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other about Gunnhild, started from the dock. Hilda followed him, to his left.
'She heels nicely,' said Ottar. The men and bond-maids laughed. The Forkbeard
stopped. Hilda's face burned red with fury, but she kept her head high. Pet
sleen are taught to heel; so, too, sometimes, are bond-maids; I was familiar
with this sort of thing, of course; in the south it was quite common for slave
girls; in various fashions in various cities, to heel their masters. Hilda,
of course, was a free woman. For her to heel was an incredible humiliation.
The Forkbeard started off again, and then again stopped. Again, Hilda followed
him as before. 'She is heeling!' laughed Ottar."
Book 9, Marauders of Gor, page 123 "These things vary, I learned from city to city, and depend, also, on such matters as context and conditions. In a market, in the crowding and jostling for instance, a girl may follow so closely she pressed against the back of his left shoulder. Girls seldom follow behind and on the right. If she is thusly placed, it is commonly a sign she is in disfavor. If more than one girl is involved, she who follows most closely on the left is generally taken to be in highest favor; girls compete for this position. In an open area, such as the fields in which we trekked, the girl is placed some five or ten feet behind, and on the left. If he must move suddenly she will not, thusly, constitute an impediment to his action.: Book 11, Slave Girl of Gor, page 30 "He turned about and, with his weapons, strode from the camp. I followed him, at his heel, where a slave girl belongs." Book 11, Slave Girl of Gor, page 109 "The observation panel in the door slid back. I saw the head of our warder rise up, behind the slot, as she stepped up, onto her platform. She still had the white, scarf like turban and veil. 'Prisoners, forward,' she said. 'Kneel,' We obeyed. It was toward dusk. It was not time to be fed. 'You, Claudia, slave girl,' she said. 'Kneel behind him and to his left.' A slave girl, in heeling her master, commonly follows on the left. That she follows indicates that she is subservient, that he is master and she slave; that she follows on the left is a cultural matter probably indexed to the fact that most Goreans are right-handed. Her presence on the left, thus, is not likely to interfere with his draw or the movements of his sword arm." Book 23, Renegades of Gor, page 214 or 433? "The girl normally heels a right-handed Master on the left, that she not encumber the movements of the weapon hand." Book 25, Magicians of Gor, page 117 |
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| "I looked and the girl. I nodded to her to approach me. She
did so. I held my left hand open, at my waist. She stiffened, and looked
at me, angrily. I opened and closed my left hand once. I saw her training
in Gorean customs had been thorough. But she never thought that such a gesture
would be used to her. She came beside me, and a bit behind me, and, crouching,
put her head down, deeply. I fastened my hand in her hair. She winced. Women
are helpless in this position."
Book 12, Beasts of Gor, page 409 ~¤~ " 'Leading position,' he said. Sobbing, she rose to her feet,
and put her head down, at what would be the height of a man's waist, her legs
flexed. A guard walked over and fastened his hand in her hair. `Have her
whipped,' said Policrates. Book 15, Rogue of Gor, page 288 "then snapped my fingers and held my right hand, open, at my hip. Swiftly the girl rose to her feet and, half crouching, put her head by my hand. I fastened the fingers of my hand deeply and firmly in her red hair. She winced, and kissed at my thigh. I then, the goblet of paga in my left hand, her hair in my right, dragged her beside me, her slender chains rustling, to the nearest alcove." Book 15, Rogue of Gor, page 597 "'Leading position,' said Drusus Rencius. Book 19, Kajira of Gor, page 134 "In a moment I had left the building, pulling the captive behind me, her head down at my waist, in leading position." Book 21, Mercenaries of Gor, pages 399 - 400 "The slave was pulled to her feet. She was roughly turned about. The hand of Tanalion's man was then in her hair, fastening itself deeply therein. It was like the closed talon of a bird of prey. She, bound, held, was helpless. She cried out softly, so held, startled, in pain. Then, bent over, her wrists confined in the cruel, encircling binding fiber, that which I had earlier put well on her, holding them so mercilessly, so helplessly, behind her back, her head at his hip, stumbling, weeping, she was conducted swiftly from our presence." Book 21, Mercenaries of Gor, page 437 "Her master seized her from the circle then and hurried her from the light, her head down, held by the hair, at his left hip. This is a common leading position for female slaves being conducted short distances. As the master holds her hair in the left hand, it leaves his right hand, commonly the sword hand, free." Book 25, Magicians of Gor, page 46 |
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