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Book 34. (449 results) Plunder of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	499	One was quiet, plain Paula, short, and sweetly bodied, simply and conservatively dressed, who seemed to live much within herself, shy, serious Paula, who listened well, so patiently, Paula, who refrained from participating in our gossip, often so frivolous and cruel, Paula, who, of all things, read ...	10
52	32	I had always regarded Paula, sweet, understanding, kindly, shy, unadorned Paula, plain Paula, with her books, and such, as far inferior to myself.	10
5	136	The men were not regarding me! They had gathered about Paula, plain, shy Paula! "Two, silver," said one of the men.	10
35	64	I felt sorry for Paula, plain, simple Paula.	10
48	174	How could it be, I wondered, that Paula, plain Paula, could interest a master such as Drusus Andronicus? He had scarcely looked upon me, when I had served, naked, with other slaves.	10
52	24	I had only wished to prove something to myself, to interest the fellow, to arouse him, and prove to myself that I could make him desire me, surely more than plain Paula, whom I would easily outdo, and then I, satisfied, the point made, having demonstrated my equivalence to, if not superiority to, Pa...	10
52	46	And many of these men, these intelligent, powerful, virile brutes, these men who carried the blood of masters in their veins, seemed to prefer Paula! It was she they wanted at their feet! Indeed, Paula had sold for a golden tarsk, had been bought from the central block of the great Curulean auction ...	10
52	148	Was this not another thing to hold against her? Was she so superior that she would wish me well! How concerned, how solicitous, how condescending! Did she think I was pitiful? How dared she speak of me to a master? Was I not a thousand times the woman, a thousand times the beauty she was? Was this n...	10
52	302	Why then should you wish to outdo her, to demean and hurt her, and, in a sense, steal from her? Drusus Andronicus may be fond of her, and she may care for him, and you, supposedly her friend, to assuage your jealously, to soothe your wounded vanity, would gratuitously intrude yourself between them? ...	10
53	273	Paula screamed, "No!" "Be silent," said Drusus Andronicus, sharply, and, seizing Paula by the hair, thrust her to his feet.	10
63	381	"Please tell my master, Drusus Andronicus," said Paula, "that his slave, Paula, oils, oils profusely, and begs to be touched".	10
66	84	"Paula, Paula!" I wept.	10
67	3	"Paula, Paula!" I cried.	10
1	500	I, and, I am sure, several of the others, rather pitied Paula.	10
1	511	I do not think she was really stupid, but what can one expect of someone who reads books? Still I was sure I could trust Paula, certainly more than the others.	10
1	522	I must call Paula.	10
1	529	Next I must find Paula's number.	10
1	536	But Paula's number, I recalled, would be amongst them.	10
1	540	Surely, too, she, poor, plain Paula, should be flattered to receive a call from me, for I was smart and chic, and I stood near the pinnacle of our small hierarchy.	10
1	552	It was Paula! "I hope I am not disturbing you," she said.	10
1	586	A minute or two later, Paula spoke again.	10
1	590	"Are you all right?" Paula asked, again.	10
1	594	"Why should someone give it to me, if it is yours?" asked Paula.	10
1	596	"You are not all right," said Paula.	10
1	602	I do not know what is going on!" "Tell me, tell me, please," said Paula.	10
1	604	"You are afraid," said Paula.	10
1	607	"Should I call a doctor, an ambulance?" asked Paula, frightened.	10
2	1	"I fear," said Paula, "it is not all nonsense".	10
2	3	"Those are not nonsense," said Paula, pointing to the opened handcuffs lying on the kitchen counter.	10
2	6	"Many would not," said Paula, "but I do".	10
2	7	"But surely you do not believe all this about another world, another planet, one secretly in our own system, shielded by the sun, concealed by gravitational adjustments, an Antichthon, a Counter-Earth?" "It is hard to know what to believe," said Paula.	10
2	11	"Perhaps," said Paula.	10
2	15	I had recounted to Paula, who had almost immediately freed me of the homely devices in which I was so helpless, the incident in the office, and the talk of slaves, of "pot girls," of "kettle-and-mat girls," and such.	10
2	16	I had not, of course, recounted to Paula that I had been so characterized by the surly, uncouth ruffian I had encountered in the office.	10
2	33	"There are devices," said Paula.	10
2	36	"Gorean slavers," said Paula, "often scout 'slave fruit', before it is picked".	10
2	55	"I suspect so," said Paula, "but who knows what the future might hold".	10
2	57	"I read, I think, I wonder," said Paula.	10
2	60	"I have lived in the books," said Paula.	10
2	87	"Perhaps there are surveillance devices, even in your apartment," said Paula, looking about, "hidden cameras, secretly installed recording devices".	10
2	89	Paula sprang suddenly to her feet, wildly, hopefully.	10
2	96	"Here," she said, "perhaps here!" "Paula!" I cried.	10
2	98	"There is nothing, Paula," I insisted.	10
2	106	"Paula?" I said.	10
2	108	What was it but a flat, opaque, plain surface, a familiar, meaningless, inert expanse? "Paula?" I said.	10
2	110	"Paula!" I said.	10
2	115	"Paula!" I cried, in protest.	10
2	133	"I feel at ease," said Paula, "to have confessed it.	10
2	138	Paula looked at me.	10
2	151	"I like you," said Paula.	10
2	163	"I suppose few would believe it of me," said Paula, "but I would not deny it".	10
2	199	"Paula!" I protested.	10
2	243	"Paula," I whispered, aghast.	10
2	246	Paula rose, and turned toward the door.	10
2	254	Paula looked to the door of the apartment.	10
2	266	"And," said Paula, "if there is anything to this, slavers need only be patient, and await their opportunity".	10
2	268	"I fear," said Paula, "if they want you, they will have you.	10
2	281	"But," I said, desperately, frightened, "earlier you said, I remember, that in any event, despite whether I would tell or not, that you must do what I wish!" Paula seemed struck by that.	10
2	289	Poor plain Paula, I thought.	10
2	293	I watched while Paula busied herself with the coffee.	10
2	295	"Would you like cream and sugar?" asked Paula.	10
3	13	Paula was kneeling to the side, frightened.	10
3	17	Instantly I knew myself helpless, the prisoner of such strength! I looked wildly at Paula.	10
3	20	"What of this one?" asked the third man, gesturing to Paula.	10
3	21	I, helpless, struggling, wanted to cry out to Paula, to rise up, run to the door, scream, anything.	10
3	31	Paula seemed startled.	10
3	32	"Plain Paula," I thought to myself.	10
3	57	How I was treated! What did he think I was? Did he think I was nothing, a slave? How could they be so stupid, I wondered, to think Paula was more interesting, or attractive, than I! What fools they were! There was no comparison.	10
3	62	At a gesture Paula rose, hurried to the kitchen, and knelt beside the stove.	10
3	65	"May I speak?" asked Paula, kneeling by the stove.	10
3	78	"Yes, Master," said Paula, and rose to busy herself with this task.	10
3	96	I had heard Paula refer to "sleen" before, but she had not clarified the reference.	10
3	115	"Well," said the leader, with satisfaction, looking down at Paula, "the afternoon has not been wasted".	10
3	121	"Yes, Master," said Paula.	10
3	123	Later, Paula knelt, humbly, head down, to the side.	10
3	127	After dark, I feared that Paula and I were to be taken somewhere.	10
3	132	It was put on Paula, from behind, and fastened in place.	10
3	146	That in which Paula had been placed, and that in which I was shortly thereafter placed, once snapped shut, could be opened only by a tool or key.	10
3	157	The keyed devices in which Paula and I were placed were doubtless intended to make it impossible for us, should we attempt to do so, to dislodge the bits.	10
3	159	A handcuff was snapped about Paula's right wrist, and she was drawn toward me.	10
4	8	This very much displeased me, for I had taken a great dislike to Paula.	10
4	16	"May we speak, Master?" asked Paula.	10
5	10	Unattended, even handcuffed together, might we not have attempted flight? But I was afraid that Paula, even given such an opportunity, might have dallied, or, if she ran, it would have been merely for my sake, that I might not have been impeded.	10
5	38	It was 'Phyllis', 'Phyllis'! I could clearly hear Paula being served with a similar device.	10
5	57	I moved gingerly toward the opening, Paula drawn hesitantly, cautiously, after me, by her right wrist.	10
5	59	Almost simultaneously, my left wrist fastened to her right wrist, Paula, doubtless similarly in someone's arms, was deposited beside me.	10
5	107	I heard two similar clicks, to my left, and I gathered that Paula was similarly secured.	10
5	135	"Whatever Masters please," said Paula.	10
6	3	There were five in the cell, other than Paula and myself.	10
6	5	Paula wore a skirt, blouse, and sweater.	10
6	70	But Paula's eyes were bright.	10
6	114	Only Paula, sitting on the floor, with her back to a wall of the cell, seemed content, more curious than apprehensive.	10
6	139	I did not say so, of course, but I, too, found the apparent interest of men, some men, at least, in Paula unaccountable.	10
6	160	"Paula!" I cried.	10
6	191	Paula put back her head, and laughed.	10
6	217	When I had slapped Paula, the others in the cell, startled, had turned to regard us.	10
6	218	"If you were a free woman," said Paula, "I must be pleased to endure your abuse uncomplainingly, but you are not a free woman, Phyllis.	10
6	221	"I care for you, I am your friend," said Paula, softly, "but I need not accept abuse from you".	10
6	229	Paula's two hands, fistlike, behind me, were knotted in my hair, and then, to excruciating pain, I felt my head forced down to the floor of the cell.	10
6	233	"Please, please, Paula!" I begged.	10
6	237	"Be quiet," said Paula, "or I will set the others on you".	10
6	241	"I am sorry," said Paula, "but you, too, are kajira, only that".	10
6	242	"Please Paula," I wept, "let me go!" "I am sorry, Phyllis," she said.	10
6	244	"You are hurting me, Paula!" I said.	10
6	247	Ai! Ai! Please, stop! Please, stop!" Paula stopped twisting my hair, but did not release me.	10
6	261	"Truly?" asked Paula.	10
6	263	Paula then removed her hands from my hair, and I lay still, very still, hurting, trying to understand, through the pain, what had occurred.	10
6	265	I was now frightened, of Paula, and, even more, of the others in the cell.	10
6	266	"If there is to be order here," said Paula, "it will be imposed by men.	10
6	274	"You are no longer wealthy," said Paula.	10
6	286	"Stop! Please, stop!" cried Paula.	10
6	287	But Paula's protests were unavailing.	10
6	294	And what if my hair had been seized not by Paula, with her woman's strength, but in the single hand of a man? Might I not have hastened to be placed anywhere, to be conducted anywhere? Would I not have begged to serve, eagerly and piteously, in any manner I might? I had not realized until then how I...	10
6	298	"Please, stop!" cried Paula.	10
6	300	"Please!" cried Paula.	10
6	351	Paula cast her sweater through the bars, some feet away, and began to unbutton her blouse.	10
6	353	Paula handed me a tunic.	10
6	359	"Please do not make a scene," said Paula.	10
6	362	"Every stitch and thread," said Paula, kindly.	10
6	369	"It is too short!" "You have long, lovely legs," said Paula.	10
6	372	"No," said Paula, softly, slipping from her panties.	10
6	378	Then I turned to face Paula.	10
6	379	"Paula!" I said, tears in my eyes.	10
6	380	"You are so beautiful," whispered Paula.	10
6	387	"What of me?" asked Paula, anxiously.	10
6	389	Paula may have been one of the many women whose attractiveness seems to vary inversely with the complexity and abundance of her garmenture, or, perhaps better, with the sort of garments worn.	10
6	394	"Such a garment, of course," said Paula, "is designed to flatter a woman, to set her off, not to hide her, but to reveal her".	10
6	414	"We are less than harlots," said Paula.	10
6	422	"Sisters!" cried Paula.	10
6	454	Even Paula seemed distraught.	10
6	472	I recalled, too, one of our captors informing Paula that they had heard her enunciation "La kajira," even though we had searched the apartment diligently and had discovered no listening devices.	10
6	550	I had noted earlier that Paula, who had apparently performed this simple ritual satisfactorily had been awarded a biscuit and a bit of meat, as had been one of the other girls, she who was next in line.	10
7	9	I recalled Paula's appearance at the apartment, her freeing me of the handcuffs, and, later, the sudden, swift ingress of three men into the apartment, the simplicity and ease of our capture, the ride in the van, the arrival at the warehouse or storage facility, the cell, the taking of our clothing,...	10
7	25	Paula was already in the cell, her hands, too, tied behind her.	10
7	43	"Paula!" I wept.	10
7	71	That night, after our feeding, in which we were allowed to use our fingers, I spoke to Paula.	10
7	141	The second in line was she who had worn the maid's uniform, or what seemed such a uniform; third was she whom I had first seen in the torn evening gown; her legs were well revealed in her short tunic; then came the taller of the two young women who had worn the frivolous, boyish garb, apparently ado...	10
7	156	I saw the bound hands of Paula before me.	10
7	178	I followed Paula, mechanically, unthinkingly, before me.	10
7	203	I did not think that Paula was before me now.	10
7	218	Some of us, I was sure, surely Paula, were already within that structure, walking, or carried.	10
7	302	I recalled that Paula, in the apartment, had spoken of 'sleen'.	10
8	385	"Do you know the fate of a slave named Paula?" "She would not be easy to miss," he said.	10
8	388	"Surely not," I said, "not simple, plain Paula!" "She will be disposed of in Ar," he said, "on a high block, at the Curulean, perhaps even from the Central Block.	10
8	397	Surely anyone could tell I was far more beautiful than Paula.	10
8	406	I had not treated Paula well, and had often expressed my contempt of her, veiled, of course, as well-meaning, constructive suggestions, or piquant witticisms.	10
8	429	"Paula is beautiful?" I asked.	10
14	235	"You were acquainted," he said, "with an extraordinarily intelligent and beautiful young woman on Earth, your former world, whose name was Paula Prentiss?" "Yes, Master," I said.	10
19	136	How could I be sold for more than one or two silver tarsks, at best? How could I, one such as I, even a barbarian, have greater value than my likely block price? How could that be? I recalled Paula.	10
19	137	On Earth I had dismissed her, even pitied her, poor, plain Paula, and considered myself far superior to her in beauty.	10
23	60	I thought of my friend, Paula.	10
33	814	"Yes," he said, "and I wish that you were half as intelligent as your Earth chain sister, Paula".	10
33	819	I had always thought Paula rather plain.	10
35	1	"Paula!" I cried.	10
35	16	I am sure Paula had known that long before I had, perhaps even when we had been on our former world, and had been, as it was there understood, free women.	10
35	19	"Surely you know who whips you?" laughed Paula.	10
35	58	Paula's legs seemed well-formed but sturdier than mine.	10
35	76	I was grateful that Paula had not called attention to the fact that it was of simple rep cloth.	10
35	101	Why, I asked myself, had Paula been shipped so promptly to Ar? Indeed, perhaps she had been sold but once.	10
35	102	Was that not unusual? Why had she been vended in the Curulean, and from the Central Block, and why was she a display slave? "It must be nice," said Paula, "to know the arms of a master".	10
35	105	"Paula!" I protested.	10
35	133	"I fear it grows late," said Paula, looking about.	10
35	137	"Dear Paula," I said.	10
35	149	This may not have been true, but I wished to impress Paula.	10
35	164	"Forgive us, Mistress," said Paula.	10
35	166	"Yes, Mistress," said Paula.	10
35	168	"Yes, Mistress," said Paula.	10
35	175	"We just met," said Paula.	10
35	178	"Yes, Mistress," said Paula.	10
35	179	"Now you are where you belong," she said, "on Gor, in collars!" "Yes, Mistress," said Paula.	10
35	182	"Please do not do so, Mistress," said Paula.	10
35	183	"Shirkers," she said, "idlers, malingerers!" "Forgive us, Mistress," begged Paula.	10
35	186	"Yes, Mistress!" said Paula.	10
35	194	Dear sweet, plain Paula! I had never thought to see her again! Then we had met! In my joy, I was weeping.	10
36	26	"Well," I said, "Paula, with whom you were so impressed, went for but a single coin".	10
36	36	If your Paula sold for a single coin it would have been a gold tarsk, or a gold tarn, probably a gold tarsk.	10
36	54	"I know Paula," I said.	10
36	141	Too, he who has made contact through your Paula may not know my location".	10
37	2	"What is wrong?" asked Paula.	10
37	4	"Here, to the side," said Paula, concerned.	10
37	7	"Surely there is time," said Paula.	10
37	13	"Surely you are as pleased to see me, as I you," said Paula.	10
37	15	"Are you angry, are you frightened?" asked Paula, troubled.	10
37	71	Tears were running down Paula's cheeks.	10
37	120	I was pleased that I had not given away the location of my master's domicile, and was eluding any possible pursuit, but, in another way, I was frightened as I had been given no message to convey to my master, for it seemed clear, then, that Decius Albus, whose business Paula was discharging, was no ...	10
38	7	"But is it not possible that my meeting yesterday with the slave, Paula, was indeed, as it seemed, a coincidence?" "No," he said.	10
38	10	"I detected nothing in Paula's behavior or mien, today or yesterday, that suggested otherwise," I said.	10
38	11	I was upset, in retrospect, with the manner in which I had treated Paula.	10
39	93	"You may be far less bright and beautiful than your friend, Paula," he said, "but I doubt that even she could improve on your screaming".	10
40	120	"I had hoped," he had said, musingly, "for the assistance of adherents in Ar, for that, given the contact made by the slave, Paula, of Decius Albus, but clearly he is our foe.	10
41	128	It was a slave, a slave! I ran toward her, and, as she, not seeing me, was hurrying away, to my left, I ran after her, and called out, "Paula!" She did not stop.	10
41	130	"Paula!" I said.	10
41	141	I tried to crawl to the door, the stairs, but the woman blocked my way, and ordered me to position, facing the monstrous thing!" Clearly Paula had never seen a Kur before, or anything Kurlike.	10
41	203	I turned about, and, in that moment, Paula spun about, wildly, and began to run down the street.	10
41	208	She was hurrying after Paula.	10
42	40	I was far better prepared, of course, than poor Paula had been, for I had seen this thing before, and, in the house of Flavius Minor in Brundisium, had seen similar things, full-blooded Kurii.	10
45	81	"Paula!" I said.	10
45	163	"Oh!" cried Paula, startled, in sympathy.	10
45	167	"Oh, Phyllis!" cried Paula, miserably, behind me.	10
45	227	"I heard you behind the couch," he said, "conversing with the slave, Paula".	10
45	240	On Earth, I had thought Paula rather plain.	10
45	256	"Perhaps you should not have addressed yourself to the slave, Paula, without permission," he said.	10
48	29	How furious I was with Paula.	10
48	30	Was she truly such a jewel, so desirable, so soft, in her tunic and collar? How could it be that she had sold for a golden tarsk? How could it be that some men found her, or claimed to find her, she, plain Paula, more desirable than I? How could a master, one such as Drusus Andronicus, a powerful, h...	10
48	39	"I am Paula, Master," she said, "slave of Decius Albus, of Ar.	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	47	Paula squirmed a little, frightened, her ankles bound.	10
48	50	"I have the honor, as I understand it," said Paula, regarding Kurik, "of addressing Lord Grendel".	10
48	52	"My speech, as I understand it," said Paula, "will be at least delivered to one known as Lord Grendel".	10
48	76	I watched Paula turn about, and, sitting, bring her feet before her, and address herself to the cords on her ankles.	10
48	87	But Paula was not far.	10
48	182	"Why does she carry a parasol?" "I do not know," said Paula.	10
48	185	Given the presence of such attendants it seemed clear that the delivery of Paula's message was to be understood as more than the discharge of a simple errand.	10
48	186	Paula regarded me.	10
49	299	Would one, say, give paga to a larl or sleen? "Paula!" I thought to myself.	10
49	310	I supposed that Paula might not be all that plain, really, all things considered.	10
49	323	I recalled that Paula had been marketed from the central block.	10
49	337	"'Paula'," said Drusus Andronicus.	10
49	340	Paula, humbly, head down, placed the first tiny glass before Decius Albus, who was her master.	10
49	348	And what slave girl would dare not serve her master first? Paula put one of the small glasses before my master.	10
49	353	How shaken Paula seemed, to see me here.	10
49	356	"What is wrong, Paula?" asked Drusus.	10
49	362	Paula then placed the third glass before the Lady Alexina.	10
49	379	Paula glanced at Drusus, who indicated that Tyrtaios would be the next before whom a glass would be placed.	10
49	381	In any event, Paula, happily, was not subjected to the attentions of the Gorean slave lash.	10
49	382	Paula then, in the same order in which she had placed the glasses, filled each, something like a third full.	10
49	411	I rose to my feet, and saw that Paula, now kneeling near Drusus, was frightened.	10
49	416	Perhaps Paula, too, had noticed that, glances, subtle movements, proximities.	10
49	426	Then I remembered Paula.	10
49	433	Did he fear she would strike me with it, with a much more apt tool, her switch, at hand? I lifted the decanter, gracefully, as had Paula, and went to the place of the Lady Alexina, where I waited, standing.	10
49	443	I heard a small, inadvertent sigh of relief escape Paula, which, to her consternation, brought a frown from Drusus Andronicus.	10
49	446	Paula, at a nod from Drusus, leapt to her feet and took the decanter from me, for the wine swirled within it, placing it on the tray, which was in the empty place at the table.	10
50	277	Most women had dark hair, and a great many, I suspected most, like Paula and myself, dark eyes.	10
52	31	Though I had no doubt I would writhe helplessly in his arms, as might any slave, the matter had had little, if anything, to do with him, and a great deal, indeed, everything, to do with Paula.	10
52	35	How could this be? Was I not a thousand times more interesting and attractive than Paula? Surely there was no comparison.	10
52	36	Indeed, on our former world, Paula had seemed appreciative, even grateful, that I, informed, attractive, and chic, would let her be my friend.	10
52	38	I liked, and do like, Paula, and very much.	10
52	39	Who could not be fond of so simple, earnest, honest, sweet, and devoted a creature? Where I had often sensed that others were critical of me, or jealous of me, or did not like me, Paula was always steadfast in her respect and affection.	10
52	40	Indeed, I think Paula was my only true friend.	10
52	44	But I could not understand that in the case of Paula.	10
52	47	On the other hand, I had gathered that two silver tarsks might be a good price for me, indeed, a splendid price for me! I suppose I was jealous of Paula.	10
52	128	Her name is 'Paula'".	10
52	132	"Paula went for a golden tarsk," said Drusus.	10
52	139	"Did you know, Phyllis," asked Drusus, "that Paula has often spoken of you, that she is concerned for you, that she has never forgotten you, that she wants you to be happy, that she hopes you will find yourself owned by one who will master you to the last corpuscle in your body, that you will find y...	10
52	147	Something in me was very angry that Paula would be concerned for me.	10
52	157	The last thing I wanted was for Paula to be about.	10
52	160	"May I accompany Master Drusus to the street," I asked my master, "that I may inquire after my friend, Paula?" "Yes," he said, readily enough.	10
52	163	"Paula is well, kajira," said Drusus.	10
52	172	You and Paula both seem to have been bred to wear a collar and tunic, but then I suppose you both were, as you are both women".	10
52	177	"Is Paula truly so attractive?" I whispered.	10
52	181	"Does Paula please Master?" I asked.	10
52	227	It had to do with my jealousy of Paula.	10
52	229	It was to be my vengeance on Paula for her being so preferred to me, my vengeance on her for having sold for a golden tarsk, for having been sold at the Curulean, from the central block!" "You would try to seize the affections of he for whom she, your friend, might care?" "I did not want his affecti...	10
52	294	"It all had to do with Paula," I said.	10
52	300	Paula is your friend.	10
52	319	"Paula?" "Yes," I said.	10
52	324	"Surely Master Drusus would not tell Paula!" I said.	10
52	334	I had not realized until then how grievously I had betrayed Paula, and might have injured her.	10
53	116	I was even more frightened that he might have Paula with him.	10
53	148	To my dismay I saw Paula behind Surtak and Master Drusus.	10
53	151	I did not look at Paula, for I feared to meet her eyes.	10
53	188	Lifting my head I saw Paula, tears in her eyes, attempting to comfort Eve.	10
53	189	"How like Paula," I thought.	10
53	198	Meanwhile, Drusus Andronicus had thrust Paula aside, and was similarly relieving Eve of her restraints.	10
53	209	Paula seemed stricken that Eve should be so addressed, with such cruelty.	10
53	290	I saw Paula at the feet of Drusus Andronicus.	10
53	293	If one hungers, why should one not eat; if one thirsts, why should one not drink; if one has slave needs, why should one not satisfy them, at the feet of a master? Drusus Andronicus gently pushed Paula from him, and turned to follow Surtak.	10
53	301	Paula knew nothing of what I had done.	10
53	308	I saw Lyris, trembling, following Surtak, Master Drusus, and Paula.	10
56	39	Drusus Andronicus, doubtless in view of the innocuous nature, the prosaic sociality, of this meeting, had brought a slave with him, who knelt unobtrusively, to be sure, but a bit closer to him than I would have supposed customary, Paula.	10
56	65	"No!" cried Paula.	10
56	154	Paula leapt up, smiled, gave me a quick kiss, and followed him down the stairs.	10
57	74	I recalled that the Lady Bina had made certain that Paula's ankles had been bound before she was given her first glimpse of Lord Grendel.	10
61	98	"Paula!" I cried out, in misery.	10
61	100	"Do you wish me to kill you, now, quickly, mercifully?" "It is Paula!" I said, pointing.	10
61	110	"Your friend, Paula, hurries to your side," he said.	10
61	112	How I had betrayed Paula! Happily she knew nothing of my vanity, my treachery, my perfidy.	10
61	128	"And what of you?" asked Kurik, regarding Paula.	10
61	137	"Get behind me, worthless slave," he said to Paula.	10
61	264	In any event, I cried out in misery as I saw a Kur, in the absence of Surtak, rush upon Drusus Andronicus, doubtless intent to sweep him aside and seize the slave, Paula, crouching behind him.	10
61	294	"You stood before me, you protected me," cried Paula.	10
61	296	"I would not perish otherwise than at your feet, my master!" wept Paula.	10
61	299	How radiant, how beautiful, was Paula! On Earth she had been nothing, and now, on Gor, she was the slave of a master.	10
61	435	Paula was in the group, near to Drusus Andronicus, but had not spoken.	10
61	774	I did not doubt but what many of them, as had been Paula, might have been purchased for as much as a golden tarsk.	10
61	843	Paula, at his feet, looked up at him, radiantly, and then pressed her lips to his thigh.	10
62	2	Paula and I rose to our feet, and stood, facing the men.	10
62	6	"I am so poor a slave, next to her!" "Oh, no, dear Phyllis," said Paula.	10
62	21	Paula was no longer kept in the relatively modest, opaque, silken tunics she had worn when of the House of a Hundred Corridors, tunics I had then envied her.	10
62	31	"Paula," said Drusus Andronicus, "brought a golden tarsk".	10
62	43	"For example, would she sell in the Curulean?" I recalled that Paula had been sold in the Curulean.	10
62	96	I supposed Paula was similarly afflicted, though what a joy to be so afflicted.	10
62	98	Neither Paula nor I had been granted permission to break position.	10
62	99	"May I speak, Master?" whispered Paula.	10
62	116	And yet, are we not grateful, to be so alive, so real, so needful, so slave? "I beg use," said Paula, tensely.	10
62	127	"I beg use," said Paula.	10
62	130	"I beg use!" wept Paula.	10
62	133	"Master!" begged Paula, of Drusus Andronicus.	10
62	135	"Yes, Master," said Paula.	10
62	137	Paula had turned her hands in such a way that the small, soft palms, so open, so sensitive, and tender, were exposed to her master.	10
62	142	I was pleased that Drusus Andronicus had not cuffed Paula for her indiscretion, whether it was intentional or not.	10
62	156	"Yes, Master," said Paula.	10
62	159	"Master!" wept Paula.	10
62	168	"May I speak, Master?" asked Paula.	10
63	26	Paula, secured as I was, was beside me.	10
63	36	Paula had been so shy, and quiet, seemingly dazzled by my vivacity and intelligence, seemingly admiring my verve, wit, and charm.	10
63	37	"Poor Paula," I had thought.	10
63	56	"How are you faring, dear Phyllis?" inquired Paula.	10
63	67	How joyful it had been to acknowledge that, and be at peace with myself! "Dear Phyllis," said Paula, smiling, trudging beside me, "do you doubt you are a slave?" "No," I said.	10
63	84	"We are owned," said Paula.	10
63	90	"You would not then trade your collar for freedom," said Paula.	10
63	107	"We have not been told," said Paula, ruefully.	10
63	115	"It is another caravan," said Paula.	10
63	120	"It is a long one," said Paula.	10
63	122	"It is a caravan of the merchant, Mintar," said Paula.	10
63	124	Neither Paula nor I could read Gorean but we were familiar with the sign of the merchant, Mintar, which appeared on the side of the wagons, and on several banners, these raised on wands over every third or fourth wagon.	10
63	147	"Tarnsmen," said Paula, looking up.	10
63	152	"See the standard," said Paula.	10
63	155	"It is beautiful," exclaimed Paula.	10
63	159	"It is a joke," said Paula.	10
63	162	"It is an outrider," said Paula.	10
63	191	"There is a wagon behind us, Paula," I said.	10
63	194	"Perhaps it is in no more of a hurry than we," said Paula.	10
63	198	"I trust the Lady Bina is comfortable," said Paula.	10
63	215	"Perhaps not," said Paula.	10
63	221	"And," said Paula, "two kajirae are attached by leads to two rings, behind the wagon, which assures that the wagon cannot move more swiftly than two secured, tethered kajirae, that they not be lost or harmed".	10
63	223	"How better then, so openly, so conspicuously," she asked, "could one conceal one's presence?" "Paula?" I said.	10
63	233	Many times in the past few days, I had felt the urge to throw myself to my belly before Paula, weeping, and beg her forgiveness for the wrong I had so gratuitously done to her, confessing my miserable attempt to seduce Drusus Andronicus.	10
63	236	"—Paula," I said, plaintively.	10
63	239	"We are drawing to the side," said Paula.	10
63	249	"I think we may be allowed to rest," said Paula.	10
63	253	"In some public place, I think," said Paula.	10
63	257	"What are you looking for?" asked Paula.	10
63	262	"Perhaps it has turned off the road," said Paula.	10
63	267	"It is probably nothing," said Paula.	10
63	271	"If we stop at a public camp, or such," said Paula, "there will be arrangements for the washing of slaves".	10
63	281	"The shade, and well," said Paula.	10
63	294	Paula rose to her hands and knees, her head low, under the wagon.	10
63	310	"Their feet are not wrapped, not protected, as are ours," I said to Paula.	10
63	311	"Do not be concerned," said Paula.	10
63	328	"Your master," said Paula, subsiding again to her stomach on the grass, under the wagon, "is conversing with one of the coffle guards".	10
63	330	"What do slavers talk about?" asked Paula.	10
63	332	"Doubtless," said Paula.	10
63	341	"How many slaves do you think are beaded on that particular 'slaver's necklace'?" "A great many," said Paula, "perhaps one hundred and fifty".	10
63	345	"That is very large," said Paula.	10
63	349	The most prestigious market in Ar was clearly the Curulean, where Paula, I recalled, not at all pleasantly, had been sold.	10
63	356	"How so, Master?" asked Paula.	10
63	358	"Master?" said Paula.	10
63	360	"No, Master," said Paula.	10
63	363	"Yes, Master," said Paula.	10
63	365	"Surely so many seized slaves on Earth would attract attention," said Paula.	10
63	370	"They would come then from a great many countries," said Paula.	10
63	377	"Would that we were as beautiful," said Paula.	10
63	383	"Forgive us, Master," said Paula.	10
63	388	"What is that, Master?" inquired Paula.	10
63	391	"I do not understand," said Paula.	10
63	395	I understood nothing of this, nor, I think, did Paula.	10
63	398	"The slave Paula," said Kurik, "begs the hands of her master on her worthless body".	10
63	400	"Please, Master," said Paula, "the belly of your slave is afire.	10
63	405	"Yes, Master," sobbed Paula, her head down, her fists clutched, futilely.	10
63	427	"Paula!" I whispered, suddenly.	10
63	432	"Yes!" said Paula, relieved.	10
63	434	"Our fears were groundless," laughed Paula.	10
63	436	"How foolish we were, and how vain!" said Paula.	10
63	438	"To think that one so mighty and influential as Decius Albus, trade advisor to the Ubar, would be concerned with us," said Paula.	10
63	445	I was torn between my desire to tell Paula what I had done and beg her forgiveness, and my fear of her finding out what I had done, and what sort of person I was.	10
63	447	How could she be my friend, if she did not know? And how could she be my friend if she knew? "—Paula," I said.	10
64	2	Paula was stirring one of the two pots that dangled from a stout metal rod stretched between two of the three sides of the bricked fire pit.	10
64	13	Paula, on the other hand, at least of women with whom I was personally acquainted, was unusual in this respect, as she could cook and, to some extent, at least, sew.	10
64	19	These interests and skills, such as they were, on Paula's part, were some of the reasons I tended to feel compassion for her.	10
64	23	"It will be ready soon," said Paula.	10
64	28	Paula and I were not clear on the motivation for this selection, but we supposed that it had to do either with price or a desire for privacy, most likely privacy, given the fact that our party included Lord Grendel and Eve, the sight of whom would doubtless arouse curiosity, if not provoke alarm.	10
64	31	Paula and I felt chagrined.	10
64	33	"Shortly," said Paula, "you can summon the others".	10
64	36	I was pleased, and I did not think that Paula had even thought about the matter.	10
64	40	I supposed that Paula would be first girl, were one to be designated.	10
64	47	"It seems we are desired," remarked Paula.	10
64	49	"I am thrilled to be seen by men as a slave," said Paula.	10
64	51	"Oh, I, too, so much so," whispered Paula.	10
64	53	"Yes," breathed Paula.	10
64	63	Of special interest to Paula and myself was the fact that our wagon yard, which bordered on the periphery of the caravanserai proper, was adjacent to one of the slave pools, these located about the periphery of the caravanserai proper, away from the road.	10
64	81	The bathing pool in which Paula and I were put to clean ourselves had a circular foundation of brick, and had a depth of a yard, or so.	10
64	83	We were conducted to the gate in the cage, following which we eased ourselves into the pool, Paula first.	10
64	84	The gate was then locked behind us, with its two locks, and Kurik tossed a bar of yellow, tallow soap through the bars to Paula.	10
64	89	"I like that!" laughed Paula.	10
64	95	And worthless, indeed! We are selected for our beauty, our intelligence, our passion, our needs, and our desirability! And we are clothed, if clothed, in such a way as to display us, to flatter our sex and show it as it can be, as men want to see it, exciting and vulnerable, ready and purchasable! D...	10
64	109	In one of the two vessels suspended over the fire, Paula had prepared sullage, a sort of sul soup, or, in this case, given the thickness of the mix, a sul stew, and, in the other, had boiled the bosk cubes, heating and softening them.	10
64	123	To one side, Paula, in the half darkness, away from the subsiding fire, was on all fours, head down, feeding from a pan.	10
64	145	And how could I bring myself to respect a man who would not put me where I belonged, kneeling, beneath his whip? When Paula had finished her repast, she crawled to Drusus Andronicus, and lay lovingly beside him.	10
64	150	On Earth I would never have thought of shy, quiet, gentle, diffident, intelligent, book-reading Paula as a "slut".	10
64	153	But who knew the interior life of such a person, her dreams, her wants, her needs? Who would know that she wanted to kneel at the feet of a master, in his chains? On Gor Paula had found herself as she wanted to be, collared, and owned.	10
64	172	Paula, too, was visibly alarmed.	10
64	178	Paula and I rose to our knees.	10
65	8	Paula had already slipped from her tunic.	10
65	11	His left hand was tight in my hair and his right hand was doubtless the same in Paula's hair.	10
65	49	"What is going on, Master?" begged Paula, plaintively, but Drusus Andronicus had turned away from her.	10
65	76	I knew nothing about a selling banner of cloth workers, itinerant or otherwise, but I knew the wagon, for Paula and I, earlier in the day, had noted its presence, with some concern.	10
65	80	"Paula and I noticed such a wagon," I said.	10
65	97	"And be again pursued?" said Paula.	10
65	102	"Hsst," whispered Paula.	10
65	106	"I count eight torches," said Paula, "and each torch bearer illuminates the way for a bowman".	10
65	108	"Kur, kur," said Paula.	10
65	112	"It will be done with us as men please," said Paula.	10
65	120	"We are only beasts, slaves," said Paula.	10
65	123	"No," said Paula, "remember the instructions of the masters".	10
65	125	"She is as aware as we of the torches, the men," said Paula.	10
65	129	"Seemingly so," said Paula.	10
65	133	"Then we, as well," said Paula.	10
65	145	"I know little or nothing of he whom you call 'Lord Grendel', and she whom you call 'Eve'," said Paula, "but Drusus Andronicus and Kurik are Goreans, masters".	10
65	276	"You see," whispered Paula to me, "they did not desert the Lady Bina, they did not leave, they did not flee".	10
65	282	"Would you care to belong to lesser men?" asked Paula.	10
65	293	"It is in your best interest," said Paula.	10
65	324	"Do not interfere," said Lord Grendel to Kurik, with his leveled bow, he, my master, and to Drusus Andronicus, Paula's master.	10
65	370	I saw Paula cast me a sharp, meaningful look.	10
65	377	"What else would one such as you, from Earth, with its ethos of selfishness and gain, with its smug contempt of honor, have thought?" "Paula did not think it," I said.	10
65	378	"Paula," he said, "went for a golden tarsk".	10
65	395	I glanced at Paula, who smiled approvingly.	10
65	399	Then I recalled the wrong I had done to Paula, how I had attempted to steal the affections of Drusus Andronicus, not because I wanted him, but because, in my vanity, I had been jealous of her.	10
66	1	Paula and I sat in the back of the wagon, on a blanket, naked, amongst the boxes, shackled, hand and foot.	10
66	7	Is that not to the advantage of those who fear nature, who regard it as threatening their ambitions? But why should the goals of one be imposed as demands on others? Why is prescription superior to need and desire? If one desires to submit, to kneel, to serve, and love, why should one not do so? Who...	10
66	18	"And the wagon is closed," said Paula.	10
66	20	"Who would have thought," I said, "that we, once two women of Earth, our former world, would one day have found ourselves naked and collared, on a far world, shackled, owned by men?" "I am pleased to be a commodity, a property, an owned beast," said Paula.	10
66	23	Paula moved her wrists and ankles a little, moving the shackles.	10
66	29	"When a woman is chained," said Paula, "she knows she is desired".	10
66	33	"When one truly desires an object," said Paula, "it is natural that one wishes to own it, to protect it, and keep it".	10
66	35	"Because," said Paula, "they know they belong in it".	10
66	37	"I would suppose he has returned to the keeping of Decius Albus," said Paula.	10
66	39	"No," said Paula, "the slave, Alexina, was seized by Tyrtaios, the Assassin".	10
66	41	"I did not much care for her," said Paula.	10
66	53	At one of the caravanserais, returning from the cluster of slaves about one of the wells, I hurried to Paula.	10
66	54	"I have heard," I said, "that the muchly sought, fugitive Ubara, Talena, has been apprehended!" "I doubt it," had said Paula.	10
66	59	I was again overcome with misery and guilt, that Paula knew nothing of my indiscretion, or betrayal, when I had attempted to sway the manhood and lust of Drusus Andronicus in my favor.	10
66	62	"You are very beautiful, Paula," I said.	10
66	64	How the blood of a man might demand the ownership of such a woman! "Nonsense," said Paula.	10
66	68	"Paula," I said.	10
66	73	"Paula?" I said.	10
66	82	"Paula," I wept.	10
66	87	"Paula," I wept.	10
67	2	"Very well," he said, and unsnapped the ring on my leash, and I leaped to my feet and ran after Paula, who was heeling Drusus Andronicus.	10
67	9	I threw myself to Paula's feet, weeping, my head down.	10
67	10	"Forgive me, Paula," I wept.	10
67	13	Forgive me, dear Paula.	10
67	22	"Paula?" I said.	10
67	28	"I did not know you knew," I said, weakly, to Paula, on my knees.	10
67	32	Paula knelt by me, and embraced me.	10
67	36	We kissed, quickly, and Paula sprang to her feet.	10
67	58	Your friend, Paula, was furious.	10
68	162	I thought of Paula, of course.	10
68	164	Only on Gor had I come to realize how beautiful Paula was, with her high intelligence, her passion, her profound slave needs.	10