Friday, March 7, 2014
"What
are you going to do with me?" I asked.
"Turn you over to the office of the Archon, in Venna," he said.
My chin was thrust up, rudely, with a thumb. "No," said a voice.
"It is not my Tutina."
The man, then, with the Archon's man, stepped down from the circular cement
platform, and rejoined the crowds coming and going in the busy street. The
street was apparently an important one in Venna, and led down to a market
square. My platform was on the left side of the street, looking down toward the
square, and at the forward corner, nearest the street, of a public slave
market, some fifty feet in length, along the street, and some fifty feet in
depth. Behind this area, at the back of the display area, was a gloomy building
with barred windows. It was in this building that the slaves were kept at
night. The Archon's man also had his office in this building.
Kajira of Gor Book 19 Page 218
"What is going on?" asked the Archon's man.
"Nothing, Master," I said.
"If you delay slaves in their errands, and they are late," he said,
"they might be whipped."
"I am sorry, Master," I said.
"Why did you delay her?" he asked.
"I wanted her to read the sign posted over my head," I said.
"Why didn't you ask me?" he asked.
"I was afraid," I said. "You did not read it to me. I thought
then perhaps you did not want me to know what it said."
"And, without determining whether that was true or not," he said,
"you nonetheless sought, perhaps thereby circumventing my will, to
determine its contents?"
"Yes, Master," I said. "Forgive me, Master!"
"You should be whipped," he said.
Kajira of Gor Book 19 Pages 223 - 224
"Sheila," said he, whispering in my ear. "You are Sheila, Tatrix
of Corcyrus!"
"No," I whispered. "No!"
"The office of the Archon will doubtless be pleased to learn the identity
of its lovely prisoner," he said.
"They will not believe it," I said.
"They will conduct inquiries," he said, "with rather clear
consequences, I think, for yourself."
"Do not tell them, I beg you," I said. "They will take me back
to Argentum for impalement!"
Kajira of Gor Book 19 Page 227
"Perhaps I could hold her for ten days," said the Archon's man,
"and then, if there are no other claimant, turn her over to you."
Kajira of Gor Book 19 Page 229
"May I reimburse you for her keep?" inquired Speusippus.
"No," said the Archon's man. "Such services are furnished by the
city."
Kajira of Gor Book 19 Page 230
"Many in Venna," she said, "as I understand it, are alarmed at
the killing, and the mysterious footprints. Some think it is an omen or
warning. The archon is consulting augurs, to take the signs."
I stood in the sand, waiting for her.
"They will concern themselves, surely, too, with legalities, and
such," she said. "For example, those in the black chain who are not
criminals, and for whom Ionicus does not have prisoner papers, will presumably
be at least temporarily removed from the vicinity. That would mean many of the
masters on our chain."
I nodded. This seemed understandable. The archon in Venna would be interested
in putting his house in order before the taking of the auspices. He would
doubtless regard it as politic, at least from the point of view of soothing
possible apprehensions in his constituency, to become a bit more scrupulous
about proprieties, at least in so serious a situation.
Dancer of Gor Book 22 Page 339
Venlisius, a bright young man who was now, by adoption, a scion of the Toratti,
was with him. Venlisius was in the same office. He was records officer, or
archon of records, for the Metellan district, in which we were located. Both
magistrates wore their robes, and fillets, of office. They also carried their
wands of office, which, I suspect, from the look of them, and despite the
weapons laws of Cos, contained concealed blades.
Magicians of Gor Book 25 Page 442
"I now hold all power over you, my dear Milo, even though I do not own
you. It is given to me by this note. Should it come to the attention of
Seremides, or Myron, or the high council, or an archon of slaves, or perhaps
even a guardsman, you may well conjecture what might be your fate."
Magicians of Gor Book 25 Page 447
But the leader, as he was that, and we shall call him Archon, to utilize a
Gorean title for a variety of civic officials, removed the sheath and dagger
from the remains of the Kur harness he wore and handed it to Cabot.
Kur of Gor Book 28 Page 180
Aside from raids, warfare, and such, the exchange of kajirae normally takes
place in a civilized manner, with negotiation, and buying and selling, and
such. But, occasionally, I knew exchanges took place by means of the
negotiation of blades, particularly on the open road or in the fields, outside
walls, beyond the jurisdiction of archons and praetors.
Smugglers of Gor Book 32 Page 469
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