Post by Deleted on May 31, 2016 11:03:04 GMT
The common slave was called a "collar-girl" Tarl saw two whenTajima showed him the three tubs for bathing. The collar-girls didn't wear the full kimono like the contract women.
"You may look upon them as you wish," said Tajima. "these are not contract women, trained, refined entertainers, or such. They are simple, coarse slaves, no different from those with which you are familiar. You may note that their necks are encircled with collars, and may be confident that the collars are closed, and locked. Too, if you care to examine their left thighs, you will note, just under the hip, a brand." ...kef brand.
"they were both free women of Ar, even of high station," said Tajima. "Several such have come recently into our hands."
"I am surprised," I said. "I thought such women might not be cultural for you"
I had some sense of the milieu from which the strange men might have sprung. I did not doubt but what ancestors of theirs from hundreds of years ago, or perhaps thousands, might have been brought to Gor by Priest-Kings on Voyages of Acquisition, as had representatives, or perhaps better, specimens, of a number of other backgrounds and cultures. ... Most Goreans, on the other hand, were, I was sure, completely unfamiliar with the "strange men."
"We are a formal, traditional people," said Tajima. "the old ways are important to us. But we are also an intelligent, adaptive people, and are always ready and eager to adopt useful devices, pleasant customs, and such"
"there were three tubs," I said, "Two slaves."
"One slave to bathe you, " Said Tajima, "one to bathe Pertinax"
"We could bathe ourselves," I said.
"Assuredly, said Tajima, "But is it not pleasant to be bathed by a naked slave?"
"Yes," I said.
"The small pleasures of life," said Tajima, "are not to be scorned"
"Besides," said Tajima, "The act is beneficial for the women, as well. It helps them to understand that they are women, and that, as women, although they are women, they may prove to be of some value, however humble"
"You may look upon them as you wish," said Tajima. "these are not contract women, trained, refined entertainers, or such. They are simple, coarse slaves, no different from those with which you are familiar. You may note that their necks are encircled with collars, and may be confident that the collars are closed, and locked. Too, if you care to examine their left thighs, you will note, just under the hip, a brand." ...kef brand.
"they were both free women of Ar, even of high station," said Tajima. "Several such have come recently into our hands."
"I am surprised," I said. "I thought such women might not be cultural for you"
I had some sense of the milieu from which the strange men might have sprung. I did not doubt but what ancestors of theirs from hundreds of years ago, or perhaps thousands, might have been brought to Gor by Priest-Kings on Voyages of Acquisition, as had representatives, or perhaps better, specimens, of a number of other backgrounds and cultures. ... Most Goreans, on the other hand, were, I was sure, completely unfamiliar with the "strange men."
"We are a formal, traditional people," said Tajima. "the old ways are important to us. But we are also an intelligent, adaptive people, and are always ready and eager to adopt useful devices, pleasant customs, and such"
"Also, of course, it is not unusual for women to come into our keeping as a result of sale, of raiding, of war, and such."
"there were three tubs," I said, "Two slaves."
"One slave to bathe you, " Said Tajima, "one to bathe Pertinax"
"We could bathe ourselves," I said.
"Assuredly, said Tajima, "But is it not pleasant to be bathed by a naked slave?"
"Yes," I said.
"The small pleasures of life," said Tajima, "are not to be scorned"
"Besides," said Tajima, "The act is beneficial for the women, as well. It helps them to understand that they are women, and that, as women, although they are women, they may prove to be of some value, however humble"