprised or annoyed, or suspects its territory is transgressed".	10
41	20	"Lord Grendel knows Epicrates," said Kurik.	10
41	28	"We do not know," said Kurik.	10
41	45	"Lord Grendel is part Kur," said Kurik.	10
42	62	I was sure I was well within the "critical charging distance" of which Kurik, my master, had spoken.	10
45	218	"You led us promptly to the concealment of Kurik of Victoria".	10
46	71	I had first heard of Lord Agamemnon from Kurik, my master, and then, later, in the apartment of the Lady Bina and Lord Grendel.	10
46	165	"It is the gift of Lord Arcesilaus," I said, "delivered to Brundisium, to be claimed by my master, Kurik, of Victoria, and brought to Ar, to be given to you.	10
46	266	Kurik of Victoria, for a time, continued to survey our back trail.	10
46	386	"No," said Kurik.	10
46	399	"I doubt that," said Kurik.	10
47	2	"Surely the Lady Bina is held in the palace of Decius Albus," said Kurik.	10
47	4	"In any event," said Kurik, "without an army we could not storm the palace".	10
47	6	"No," said Kurik, "too many quarrels and swords would lie between you and the throat of Decius Albus".	10
47	8	"You find her of interest?" said Kurik.	10
47	10	"Of course," said Kurik.	10
47	16	Kurik sat cross-legged, in the Gorean fashion, near him, and I knelt, unobtrusively, to the side.	10
47	18	"And kill ten, and fail," said Kurik.	10
47	21	"Certainly," said Kurik.	10
47	23	"Be patient, great lord," said Kurik.	10
47	25	"It is a device, doubtless," said Kurik, "to increase your apprehension, to multiply your speculations and fears, to make you more ready to succumb to their wishes".	10
47	27	"One you impose upon yourself," said Kurik.	10
47	30	"The most pointless of pains," said Kurik, "are those one inflicts upon oneself".	10
47	32	"It has been four days!" "I am sure the Lady Bina is quite well, and not now in danger," said Kurik.	10
47	37	What, then, can one expect of such a thing, entered into a complex, stratified, perilous culture? "And beautiful?" said Kurik.	10
47	39	"But uncritical, and muchly uninformed," said Kurik.	10
47	41	"Fortunately she was free," said Kurik.	10
47	44	"We do not know," said Kurik.	10
47	46	"Patience, noble lord," said Kurik.	10
47	51	"As you wish, Grendel, my friend," said Kurik.	10
48	1	"Cross her ankles, and bind them," said Kurik, my master.	10
48	6	She knelt, trembling, before Lord Grendel and Kurik, my master.	10
48	22	"A slave," had said Kurik.	10
48	34	"Identify yourself, and your errand," said Kurik.	10
48	35	I gathered that my master, Kurik, of Victoria, would muchly conduct this small colloquy.	10
48	41	I suddenly realized that Paula assumed either that Kurik of Victoria, whom she had presumably never seen, was Lord Grendel, or an agent of Lord Grendel.	10
48	42	Her attention to Kurik, and her relative indifference to Lord Grendel, made this clear.	10
48	46	"Speak, slave," said Kurik.	10
48	50	"I have the honor, as I understand it," said Paula, regarding Kurik, "of addressing Lord Grendel".	10
48	51	Kurik smiled.	10
48	53	Kurik smiled once more.	10
48	56	"Speak," said Kurik.	10
48	61	"And how, slave, do you understand this?" inquired Kurik.	10
48	65	"What city is that?" asked Kurik.	10
48	69	"Perhaps your master is interested in an exchange of valuables," said Kurik.	10
48	71	"Tell your master he will be attended upon at the tenth Ahn tomorrow," said Kurik.	10
48	73	"You know the House of a Hundred Corridors?" "Yes," said Kurik.	10
48	83	"Follow her," said Kurik.	10
49	1	"And that, dear Grendel, my friend," said Kurik of Victoria, "is what transpired in the House of a Hundred Corridors".	10
49	2	The strokes on the great bar, signaling the tenth Ahn, were still ringing when Kurik of Victoria and I, I heeling him, were ushered into an audience chamber in the House of a Hundred Corridors.	10
49	4	"Welcome!" called a large, coarse-featured man in white and gold, rising from his curule chair on its dais, and hurrying down to embrace Kurik of Victoria, warmly.	10
49	9	But surely he knew that Kurik of Victoria was not Lord Grendel.	10
49	55	"Behold Lord Grendel," said Decius Albus to the gathered assembly, indicating Kurik of Victoria, "ambassador and plenipotentiary of the great Ubar, Lord Arcesilaus, of rich Mytilene, amongst the Farther Islands, well beyond Cos and Tyros, come to establish ties of friendship and commerce between tha...	10
49	59	Kurik, who must have been somewhat puzzled by this attention, and its nature, smiled, and raised his hand, briefly, acknowledging this introduction.	10
49	69	I suppose, too, it was appropriate that Kurik, my master, in such a situation, be attended by at least one slave.	10
49	80	My master, Kurik of Victoria, thinks of it as an independent caste, judiciously or not.	10
49	113	"Ho!" cried Decius Albus, jovially, lifting his hand, and separating himself from the group about Kurik.	10
49	126	It took but a few moments for the throng to depart, and then Decius Albus, Kurik, and myself were alone.	10
49	127	"I see," said Kurik, "you must concern yourself with spies".	10
49	131	"I see," said Kurik.	10
49	137	"I expect they will encounter some difficulty in doing so," said Kurik.	10
49	140	"As the larl?" said Kurik.	10
49	142	"Deception, it seems," said Kurik, "has its role in business as well as in war".	10
49	144	"I meant, of course," said Kurik, "other sorts of spies".	10
49	147	"Clearly I am here in the interests of my principal," said Kurik.	10
49	149	"Am I to address you as Tenrik of Siba, or Kurik, of Victoria?" "'Tenrik' will do," said my master.	10
49	154	"By all means," said Kurik.	10
49	158	"That is my understanding," said Kurik.	10
49	167	"Meet Marcellus, of Ar, Dealer in Fabrics and Furs," said Decius Albus, to Kurik.	10
49	168	"This Marcellus," said Kurik, "is mistaken in his robing.	10
49	171	"At least," said Kurik, "he does not have the dagger fixed upon his brow".	10
49	173	"Such as he," said Kurik, "like the vart, is a creature of the night".	10
49	175	"True colors," said Kurik, "are those that clothe the heart".	10
49	177	"Tyrtaios," said Kurik, "one of my few acquaintances from the black caste".	10
49	179	"I gather you may not have been fully informed," said Kurik, "of all that occurred in Brundisium".	10
49	181	"I fear that our friend Tyrtaios would have disappointed you," said Kurik, "in being outwitted, in being discommoded, in being struck unconscious, in being bound, in failing to fulfill his charge, in botching his mission".	10
49	183	"I suspected you might have been provided with a different account of the proceedings," said Kurik.	10
49	188	"I trust he refused to accept his fee," said Kurik.	10
49	190	"Due to the independent action of others," said Kurik.	10
49	191	"Perhaps we shall meet, anon," said Tyrtaios, to Kurik.	10
49	192	"I am sure you look forward more eagerly than I to such a pleasure," said Kurik.	10
49	202	"May I present my lovely colleague, the noble Lady Alexina, of the House of Portia, in Victoria?" "I am delighted, but puzzled," said Kurik, bowing.	10
49	204	"I do not believe I am known to the noble lady, or she to me, and yet she, though certainly to my gratification, chooses to appear before me, a stranger, unveiled," said Kurik.	10
49	215	"The House of Portia is well known for its jewelries," said Kurik.	10
49	217	"Moderately so," said Kurik.	10
49	218	"I have sold more than one display slave to the Lady Portia," said Kurik.	10
49	222	"It is a famous house," said Kurik to Decius Albus.	10
49	226	"By all means," said Kurik.	10
49	229	"Are you surprised?" asked Kurik.	10
49	230	About the table were six curule chairs, five of which would be occupied, those by Decius Albus; Drusus Andronicus; Tyrtaios; Kurik of Victoria, my master; and the Lady Alexina.	10
49	234	"Nor in attendance," said Kurik, "are certain allies of yours".	10
49	236	"No," said Kurik.	10
49	241	"No," said Kurik.	10
49	243	"No," said Kurik, "merely to convey proposed arrangements to Lord Grendel, and return to you his responses".	10
49	246	"I intend no impugning of your honor," said Kurik, "but my principal, understandably, might wish to be assured on that point".	10
49	250	The Lady Alexina drew forth, from within her robes, a veil, a house veil, I think, and handed it to Kurik, who put it in his pouch.	10
49	252	"I am sure of it," said Kurik.	10
49	254	"Lord Agamemnon," said Kurik.	10
49	256	"And if he refuses to give his oath?" asked Kurik.	10
49	258	"Torture?" asked Kurik.	10
49	261	"Lord Grendel fought against Lord Agamemnon," said Kurik.	10
49	263	"What if he should give his oath, and then betray it?" asked Kurik.	10
49	268	"I shall convey your proposal to Lord Grendel," said Kurik, beginning to rise.	10
49	269	"No, tarry, be here a bit, a moment," said Decius Albus, placing his hand gently on Kurik's arm.	10
49	270	Kurik resumed his seat.	10
49	273	"Forgive me, noble Albus," said Kurik, "but I find little here in which to rejoice".	10
49	285	Kurik inclined his head, politely.	10
49	287	"Ah!" said Kurik, lifting his head.	10
49	357	"She is surprised," said Kurik.	10
49	387	"I have heard of the ka-la-na of Naxos," said Kurik.	10
49	390	"It is exquisite," said Kurik.	10
49	392	"A bargain," said Kurik.	10
49	398	"My thinking, exactly," said Kurik.	10
49	400	"That," said Kurik, "would be desecration, like uprooting flowers".	10
49	407	"It is quite all right," said Kurik.	10
49	450	"Ela, Phyllis," said Kurik.	10
49	455	"Attend me," said Kurik.	10
49	460	"I thank you, noble Albus," said Kurik.	10
49	467	"How could it not be?" said Kurik.	10
49	473	"It is a shame to waste a fine ka-la-na," said Kurik, regretfully.	10
49	490	"Why would one such as she, a high woman of the Merchants, of a jewelry house in Victoria, be here, enleagued with Decius Albus?" "She is not of Victoria, nor of the house of Portia," said Kurik.	10
49	499	"Doubtless," said Kurik.	10
49	502	"Yes," said Kurik, "but it is quite possible she is actually of the Merchants.	10
49	507	"I fear the game is theirs," said Kurik.	10
49	511	"And that, dear Grendel, my friend," said Kurik of Victoria, "is what transpired in the House of a Hundred Corridors".	10
49	514	"What, then, are we to do?" asked Kurik.	10
50	32	Kurik, my master, had arranged the terms of the rental, and the discretion of the landlord.	10
50	182	He, Kurik of Victoria, released the arm of his captive, thrust back his hood, and drew away the false beard with which he had concealed his countenance.	10
50	191	Kurik moved some of the cloth upward, and worked the gag from her mouth.	10
50	193	"Release me," she cried, "foul brigands! You do not know whom you have discomfited! I am Alexina, from the House of a Hundred Corridors, colleague of the mighty Decius Albus! You have judged unwisely, my fine fellows! Do not think you can hold one so important as I for ransom! Consider your error! T...	10
50	194	"You!" she exclaimed, seeing Kurik, my master.	10
50	195	"I have rearranged the time and place of our rendezvous," said Kurik.	10
50	197	Kurik held her in place, her arm again in his grasp.	10
50	199	"A friend," said Kurik.	10
50	205	"Kur," said Kurik, simply.	10
50	213	The Lady Alexina turned angrily, reproachfully, to face Kurik.	10
50	215	"Yet you had the effrontery to touch me, to seize me, to subdue me!" "Forgive me, lady," said Kurik.	10
50	217	"I could not stand," said the Lady Alexina, "you bound me, you used my clothing to blindfold me, your leather bands denied me speech! You placed me, helpless, on the floor of the wagon bed, on the floor!" "Forgive me, Lady," said Kurik, "had I thought, I would have provided cushioning".	10
50	219	"There," said Kurik, indicating where it lay, to the side.	10
50	223	"Perhaps later," said Kurik.	10
50	224	"I know why you have abducted me," she said to Kurik.	10
50	226	"True," said Kurik.	10
50	228	"Not far," said Kurik.	10
50	234	"I fear, noble lady," said Kurik, "that you far overestimate your importance".	10
50	238	"With a brand on your thigh, and a collar on your neck?" asked Kurik.	10
50	241	"Not at all," said Kurik.	10
50	244	I supposed it was just as well that she was bound, else she might have, as she could, being a woman, attacked Kurik.	10
50	249	"What do you think, Phyllis?" asked Kurik.	10
50	254	Kurik laughed, and I thought that there was movement about the jaws of Lord Grendel himself, what I took to be an indication of mirth.	10
50	256	"I fear," said Kurik, "that Phyllis, as a slave, does not hold free women in high esteem".	10
50	259	"To speak objectively, Phyllis," said Kurik, "the Lady Alexina is a very lovely woman, and, I expect, given her coloring, which is rarer than yours, would be likely to sell for more than you".	10
50	262	"Then," said Kurik, "if you were to be enslaved, you would be a thousand times less beautiful?" Lady Alexina did not respond to that question.	10
50	263	"Most slaves," said Kurik, "were once free women".	10
50	265	"Most men," said Kurik, "regard slaves as a thousand times more beautiful than free women, for then, on their knees, soft, vulnerable, owned, stripped and collared, they are in their place, and wholly women".	10
50	270	"I doubt," said Kurik, "that you are the favorite of Decius Albus.	10
50	275	"Behold," she said, "my long, fine hair, as gold as ripe sa-tarna, my eyes, blue as the sky, or the veminiums of Anango!" "Excellent," said Kurik.	10
50	281	"That is difficult to say," said Kurik, "as your robes obstruct my vision".	10
50	285	"We have no intention of doing so," said Kurik.	10
50	288	"Why have I been abducted, why have I been brought here? What do you want of me?" "Information," said Kurik.	10
50	290	"I find that doubtful," said Kurik.	10
50	294	"That is unfortunate," said Kurik.	10
50	296	"Granted," said Kurik.	10
50	298	Kurik, taking the Lady Alexina by the arm, conducted her to the side, to the wall, rather opposite the cage in which Lyris was confined.	10
50	314	"I think she is hungry," said Kurik.	10
50	316	"Yes," said Kurik.	10
50	318	"The bars are stout," said Kurik.	10
50	320	"Nor could you," said Kurik.	10
50	322	"Because of the slave ring, and shackle," said Kurik.	10
50	331	"Yes, I have," said Kurik.	10
50	333	"Perhaps we will sell you," said Kurik.	10
50	335	"If the collar is put on you," said Kurik, "it will stay on.	10
50	351	"Perhaps shortly," said Kurik.	10
50	353	"Where is the Lady Bina?" asked Kurik.	10
50	355	Kurik stepped back from the Lady Alexina, and regarded her.	10
50	359	"Completely," said Kurik.	10
50	369	"I thought not," said Kurik.	10
50	371	"I do not wish to have my patience challenged," said Kurik.	10
50	377	"Phyllis," said Kurik, "upstairs, in my things, you will find a slave whip.	10