"John Norman - Gor 06 - Raiders of Gor" - читать интересную книгу автора (Norman John)

тАЬWhat is your city?тАЭ asked he.
I did not speak.
тАЬWhy do you go to Port Kar?тАЭ asked Ho-Hak.
Again I did not speak. My identity, that I was Tarl Cabot, and my mission,
that I served the Priest-Kings of Gor, was not for others to know. Coming from
the Sardar, I knew only that I was to travel to Port Kar and there make
contact
with Samos, first slaver of Port Kar, scourge of Thassa, said to be trusted of
Priest-Kings.
тАЬYou are an outlaw,тАЭ said Ho-Hak, as had the girl before him.
I shrugged. It was true that my shield, and my clothes, now taken from me,
bore no
insignia.
Ho-Hak loked at the garb of the warrior, the helmet and shield, the sword
with its scabbard, and the leather-wrapped bow of supple Ka-la-na wood, with
its
roll of sheaf and flight of arrows. These things lay between us.
Ho-HakтАЩs right ear twitched. His ears were ususual, very large, and with
extremely long lower lobes, drawn lower still by small, heavy pendants set in
them. He had been a slave, doubtless, and doubtless, judging by the collar,
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the large hands and broad back, had served on the galleys, but he had been an
unusual slave, a bred exotic, doubtless originally intended by the slave
maters
for a destiny higher than that of the galley bench.
There are various types of тАЬexoticsтАЭ bred by Gorean slavers, all of whom
are to be distinguished from more normal varieties of bred slaves, such as a
Passion Slaves and Draft Slaves. Exotics may be bred for almost any purpose,
and some of these purposes, unfortunately, seem to be little more than to
produce quaint or unusual specimens. Ho-Hak may well have been one so bred.
тАЬYou are an exotic,тАЭ I said to him.
Ho-HakтАЩs ears leaned forward toward me, but he did not seem angry. He
had brown hair, and brown eyes; the hair, long, was tied behind his head with
a
string of rence cloth. He wore a sleeveless tunic of rence cloth, like most of
the
rence growers.
тАЬYes,тАЭ said Ho-Hak. тАЬI was bred for a collector.тАЭ
тАЬI see,тАЭ I said.
тАЬI broke his neck and escaped,тАЭ said Ho-Hak. тАЬLater I was recaptured and
sent to the galleys.тАЭ
тАЬAnd you again escpaped,тАЭ I said.
тАЬIn doing so,тАЭ said Ho-Hak, looking at his large hands, heavy and
powerful, тАЬI killed six men.тАЭ
тАЬAnd then you came to the marshes,тАЭ said I.
тАЬYes,тАЭ he said, тАЬI then came to the marshes.тАЭ
He regarded me, the ears leaning slightly toward me, тАЬAnd I brought to
the marshes with me,тАЭ said he, тАЬthe memory of a dozen years on the galleys,
and a hatred for all things of Port Kar.тАЭ
There were various rence growers gathered about, the men with their