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| 8 | 165 | The auctioneer View more quotes about knew">knew his business. |
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| 8 | 162 | "Shall we begin?" inquired the auctioneer of the crowd. |
| 8 | 163 | "Shall we see if she is any good?" "Yes! Yes!" shouted more than one man. |
| 8 | 164 | I smiled to myself. |
| 8 | 165 | The auctioneer knew his business. |
| 8 | 166 | "But first," said the auctioneer, "behold the absurdity of these garments. |
| 8 | 167 | They seem to be a cross between the garments of a free woman and those of a slave". |
| 8 | 168 | Most obviously, from what I could see, the woman wore an attractive office dress, of a sort which is often implicitly prescribed, particularly by female executives, for subordinate female employees regarded as too feminine to be considered for the executive class. |