| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 32 | 606 | I was then, as I wept and View more quotes about begged">begged for mercy, fastened in that cruel position. |
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| 32 | 603 | Men strung the thongs on my ankles through the iron rings at the foot of the altar. |
| 32 | 604 | I screamed. |
| 32 | 605 | By the thongs my legs were drawn apart even more. |
| 32 | 606 | I was then, as I wept and begged for mercy, fastened in that cruel position. |
| 32 | 607 | The ceremony began. |
| 32 | 608 | The priest, from a golden dish, lifted up a knife. |
| 32 | 609 | It was long and translucent, eighteen inches in length, of slender, bluish stone. |