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.The smallness of her steps had been a functionof the current adjustment of her ankle chaining.She sat on the deck.She felt the ankle rings and the chain between them, andthe neck chain, and then, with each hand, she tried to slip the wrist ringfrom the opposite wrist.She could not, of course, begin to do so.She wasexploring the device.Then she put her hands on the neck chain and moved upit, with her fingers, and pulled it against its staple on the collar.Then shefelt the staple, jerked the chain again against it, and convinced herself thatit was well secured there.Then she felt, wonderingly, the collar itself.Itwas well on her, and locked.She seemed puzzled, and frightened.Page 221ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlThe device had been only put on her a few moments ago.This was the firsttime, Igathered, that she had worn slave chains.She probably had no idea how beautiful she looked in them.Although she could now reach her hood and gag, given the length of the neckchain, which permitted her to lift her chained wrists to her head, she didnot, of course, do so.She would not dare to so much as touch them, let aloneremove them.She was not unfamiliar with Gorean disciplines. Kneel, said Aemilianus, gently.Swiftly she knelt.file:///F|/My%20Shared%20Folder/John%20Nor.20Gor%2023%20-%20Renegades%20of%20Gor.html (321 of 399) [1/21/03 7:54:43 PM]23 Renegades of GorShe began to tremble.The chains made small sounds.I gathered that she did not know before whom she knelt.Also, interestingly,absurdly, it seemed that she was not altogether sure of her condition andstatus, obvious though it must be to anyone who looked upon her.Aemilianus made a small sign to Calliodorus. You may put your head to the deck, said Calliodorus.The girl did so, putting her palms to the deck. You may raise it, he said.She raised her head.She was then kneeling as before, amongst us. Free her mouth, said Calliodorus.I crouched beside the girl and undid the hood and pushed it up, and fastenedit then as a half hood on her.In this way the effectiveness of the hood as ablindfold had not been compromised, for even an instant.I then untied the gagstrips from(pg.362) the back of her neck, and pulled away the gag.I then, carefully,delicately, removed the mass of sopped wadding from her mouth.I put it on thedeck beside her, heavy and sodden, with the rest of the gag.In this way thesethings were at hand, and her mouth might then, at our convenience, if wewished, be restored swiftly to its former condition of helpless closure. You are not branded, observed Calliodorus. No! No! she cried eagerly. Do you wish to live? he inquired. Yes! she said, fervently. Are you, or have you ever been, a woman of Ar s Station? he asked. Yes! she said. How, came it then, he asked,  that you were in bonds on the piers, leashedand thonged, hooded and gagged? An escaping prisoner did such things to me, she said. Hooded, I was notrecognized.Gagged, I could not make my plight known. Do you know what happened yesterday on the piers? he asked. I have only a very imperfect understanding of what occurred, she said. Twice on the piers I fainted, and was unconscious.I was awakened by thekicks of free women and conducted helplessly aboard this vessel. What do you think occurred on the piers? he asked. Ships came to the piers, she said,  and I think that many on the piers,includingfile:///F|/My%20Shared%20Folder/John%20Nor.20Gor%2023%20-%20Renegades%20of%20Gor.html (322 of 399) [1/21/03 7:54:43 PM]23 Renegades of Gor myself, were embarked aboard them. Cosian ships? he said. I do not know, she said, miserably. There were Cosian ships about. But surely you have learned much since you were brought on board, he said. I was kept with women, she said,  who were ordered to silence.Page 222ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html What do you think was the fate of the women who brought you on board? heasked. I do not know, she said. Do you think they were with you last night, similarly ordered to silence?(pg.363)  I do not know, she said. What have you heard on the ship? he asked. Little, she said. I have heard men conducting the business of the ship. Have you perhaps formed some conjectures as to the origins of these men? Yes, she said. On what basis? he asked. On their speech, she said. Their speech? he asked. Their accents, she said. Does my speech have an accent? asked Calliodorus, interested. Yes, she said. Ah, he said.He, like most people, was not accustomed to thinking of his ownspeech as having an accent. And what is my accent? he asked. I make it out to be Cosian, she whispered. And what of the accents of the men? he asked. The same, she said. In whose power are you then? he asked. In the power of Cosians! she said, suddenly, now sure of it. You may speak, he said. Spare me! she suddenly begged. Spare me, noble Cosians! She clasped herhands together piteously, holding them forth toward Calliodorus andAemilianus. Spare me! she wept. Take pity on a female!The men were silent, observant.Their silence must have been disconcerting to the girl.She indicated herbeauty,file:///F|/My%20Shared%20Folder/John%20Nor.20Gor%2023%20-%20Renegades%20of%20Gor.html (323 of 399) [1/21/03 7:54:43 PM]23 Renegades of Gor as she could, with her chained hands. I think that I am not unattractive, she said, piteously, desperately. See?See?And it is my hope that my face, too, should you be pleased to look upon it,may be found not unattractive! Do you seek to interest your captors? he asked. Yes! she said. As a female? he asked. Yes! she said. Say it, said he. I seek to interest my captors, she said,  as a female!(pg.364)  What have you have of us? he inquired. My life! she wept. On what condition? he asked. Any of your election, she said. Absolute bondage? he asked. Of course! she said, unhesitantly. Even to Cosians? he asked. Certainly! she said. Why should Cosians accept you as a slave? he asked. I I do not understand, she faltered. Do you think it would be in their interest to accept you as a slave? heasked. I do not understand, she said. Do you think you would prove to be of any value to them as a slave?Page 223ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html I would strive desperately to be of value, she said. Perhaps you should be bloodied and thrown overboard to river sharks. No! she wept. Do you think that just any woman can make a satisfactory slave? I do not know, she said,  but I beg the opportunity to try! You would serve Cosians then? he asked. Yes! she wept. Belly, he said [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]