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тАЬYes,тАЭ I said.
With a flash of slave bells, she withdrew. As she left, I noted that she
passed by the kneeling male slave, flanked by his guards. She passed him as a
slave girl, her head in the air, insolently, taunting him with her body.
I saw rage flash in his eyes. I heard his chains move. The guards took no
not of him. He was well secured. The girl laughed, and continued on, to fetch
paga for free men.
тАЬGuard your tarnsman,тАЭ said Samos.
Instead I swept my Ubar to UbarтАЩs Tarnsman One.
I looked into SamosтАЩ eyes.
He turned his attention again to the board.
He had a large, squarish head, short-cropped white hair. His face was
dark from the sun, and wind-burned, and seaburned. There were small, golden
rings in his ears. He was a pirate, a slaver, a master swordsman, a captain of
Port Kar. He studied the board.
He did not take the UbarтАЩs Tarnsman with his spearman. He looked up at
me, and defended his Home Stone by bringing his Scribe to Ubar One, whence it
could control his UbarтАЩs Tarnsman Three, controlling as well the killing
diagonal.
тАЬTalena, daughter of Marlenus of Ar, I learn, had been taken as slave to
the northern forests,тАЭ I said.
тАЬWhere did you obtain this information?тАЭ he asked. Samos was always
suspicious.
тАЬFrom a female slave, who was in my house,тАЭ I said, тАЬa rather lovely
wench, whose name was Elinor.тАЭ
тАЬThat El-in-or,тАЭ he asked, тАЬWho is nor the property of Rask of Treve?тАЭ
тАЬYes,тАЭ I said. I smiled. тАЬI got one hundred pieces of gold for her.тАЭ I said.
Samos smiled. тАЬDoubtless, for such a price,тАЭ he said, тАЬRask of Treve will
see that she repays him a thousand times that price in pleasure.тАЭ
I smiled. тАЬI do not doubt it.тАЭ I returned my attention to the board. тАЬYet,тАЭ
said I, тАЬit is my suspicion that between them there is truly love.тАЭ
Samos smiled. тАЬLove,тАЭ he asked, тАЬ__for a female slave?тАЭ
тАЬPaga, Masters?тАЭ asked the dark-haired girl, kneeling beside the table.
Samos, not looking at her, held forth his goblet. The girl filled the goblet.
I held forth my goblet, and she, too, filled mine.
тАЬWithdraw,тАЭ said Samos.
She withdrew.
I shrugged. тАЬLove or not,тАЭ said Samos, studying the board, тАЬhe will keep her
in a collar
тАУ for he is of Treve.тАЭ
тАЬDoubtless,тАЭ I admitted. And, indeed, I had little doubt that what Samos
had said was true. Rask of Treve, though in love with her, and she with him,
would keep her rightless, in the absolute bondage of a Gorean slave girl тАУ for
he
was of Treve.
тАЬIt is said that those of Treve are worthy enemies,тАЭ said Samos.
I said nothing.
тАЬThose of Ko-ro-ba,тАЭ he said, тАЬhave often found them so.тАЭ
тАЬI am Bosk, of Port Kar,тАЭ I said.
тАЬOf course,тАЭ said Samos.