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| 9 | 57 | "May I surmise from this," she View more quotes about asked">asked, "as I know little of slavery, and am new to the condition, that there can be tenderness and kindness for a slave?" "There can be tenderness and kindness for a slave," I said, "of course. |
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| 9 | 54 | Indeed, for the afternoon, or, I supposed, until, within reason, I chose to return her to the lodge of Canka, she was, for all practical purposes, my own slave. |
| 9 | 55 | "You have treated me with great tenderness and kindness," she said. |
| 9 | 56 | I shrugged. |
| 9 | 57 | "May I surmise from this," she asked, "as I know little of slavery, and am new to the condition, that there can be tenderness and kindness for a slave?" "There can be tenderness and kindness for a slave," I said, "of course. |
| 9 | 58 | It is not permitted, however, to compromise in the least the iron discipline under which she is kept". |
| 9 | 59 | "I see," she said. |
| 9 | 60 | I regarded her. |